Following are the steps for PGP and public creation 1) install PGP software on a server 2) link this pgp executable such that pgp is available from any location ln -s source_directory/pgp destination_directory/ 3) login to the server where installation is done with applmgr as user name 4) put the key file at particular location 5) import key using following command pgp -ka Key_file_name enter three times 'y' as a input asked at command prompt. this will install key 6) create public key/private key for your login remember the passphrase gievn or used {e08k25voa002:applmgr}$ pgp –kc Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8 1999 Network Associates Inc. Uses the RSAREF(tm) Toolkit, which is copyright RSA Data Security, Inc. Export of this software may be restricted by the U.S. government. Key ring: '/export/home/applmgr/.pgp/pubring.pkr' Type bits keyID Date User ID RSA 1024 0x97739813 1999/11/23 TELCEL1 sig? 0xBCB56F63 (Unknown signator, can't be checked) sig! 0x97739813 TELCEL1 1 matching key found. 6.1) To generate private key for applmgr pgp -kg Enter 2 Enter 1 for 1024 bits enter applmgr Enter the validity period of your signing key in days from 0 - 10950 0 is forever (the default is 0): Enter 0 Enter pass phrase: "What you never thought possible." Note: Without Double quotes If you get message like … PGP needs to generate some random data. This is done by measuring the time intervals between your keystrokes. Please enter some random text on your keyboard until the indicator reaches 100%. Press ^D to cancel 29% of required data Go on clicking any random alphabets till it reaches to 100% Then you will get following message:
Enough, thank you. ....******* ..........................******** Make this the default signing key? (Y/n) Enter Y Key generation completed. 6.2) To Sign a public key TELCEL1 pgp -ks TELCEL1 -u applmgr READ CAREFULLY: Based on your own direct first-hand knowledge, are you absolutely certain that you are prepared to solemnly certify that the above public key actually belongs to the user specified by the above user ID (y/N)? Enter y You need a pass phrase to unlock your secret key. Key for user ID "applmgr" Enter pass phrase:
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Attach a regular expression to this signature, or press enter for none: click on enter 7) To check the Key. pgp –kc Pretty Good Privacy(tm) Version 6.5.8 1999 Network Associates Inc. Uses the RSAREF(tm) Toolkit, which is copyright RSA Data Security, Inc. Export of this software may be restricted by the U.S. government. Key ring: '/export/home/applmgr/.pgp/pubring.pkr' Type bits keyID Date User ID RSA 1024 0xBA79E17B 2008/05/22 *** DEFAULT SIGNING KEY *** applmgr sig! 0xBA79E17B applmgr RSA 1024 0x97739813 1999/11/23 TELCEL1 sig? 0xBCB56F63 (Unknown signator, can't be checked) sig! 0x97739813 TELCEL1 sig! 0xBA79E17B applmgr 2 matching keys found. KeyID Trust Validity User ID 0x97739813 complete complete TELCEL1 undefined (KeyID: 0xBCB56F63)
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