On 02/01/16, Moderator pondered and said...   
       
    Mo>   1. The purpose of this echo is to provide a place to discuss   
    Mo>      public-keys for data privacy within FidoNet and elsewhere. We also   
    Mo>      consider electronic signature possibilities using public-keys and   
    Mo>      discuss data and software encryption and the various schemes and   
    Mo>      programs that produce them.   
      
   Would like to restart that conversation. :)   
      
    Mo>   5. No Private flagged messages in Echomail! Encrypted traffic using   
    Mo>      public-keys is permitted for the exercise so long as it is   
    Mo>      on-topic. Don't send person-specific encrypted traffic. Such   
    Mo>      specific traffic belongs in direct Netmail. Encrypted traffic   
    Mo>      should be in the form of ASCII-armored or personal key encrypted   
    Mo>      messages that can be read by anyone with PGP 2.6+ and your   
    Mo>      public-key. Include your public-key in a separate message before   
    Mo>      sending such test messages in case the other end doesn't have it   
    Mo>      or make them aware of how to get it from your system. If you just   
    Mo>      want to post your public-key, use PKEY_DROP Echo.   
      
   Walk me through this Mark, I'm just learning about public/private keys and   
   getting my head around all of this.   
      
   So I have installed a gpg4win bundle on my pc and have created a public key   
   which I can post here and you (or others) can then use to encrypt a message   
   to send to me - right?   
      
   But if I were to post and encrypted message here it would be of no use to   
   anyone unless I had encrypted it using someone elses public key (so they   
   could unlock it) - right?   
      
   Best, Paul   
      
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