Summary: You can use my PGP/GPG public key to encrypt something you send me, or verify something I've signed.
I want to verify something that you've signed, what's your public key?
You can actually get my public key (for leo<at>pugetsoundsoftware.com) from several key PGP/GPG servers out there, but for the record, here 'tis:
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Using this you can encrypt something such that only I can decrypt it, and you can validate that something that's claimed to be signed by me a) is, and b) hasn't been tampered with.
Related:
Ask Leo! - How do I send encrypted email?
Article C1822 - January 2, 2003
Leo,
Nice to see you use GPG and you posted your key. Here's mine. :^)
roberthazelett@gmail.com
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Posted by: Robert Earl Hazelett at May 27, 2009 10:16 AM0Q+8poirh/zX7JWiBrHB8tBCAw+6Tuawomjgr6rSlXLEMLS0Uu9Blfcg7nUpgbiz
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