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Type: desktop-application
ID: gnome-keysign.desktop
Package: gnome-keysign
Name:
C: Keysign
Summary:
C: A keysigning helper to enable you to comfortably exchange OpenPGP keys with a friend
Description:
C: >-
<p>GNOME Keysign is a tool for signing OpenPGP keys.</p>
<p>Its purpose is to ease signing other peoples' keys. It is similar to caff, PIUS, or monkeysign. In fact, it is
influenced a lot by these tools and either reimplements ideas or reuses code. Consider either of the above mentioned tools
when you need a much more mature codebase.</p>
<p>In contrast to caff or monkeysign, this tool enables you to sign a key without contacting a key server. It downloads
an authenticated copy of the key from the other party. For now, the key is authenticated by its fingerprint which is securely
transferred via a QR code. Alternatively, the user may type the fingerprint manually, assuming that it has been transferred
securely via the audible channel.</p>
<p>After having obtained an authentic copy of the key, its UIDs are signed. The signatures are then encrypted and sent
via email. In contrast to monkeysign, xdg-email is used to pop up a pre-filled email composer windows of the mail client
the user has configured to use. This greatly reduces complexity as no SMTP configuration needs to be obtained and gives
the user a well known interface.</p>
en: >-
<p>GNOME Keysign is a tool for signing OpenPGP keys.</p>
<p>Its purpose is to ease signing other peoples' keys. It is similar to caff, PIUS, or monkeysign. In fact, it is
influenced a lot by these tools and either reimplements ideas or reuses code. Consider either of the above mentioned tools
when you need a much more mature codebase.</p>
<p>In contrast to caff or monkeysign, this tool enables you to sign a key without contacting a key server. It downloads
an authenticated copy of the key from the other party. For now, the key is authenticated by its fingerprint which is securely
transferred via a QR code. Alternatively, the user may type the fingerprint manually, assuming that it has been transferred
securely via the audible channel.</p>
<p>After having obtained an authentic copy of the key, its UIDs are signed. The signatures are then encrypted and sent
via email. In contrast to monkeysign, xdg-email is used to pop up a pre-filled email composer windows of the mail client
the user has configured to use. This greatly reduces complexity as no SMTP configuration needs to be obtained and gives
the user a well known interface.</p>
Categories:
- Utility
Keywords:
C:
- python
- gpg
- gnupg
- key
- openpgp
Icon:
cached:
- name: gnome-keysign_gnome-keysign.png
width: 48
height: 48
- name: gnome-keysign_gnome-keysign.png
width: 64
height: 64
- name: gnome-keysign_gnome-keysign.png
width: 128
height: 128
remote:
- url: g/gn/gnome-keysign.desktop/25F6CDF6B9145C337C39144ACE5E8A82/icons/128x128/gnome-keysign_gnome-keysign.png
width: 128
height: 128
Launchable:
desktop-id:
- gnome-keysign.desktop
