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PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a family of software systems that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication.

Here is my public key. Use it to send encrypted messages and files to me, and to verify signed messages I send.

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32)

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=RULT
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

However, before using my public key, you should validate it by personally verifying the key’s fingerprint with me.

The key’s fingerprint can be calculated from the key itself. Instead, you could also use the fingerprint mentioned below but only after verifying the signature of that message first. After making sure you got the fingerprint for the public key above one way or the other, you should then definitely proceed to personally verify it with me. After all, this page you’re looking at, could be forged to trick you into thinking you’ve got my public key when you actually don’t.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

User ID: Tom Cosaert <XXX.XXXXXXX(at)alphacore.be>
Public Key: 1024D/96B31AF9 2008-11-17 [expires: 2013-11-16]
Fingerprint: 88C9 011D 9EEA 38F8 C257 A228 0265 C543 96B3 1AF9
Comment: http://www.alphacore.be/pgp/

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32)

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qegAni53AfqyZOLcg/h6Sv2OgQeWt4c3
=/AY/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

PGP is a family of software systems from which the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880 is based. OpenPGP provides encryption, decryption, signing and key management functions. GnuPG is a free and open source implementation of this standard. It is a command line tool with features for easy integration with other applications. I installed GnuPT which includes both GnuPG and WinPT (Windows Privacy Tray), a graphical user front-end for GnuPG. To use GnuPG in Thunderbird, I’m using the Enigmail extension.