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GPG Cheat Sheet

Create a key

gpg --expert --full-generate-key

• RSA (set your own capabilities)
• Set to Certify only.
• 4096
• 2020-01-01

gpg --expert --edit-key <userid>

• addkey (Create 3, one for sign, encrypt, authenticate)
• adduid
• save

Backup key

• mv ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg ~/.backup/gpg/
• mv ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ~/.backup/gpg/
• gpg -a --export-secret-key <userid> > secret_key.gpg
• gpg -a --export-secret-subkeys <userid> > secret_subkeys.gpg
• gpg --delete-secret-keys <userid>
• gpg --import secret_subkeys.gpg
• gpg --list-secret-keys
• rm secret_subkeys.gpg

Revoke cert

• gpg -a --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke '<fingerprint>'

Import/Export public key

• gpg --import public.key
• gpg --output public.key --armor --export <userid>

Import/Export private key

• gpg --export-secret-keys --armor <userid> > privkey.asc
• gpg --import privkey.asc

Edit keys

• gpg --edit-key <userid>

List (secret) keys

• gpg --list-keys
• gpg --list-secret-keys

Encrypt/Decrypt

• gpg --recipient user-id --encrypt doc
• gpg --output doc --decrypt doc.gpg

or...

• gpg -c --s2k-cipher-algo AES256 --s2k-digest-algo SHA512 --s2k-count 65536 doc
• gpg --output doc --decrypt doc.gpg

Signing

• gpg --output doc.sig --sign doc
• gpg --output doc.sig --clearsign doc
• gpg --output doc.sig --detach-sig doc

Verify

• gpg --verify doc.sig
• gpg --verify archlinux-version.iso.sig
• gpg --verify archlinux-version.iso.sig /path/to/archlinux-version.iso
• gpg --with-fingerprint <keyfile>

Send keys

• gpg --send-keys <userid>
• gpg --refresh-keys

Get keys

• gpg --recv-key '<fingerprint>'
• gpg --fingerprint '<fingerprint>'

Sign key

• gpg --lsign-key '<fingerprint>'

or...

• gpg --sign-key '<fingerprint>'