Public Keys

Here are some of my public keys. I use different keys for different roles (different mailhosts/accounts). I've made the public portions of these keys available here, but they're also available for download from various keyservers. Encryption keys are very useful for verifying user identity and ensuring message integrity.

 
     
 
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)

mQGiBECQcesRBADbWeF3U0dbQucZZcTSEa33g8Q6lT4n4jDbHYZE6L6jP5i5bZ04
0nBq4hzeaRF0azcA/dRn0TyiJEYcqPPrRqfvNcoCkLJu0KGGxlXUTKYumX3jaV7i
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2/CPzywJlZaelrUY1idmWel1zmkBH1/QxZNhQaxFlUVCD9RoY6G0YG1iqyHWmses
uh9Qnq3yzd3WK0ZZj/xHc/kPoj0EBw59YUUXR9Hrn+ZMlXxIjbQoUm9iZXJ0IEwu
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CAcDAgMVAgMDFgIBAh4BAheAAAoJEEOMDWfr92UatKAAnjgHD4LV9zlmjZ/8da18
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q5Ngj+sq1QqygCIjm7alwaKSR0UtVAMAAwYEAII2Dpfq4mm+UA9neEi+XIgQl1cJ
6v/ngPDdU7S4fnjT4FQEoRvu1gr2JLVN+6lGnDnd0rXc0kJF9uprQSHRdOKwZX4e
JUE+YYdvrRw9ecfTYDf1HMq9l7z5jkvOSyilapEEhc00vjXRz5Yz422Igu1b8QwR
dlEqiCYJIaRa0woriEYEGBECAAYFAkCQce0ACgkQQ4wNZ+v3ZRqhbACfVqqMNQK3
aJxrQvjofAjQCzqAG70AnirGqV9rZ9hdGXSdP09R1urCM1ay
=gF1/
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Fingerprint:

Key fingerprint = F2A3 183C 6AAE F7FA 8644  4191 438C 0D67 EBF7 651A Key ID 438C0D67EBF7651 Available at: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net, http://www.keyserver.net, http://pgp.mit.edu
Used with my spamcop account
 
     
 
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)

mQGiBECRk3cRBADxlkfNN8N++NXnl2+KTnMIgu4eknG8KV4bgyOEqM4ZbyUJc1ES
OFsdYlD3UhllXd8YR+BV8mXKC7+AuVCYGO6in99eWGtut+MpL4NjOPlbAI7my6sC
BphL3CzrYfieoC+111u0Tu3wgxJULDa4VqHuAr3Ofuhf3r3LlbBTpRQ5NwCg5qbY
g/w1rgIejDdC7AUHhIbBFqcEAOsoum0O6GMSWezm4AqE5YFW2fxhgRSew1BkCrn8
320OFVf9eyn22Ex/NlGDqqHMJVJX8qQf+1CLBtl6GVarlPhIhvG+65kx0GgS17k6
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IVpdnOs0TiOTYACgj3pPciUzaztdrGQiXNei8JI3OkU=
=FwoP
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Fingerprint:

Key fingerprint = CDAD B14A 8A73 D33A 80DE  081A A638 C845 D465 AFB7 Key ID 081AA638C845D465AFB Available at: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net, http://www.keyserver.net, http://pgp.mit.edu
Used with may .Mac/MobileMe account
 
     
 
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin)

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0h3PAJ0XlPyr7doG7tMpIug10yGj84grAACggVS+G1KKKzgns0jVhhht4n7qbHs=
=ugNa -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Fingerprint:

Key fingerprint = C034 646A 2F03 7F01 B5A2 C3BC 723A 635C 9E91 9AD2 Key ID 723A635C9E919AD2 Available at: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net, http://www.keyserver.net, http://pgp.mit.edu
Used with the southeastaurora-neighborhoodwatch.org domain.
 
     
 
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin)

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c4s/eKHgVNU9b9AD
=Qfn5
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Fingerprint:

Key fingerprint = D81A 0448 F70F 4D0E DC32 F1FF 1CA0 71C2 3E32 D90D Key ID 1CA071C23E32D90D Available at: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net, http://www.keyserver.net, http://pgp.mit.edu
Used with my tollgatecrossing.org domain
 
     
 
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)

mQGiBECRkr8RBACXWdvsnvYMCqHca1LHitd82IYaSB6DS9fgCzr4AL/M0McT4aGE
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BKVoAqbq
=MQdz
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Fingerprint:

Key fingerprint = 0F28 DD60 A464 7406 BA5B  B854 F568 6139 B5A1 7DFF Key ID B854F5686139B5A17DF Available at: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net, http://www.keyserver.net, http://pgp.mit.edu
Was used with my suespammers account, which I've had temporarily turned off due to excessive incoming spam
 
     
 
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)

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=DNl5
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Fingerprint:

Key fingerprint = 34A8 BA6E 218E 80A6 732D  2540 DE44 E36A A1D6 17E6 Key ID 2540DE44E36AA1D617E Available at: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net, http://www.keyserver.net, http://pgp.mit.edu
Used with other domains that I own
 
 

I was using GnuPG v1.4.9 and the GPGMail plugin 1.2.0 v56 (Leopard build), with Apple's Mail.app for encryption, decryption, and message authentication. However, my upgrade to Mac OS 10.6 (released in Aug, 2009) disabled that capability. Apple's newest Mail.app has built in support for encrypted and signed messages, and a recent update (10.6.3) improves the support for built in encryption and signing, but the implementation is still a bit confusing. I'm going to have to do some more research and configuration work before I can resume full use of signed and encrypted messages. In the meantime, if you would like to correspond in secret, please take note of my Public Keys. Despite the fact that a recent OS upgrade (OS 10.6 released in Aug '09), broke the integration of GPG with Mail, I should be able to decrypt messages outside of the Mail.app. In addition to my self published keys, my public keys are also available on various keyservers.

Why do I use signatures or encryption? Well, I don't use the encryption very often, but I have been known to send myself encrypted email containing passwords or private information (banking and medical information). I use pgp signatures quite often, as a way of ensuring message authenticity. I'm tired of spammers pretending to be me. By using these signatures (which uses the message content (upon signing) and a private key to create a signature which can be verified by using my public key) I can assure recipients that the message they received was actually sent be me, and it hasn't been tampered with in transit. In addition to my self published keys, my public keys are also available on various keyservers.

 
 

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Last Updated: Wed, July 07, 2010

 
     

 

Wed, July 07, 2010