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jribcjae_: the bot's instructions have some enigmail info in them as well02:30
cjae_jrib, but you do know about encryption right02:30
cjae_I have pgp in thunderbird now from what you explained enigmail is like a wizard for it or no02:31
jribit's a plugin that makes it easy to do encryption02:32
cjae_anyway do I have the general idea right each person on either side of the email (send/receiver) has two keys one pblic and one private right?02:32
jribit provides buttons for "sign message" and "encrypt message", stuff like that02:32
jribcjae_: yes02:33
cjae_ok so I use pgp to encrypt it with my public key right?02:34
jribwell02:34
jribif you want to make it so only you can open it and read it, yes02:34
cjae_ok so i want to use my private key so someone else can read it02:35
jribyou wouldn't do that02:35
cjae_this is where i am confused02:35
jriblets call your friend bob02:35
cjae_k02:35
jribyou want to encrypt and email so only bob can read it02:35
cjae_k02:36
jribso you encrypt the message with his public key.  At this point, not even you can decrypt it.  The only way to decrypt it is for bob to use his private key.  And since it's private, only he can read it02:36
jribget it?02:37
cjae_ah the keys work together02:37
cjae_makes snese or it wouldn't have been very secure02:37
jribif he wants to send you a message that no one but you can read, he goes to a key server and gets your public key (like anyone can) and encrypts the message with that.  Then you get the message and decrypt it with your private key02:37
cjae_where does one find these servers02:38
jribthe !gpg link explains how to get your key onto a key server02:38
cjae_k02:38
jribthe other thing you do is sign messages02:38
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cjae_must one do this too02:39
jribbasically, that works by encrypting a hash of your message with your private key.  Then anyone can decrypt it with your public key and verify they get the right hash for the message02:39
cjae_sort of like md502:40
jribhash is used just for sake of space...02:40
jribyou could do the whole message I guess02:40
jribbut the important thing is that you can't create the string that when the public key is applied to it gives you back the original message unless you know your private key.  And only you know your private key, so it must be you that signed the message02:41
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