My Public GPG Key
If you wish to correspond with me privately (or in a more secure manner than this blog), I have a GnuPG key for just such purposes. GnuPG can be used to encrypt data or to digitally sign files or emails. It includes an advanced key management facility, and is fully compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard.
My key ID: 93C83414
Below is the fingerprint of my public key:
$ gpg --fingerprint 93C83414 | sed -e ’s/@/ at /’
pub 1024D/93C83414 2003-05-08
Key fingerprint = 61B9 AABF F802 AC0E 1070 CA61 282C 655A 93C8 3414
uid Jim Adams <wafwot at oakharbor.net>
uid [jpeg image of size 6223]
sub 1024g/045AED6D 2003-05-08
Click here to download my public key. It’s big because of a PhotoID:
http://www.wafwot.com/93C83414.asc
Then you can import my public key into your keyring:
$ gpg --import 93C83414.asc
Alternatively you can download it from the MIT keyserver:
$ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --revc-keys 93C83414
If you run Linux or some other *nix platform, you shouldn’t have any difficulties with GPG. If you don’t already have your own keyring, pick your favorite search engine and search for GPG Howto. Windows users, however, aren’t as lucky. There are several front ends to GPG available. Take a look at this page at gnupg.org for a list of software with GPG support.
Finally, if you plan on using my public key to contact me, it would be most helpful if you sent me your public key. The following commands might help. In these commands, replace “UID” with your email address in the key, “KEYID” with your eight character GPG key, and recip@domain.com with the email address of who you want to send your key to.
$ gpg --export -a UID > KEYID.asc
OR
$ gpg --export -a UID | mail -s ‘KEYID from UID’ recip@domain.com
Of course, you don’t have to send me your public key. As long as you have exported it to a keyserver, I can download directly (as long as I know which email address you used or what your KEYID is). To send your key to the MIT keyserver, use the following command:
$ gpg --send-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu UID
I'm your typical middle-aged fat-ass struggling from paycheck to paycheck. It's the American fucking dream, don't ya know. I drive a 2005 Ford F-150 pickup truck. I work an 8-to-5 job at an Internet service provider in Seattle as Systems Administrator slash Hostmaster. However, I commute five hours a day so it's really a 5-to-8 job. Sonofafuck, why anyone wants to read about my life is a mystery greater than... the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.