juser@tumbleweed:~> gpg --gen-key
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gpg: keyring `/home/mschaeff/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
Please select what kind of key you want:
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Your selection? 1
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What keysize do you want? (2048) 2048
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Key is valid for? (0) 0
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Is this correct? (y/N) y
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Real name: Joe User
Email address: juser@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Comment:
You selected this USER-ID:
"Joe User <juser@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>"
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.
Enter passphrase:
Retype passphrase:
We need to generate a lot of random bytes.
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public and secret key created and signed.
gpg: checking the trustdb
gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
pub 2048R/EB9220E0 2012-09-18
Key fingerprint = 925D 3C2E 208A 0257 F4BB 5487 8821 3FC8 EB92 20E0
uid Joe User <juser@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
sub 2048R/492B4EE0 2012-09-18