How To Setup PGP And Generate a Public And Private Key Pair

1. Logon to your server using telnet or SSH (preferred).
   
   
2. Change to your home directory if you are not already there.
   
   cd ~
   
   
3. Create the .pgp directory if it does not already exist.
   
   mkdir .pgp
   
   
4. Generate a public and private key pair.
   
   
   • Type pgpk -g
     (Pgpk may complain about not being able to find a random seed file or your configuration file. You may safely ignore these messages.)
     
     
   • Select DSS/Diffie-Hellman when prompted
     
     
   • Choose 2048/1024 bits size when prompted
     
     
   • Type the userid (name) of your key when prompted (examples: orderkey, sales@mydomain.com, etc.)
     
     
   • Type '0' for the validity period so the keys will never expire
     
     
   • Type a passphrase for your keys and WRITE IT DOWN!
     
     
   • Confirm your passphrase when prompted
     
     
   • Press <enter> when prompted for a server URL
     
     
5. Logoff telnet and logon to your server using FTP
   
   
6. Navigate to your .pgp directory
   ( /big/dom/xdomain/username/.pgp )
   
   
7. Download the secring.skr file using binary transfer mode
   
   
8. Delete the secring.skr and secring.bak files from the server!
   
   
9. Make a backup copy of secring.skr onto a floppy
   and record the userid name and passphrase on the label.
   
   
10. Place the key in the downloaded secring.skr key ring onto your main PGP key ring using the PGP Keys utility.