From bfebbc4ae9d14f39161405ac110457cbadabb0dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Chrzanowski Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:41:37 +0200 Subject: Add key fingerprint info --- gpg.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/gpg.md b/gpg.md index b76bba3..d12c107 100644 --- a/gpg.md +++ b/gpg.md @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ use in mutt: # specify the signing key (by default it's your first one) gpg --local-user --edit-key +## Key Fingerprint/ID + +The long hex fingerprint in `gpg --list-keys` is, as could be expected, a +standardized hash of the key info. + +Sometimes a shorter ID is used -- this is actually a suffix of the full +fingerprint. + ## gpg-agent `gpg-agent` is a daemon that e.g. provides a passphrase cache for GPG. Running -- cgit v1.2.3