From: John P . Looney (valen at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Wed 22 Sep 1999 - 12:51:35 IST
Er, how do you generate a key ?
minbar [0] gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.0; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
Please select what kind of key you want:
(1) DSA and ElGamal (default)
(2) DSA (sign only)
(4) ElGamal (sign and encrypt)
Your selection? 1
DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
About to generate a new ELG-E keypair.
minimum keysize is 768 bits
default keysize is 1024 bits
highest suggested keysize is 2048 bits
What keysize do you want? (1024)
Requested keysize is 1024 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
0 = key does not expire
<n> = key expires in n days
<n>w = key expires in n weeks
<n>m = key expires in n months
<n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 6m
Key expires at Mon Mar 20 11:47:49 2000 GMT
Is this correct (y/n)? y
You need a User-ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user
id
from Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
"Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh at domain duesseldorf.de>"
Real name: John P. Looney <valen at domain tuatha.org>
Invalid character in name
Real name: "John P. Looney <valen at domain tuatha.org>"
Invalid character in name
What's up ?
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