How to generate a new key pair and publish your public key

[zscoundrel]

That was one of the most helpful posts I have seen in a while.

Thanks!

Jason Clinton wrote:

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> At the console type:
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> $ gpg --gen-key
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> Select option 1 for DSA/ELG
> Follow the rest of the dirrections.
> After it's finished:
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> $ gpg --list-secret-keys
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> Will show you your new keys and their ID's
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> $ gpg --list-keys
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> Will show you your public keys. Now do this to publish your email keys:
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> $ gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.us.pgp.net --send-keys <insert key ID #'s here>
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> That's it! Now we can all get your public key from the keyserver.
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