Secure Email (PGP)

To send me a secure strongly encrypted message, you will need a copy of the PGP software available free from http://www.pgp.com. The Gnu open source package GPG comes as a standard pre-installation with many operating system distri­butions. With suitable PGP software installed on your computer, please proceed as follows:

Download and Import my Public Key

1. Please right-click on the following link and select the option to save the file rob-public.gpg in your home directory [folder]. Or, if it downloads to another directory, move it to your home directory.

2. Open a terminal window.
3. Copy and paste the following command into the terminal:

   gpg --import rob-public.gpg

4. Press the RETURN key.
   You may get pop-ups or dialogue boxes saying that the key is unverified or untrusted. You are writing to me. You downloaded the key from my website. The content of this website is under my exclusive control. Thus, you can trust that the key is mine. So you may ignore such warning and continue.

5. You can now delete the downloaded file or save it somewhere.

Write, Encrypt and Send Your Message

1. Write your message to me in a file (e.g. file.txt).
2. Open a terminal window.
3. Go to (cd) the directory containing your message file.
4. Copy and paste the following command into the terminal:

   gpg -e -r "robert_john.morton@yahoo.com" -o file.pgp file.txt

5. Press the RETURN key.

6. Write a few covering words in an email to me, attach file.pgp to the email then send the email to me.