PGP, Part 3: Getting your public key on the board

1. First, you will need to generate a file that will have a readable version of your public key. To do this, at the command prompt type: pgp -kx userid filename. I would recommend calling it something like "mykey", in which case you would type pgp -kx userid mykey.
   
   "Userid" can be any of the words in a person's ID. My User ID is:
   Carlos J. Ovalle <cjovalle@gslis.utexas.edu>.
   So, if I want to generate a file with my public key, for my userid I could use "Carlos" or "Ovalle" or "cjovalle@gslis.utexas.edu" and PGP would recognize that it is my key I want to use.
   
   
2. Next, you need to verify that the file was created properly. To view the file, you can use the cat command. Type: cat filename (if "mykey," cat mykey). It should resemble this:

   -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
   Version: PGP 6.5.2
   
   mQCNAzoVoVMAAAEEAOi0T5MhBKf/YSJUA/DDh84nFe33/0Ocd4Es34dMS0LWifB0
   PfkyaMWloubbOWOwTMsYqffDhJY8PMwYTOecIuJjXAlzYFzFQ+ZOurAz7UshVDIl
   2ePTXcm5uunOL+BxGC+djQp53H0dsvgX1VUkPO3jL3judGGLpNV969jHIXmfAAUR
   tCRsMzg2MTNkdyA8bDM4NjEzZHdAZ3NsaXMudXRleGFzLmVkdT6JAJUDBRA6FaFT
   1X3r2McheZ8BAekzBACqG2THXWl2Jhc5wSSEILExJBMb/wvTgJ1No8WvrMRlL9J3
   kzXuQk1SXl5mp5z47dF3tdpDh53W/9FIUs3Jj+gIRyvpKX6NmAHzUehKmbh2bsfU
   GNzPKKY5iTFoXZakdVWiC5mIqRJwGtqsqWs4Ynvy2UO8J8G1/+vQvHV1DaNLlA==
   =ByrS
   -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
   

3. Copy your key from the screen and paste it on the discussion board in the section
   Introduction to Information Technologies and the Information Professions: Assignment Section: PGP Keys. When you paste it to the small text box, the formatting will look a bit odd, but it should look all right when you actually post the message.

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