Hi,
I would like to use Gnupg to encrypt, sign… documents.
I’ve downloaded the Manual, it’s quite extensive. So the learning curve is proportional :)
I’ve tried the GPA GUI, but with it, it seem impossible to generate an ECC key…
So what would be your recommendation to be able to generate ECC keys, be able to encrypt, sign etc… with or without GUI.
Thanks.
If you think it’s hard to figure out GPG for yourself, well good luck finding and communicating with someone else who has also figured it out.
For what it’s worth, some say that PGP is bad and needs to go away. I found that article pretty interesting when learning
sops
.Not my blog, but you might find this useful.
Cheatsheet: https://devhints.io/gnupg
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done anything with GnuPG, but I still have the presentation I did some years back on my website. It might help.
If you use emacs, you can set up gnupg integration for easy encryption and decryption of files.
I would also read up on expiration of keys, and how you can export (backup) and import a key. The latter can also be useful if you want to use the same key on multiple devices.
Here’s a good place to start:
gpg --gen-key
Then follow the prompts.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GnuPG
You can create keys with a gui:
possibly one of the most insufferable tasks on Linux, I’ve never had luck with it