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Generating the primary key
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C:\Users\withinboredom>gpg --full-generate-key | |
gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.1; Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. | |
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. | |
Please select what kind of key you want: | |
(1) RSA and RSA (default) | |
(2) DSA and Elgamal | |
(3) DSA (sign only) | |
(4) RSA (sign only) | |
Your selection? 4 | |
RSA keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long. | |
What keysize do you want? (2048) 4096 | |
Requested keysize is 4096 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) 0 | |
Key does not expire at all | |
Is this correct? (y/N) y | |
GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key. | |
Real name: First Last | |
Email address: example@example.com | |
Comment: | |
You selected this USER-ID: | |
"First Last <example@example.com>" | |
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o | |
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform | |
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the | |
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number | |
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. | |
gpg: key F2992F4953745E6F marked as ultimately trusted | |
gpg: revocation certificate stored as 'C:/Users/withinboredom/AppData/Roaming/gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d\7981B5F23994C9432EAFB921F2992F4953745E6F.rev' | |
public and secret key created and signed. | |
Note that this key cannot be used for encryption. You may want to use | |
the command "--edit-key" to generate a subkey for this purpose. | |
pub rsa4096 2017-11-18 [SC] | |
7981B5F23994C9432EAFB921F2992F4953745E6F | |
uid First Last <example@example.com> |
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