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<\/a><\/p>\nThis certificate is for John at Eriugena.org<\/p>\n
Next backup the certificate onto disk. Firefox uses the extension “.p12” for a certificate that includes the private key.<\/p>\n GnuPG cannot import an X.509 certificate. First we have to import the certificate using PGP which can convert it into a PGP type of key.<\/p>\n In PGPkeys use the “import” function on the “keys” menu.<\/p>\n After importing the key, click on it and select “add” and then “name”. Add a user ID to the key. This is required\u00c2\u00a0for GnuPG to recognise the user ID and in this case is useful to identify the key.<\/p>\n PGP protects the key using the IDEA algorithm which is not available by default in GnuPG because it is pattented. To get around this you must remove the key protection by changing the passphrase to an empty one. Be careful to delete the key from PGP afterwards or else change\u00c2\u00a0back to a non-empty\u00c2\u00a0passphrase.<\/p>\n Now export the key. PGP will write the exported key in standard PGP form which can easily be imported into GnuPG.<\/p>\n Select “Include Private Key”<\/p>\n Import the key into the GnuPG key ring<\/p>\n It is very important that you right away edit the key to protect it by adding a passphrase. You can also edit the trust level of the key at this time.<\/p>\n Now test the key by encrypting and then decrypting a message.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n