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| author | drduh <github@duh.to> | 2018-11-01 14:11:52 -0700 |
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| committer | drduh <github@duh.to> | 2018-11-01 14:11:52 -0700 |
| commit | f1a97fc6d53cad672b831655dc10c9c927d2b8dd (patch) | |
| tree | 707c728e424ca078ba66954ca715039e3e50a16b /README.md | |
| parent | Merge pull request #74 from loysollivier/patch-1 (diff) | |
| download | YubiKey-Guide-f1a97fc6d53cad672b831655dc10c9c927d2b8dd.tar.gz | |
Note about gpg public key
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@@ -903,7 +903,9 @@ ssb> rsa4096/0x3F29127E79649A3D 2017-10-09 [A] [expires: 2018-10-09] # Export public key -Mount another USB drive to copy the public key, or save it somewhere where you can easily access later. +Mount another USB drive to copy the *public* key, or save it somewhere where you can easily access later. + +**Note** Without the *public* key, you will not be able to use GPG to encrypt, decrypt, nor sign messages. However, you will still be able to use the YubiKey for SSH. ``` $ gpg --armor --export $KEYID > /mnt/public-usb-key/pubkey.txt @@ -1053,8 +1055,6 @@ sub 4096R/0xBECFA3C1AE191D15 created: 2017-10-09 expires: 2018-10-09 usage: sub 4096R/0x5912A795E90DD2CF created: 2017-10-09 expires: 2018-10-09 usage: E sub 4096R/0x3F29127E79649A3D created: 2017-10-09 expires: 2018-10-09 usage: A [ unknown] (1). Dr Duh <doc@duh.to> -Please note that the shown key validity is not necessarily correct -unless you restart the program. gpg> save ``` @@ -1260,6 +1260,8 @@ gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye ## Copy public key +**Note** It is *not* necessary to import the corresponding GPG public key in order to use SSH. + Copy and paste the output from `ssh-add` to the server's `authorized_keys` file: ``` |