Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5130 mails)

[Ulf Rasch <list-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kai Ponte wrote:
>> K in the alfabet... as simple as that, no "politics" implied.
>>
>> - -- 
>> Cheers,
>>        Carlos Robinson
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux)
>> Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76
>>
>> iD8DBQFEWLwAtTMYHG2NR9URAr+3AJ4qaaBPEaL1aJhK9fQ16miCJmWL7QCeMUdw
>> IpLZo1IcrExRcJNENA41d2M=
>> =R6Xu
>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>
> 
> 
> Just curious - what is this stuff right above? I see it in  a few emails
> and notice that it turns out in big yellow blocks when I read it in
> KMail. (I'm using NeoMail right now.)  
> 
> Is this an encryption thing?
> 
> 
It is the pgp signature of the Email Carlos wrote. It is not an
"encyrption thing" as you didn't need it to decrypt to be able to read
it. It basicly gives you the possibility to check if the content of the
email from Carlos has been changed on the transport to your mailbox. You
would need the public key from him to check that. Have a look at for a
start.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGP