| 52 | | == How do I use GnuPG with a Macintosh and Thunderbird? == |
| 53 | | |
| 54 | | * Download and install [http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/ Mac GnuPrivacy Guard], or if you running 10.4 or newer, download and install [http://sourceforge.net/projects/macgpg2/ Mac GPG2]. |
| 55 | | * Follow the [#HowdoIinstallandconfigureEnigmailwithThunderbird directions below to install and configure Enigmail for Thunderbird and generate a private/public key pair]. |
| 56 | | |
| 57 | | == How do I use GnuPG with Macintosh, web mail and Firefox? == |
| 58 | | |
| 59 | | * Download and install [http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/ Mac GnuPrivacy Guard and GPG Keychain Access]. There are several other packages available for download which are not required but you may find useful. |
| 60 | | * Run the GPG Keychain Access program and generate a new public/private key (FIXME: we need documentation on how to do this). |
| 61 | | * Follow the [#HowdoIinstallandconfigureFireGPGwithFirefox directions below to install and configure FireGPG for Firefox]. |
| 62 | | |
| 63 | | = Using GnuPG on a Windows Computer = |
| 64 | | |
| 65 | | == How do I use GnuPG with Windows and Thunderbird? == |
| 66 | | |
| 67 | | * Download and install [http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.en.html#auto-ref-2 GnuPG for Windows], which provides the core GnuPG program. |
| 68 | | * Follow the [#HowdoIinstallandconfigureEnigmailwithThunderbird directions below to install and configure Enigmail for Thunderbird and generate a private/public key pair]. |
| 69 | | |
| 70 | | == How do I use GnuPG with Windows, web mail and Firefox? == |
| 71 | | |
| 72 | | * Download and install [http://www.gpg4win.org/ Gpg4win], which provides a suite of encryption related packages for Windows, including GnuPG (the core program) and Gnu Privacy Assistant which is used for managing your keys. |
| 73 | | * Use GnuPrivacy Assistant to [#HowdoIuseGNUPrivacyAssistanttogenerateaprivatepublickeypair create a private/public key pair]. |
| 74 | | * Follow the [#HowdoIinstallandconfigureFireGPGwithFirefox directions below to install and configure FireGPG for Firefox]. |
| 75 | | |
| 76 | | = Using GnuPG on a GNU/Linux Computer = |
| 77 | | |
| 78 | | Every major GNU/Linux operating system (e.g. [http://ubuntu.com Ubuntu], [http://debian.org Debian], [http://fedoraproject.org/ Fedora], etc) comes by default with GnuPG for their desktop installations. The following directions assume you are using Debian or Ubuntu or another Debian-based Linux installation. |
| 79 | | |
| 80 | | [http://www.gnome.org/projects/seahorse/ Seahorse] is a graphical user interface for managing your keys. It is a useful program to have regardless of whether you use Thuderbird (Icedove) or Firefox (Iceweasel) and webmail. You can install it with: |
| 81 | | |
| 82 | | {{{ |
| 83 | | sudo aptitude install seahorse |
| 84 | | }}} |
| 85 | | |
| 86 | | == How do I use GnuPG with Linux and Thunderbird (Icedove)? == |
| 87 | | |
| 88 | | * Install Enigmail: |
| 89 | | {{{ |
| 90 | | sudo aptitude install enigmail |
| 91 | | }}} |
| 92 | | * Restart any Thunderbird (or Icedove) instances. |
| 93 | | * Follow the [#HowdoIinstallandconfigureEnigmailwithThunderbird directions below to install and configure Enigmail for Thunderbird and generate a private/public key pair]. |
| 94 | | |
| 95 | | == How do I use GnuPG with Linux, web mail and Firefox (Iceweasel)? == |
| 96 | | |
| 97 | | To use with Firefox/Iceweasel and webmail, follow the [#HowdoIinstallandconfigureFireGPGwithFirefox directions below to install and configure FireGPG for Firefox]. |
| 98 | | |
| 99 | | = Specific Programs = |
| 100 | | |
| 101 | | == How do I use GNU Privacy Assistant to generate a private/public key pair? == |
| 102 | | |
| 103 | | * Launch GNU Privacy Assistant |
| 104 | | * When running for the first time, you should be prompted to use the key generation wizard. If you are not prompted to start the wizard, click Keys -> New Key... |
| 105 | | * Complete the wizard to generate your key. |
| 106 | | * Publish your key. Click Server -> Send keys... |
| 107 | | |
| 108 | | == How do I install and configure Enigmail with Thunderbird? == |
| 109 | | |
| 110 | | * Download [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/ Enigmail], a plugin for Thunderbird that provides OpenPGP support. Enigmail has an excellent [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart.php manual to get you started]. Below are the quick and dirty steps: |
| 111 | | * [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart-ch1.php#id2533080 Install Enigmail]. |
| 112 | | * [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart-ch2.php#id2533185 Create your private/public key]. |
| 113 | | * Optionally, [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart-ch2.php#id2533620 publish your public key]. |
| 114 | | * [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart-ch3.php#id2533703 Practice signing and encrypting your email] |
| 115 | | |
| 116 | | == How do I install and configure FireGPG with Firefox? == |
| 117 | | |
| 118 | | * Click the [http://getfiregpg.org/?page=install download FireGPG] button while running Firefox. After installing FireGPG you will need to restart Firefox before you can use FireGPG. |
| 119 | | * FIXME: need instructions on using FireGPG to sign, verify and decrypt messages. |
| 120 | | |
| 121 | | == How do I know what version of Thunderbird I'm running? == |
| 122 | | |
| 123 | | You can see what version of Thunderbird you have by: |
| 124 | | |
| 125 | | * go to Thunderbird |
| 126 | | * click on "Help" (File menus at the top) |
| 127 | | * "About Mozilla Thunderbird" |
| 128 | | |
| 129 | | = Conclusion = |
