How to send information using PGP Public Key

A short tutorial how to send encrypted messages using PGP keys. For security, normally secret messages on the Internet and will be sent encrypted with PGP Public key recipient.

Before this I have explained how to create your own PGP key and you will have two PGP key of Public and Private. Private key is to keep you and it will be used to read messages sent to you. Public key is given to the sender of the message for encrypted with the secret message will be sent to you.

Now I say will send messages to a man named Aiman Mohd Dzul. Prior to that I must have a PGP Public key he said. PGP Public key is like this list.

Software used in the tutorial is the same as the previous tutorial GPG4Win.

1. Launch GPA (GNU Privacy Assistant).

2. Click on 'Import' and select the file that contains information on PGP Public Key. Then click 'OK'.

3. Note the key has been generated and the name of my friend added. Then click 'Files'.

4. Click 'Open' and select the file you want encrypted. Files will be listed diruangan file.

5. Highlight the file, then click 'Encrypt'. PGP Public Key Select your friends who want to be the recipient. Then click 'OK'.

6. A new file is created with the same name with the original file with the extension. Gpg. Files have been encrypted and you need to send the file as an attachment to your friend. Only your friend can read the file (using his private key), so you need not worry even if the files have been obtained by people who should not.

7. Let us look at the contents of the file before and after the encrypted:

Content secret code before the encrypted files















Secret code after the content file encrypted

If you are a user of Microsoft Outlook, you can encrypt any email messages directly from you. There is an Add-Ins tab will be created after this install GNUPG.