[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 88/278] help: what-is-pgp-key.page



commit 98bcd02f1257cae4c6d730e30cbad2efc803c9c8
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date:   Wed Jul 3 19:36:06 2013 +0530

    help: what-is-pgp-key.page

 help/C/what-is-pgp-key.page |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/what-is-pgp-key.page b/help/C/what-is-pgp-key.page
index 8932557..1137e1f 100644
--- a/help/C/what-is-pgp-key.page
+++ b/help/C/what-is-pgp-key.page
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
     <link type="guide" xref="learn-about-keys" group="first"/>
 
     <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-07-03" status="draft"/>
 
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
 
-    <credit type="author">
-      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
-      <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
-      <years>2011</years>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+      <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
+      <years>2013</years>
     </credit>
 
     <desc></desc>
@@ -19,18 +20,26 @@
 
   <title>What is a PGP key?</title>
 
-  <comment>
-    <cite date="2011-10-23" href="mailto:jwcampbell gmail com">Jim Campbell</cite>
-    <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
-    the reader will be able to....</p>
-  </comment>
+  <p>A PGP key is a public encryption key.</p>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>A PGP key can be used to sign and encrypt emails and files. When you
+  create a PGP key, a keypair having a public key and a private key is
+  generated. You can share the public key with anyone who wishes to send you
+  encrypted messages or files, but the private key must be known only to you
+  and used to decrypt received messages.</p>
 
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
-  </steps>
+<section id="encryption-signing">
+  <title>Encrypt and sign data using PGP keys</title>
+
+  <p><app>Passwords and Keys</app> is a key management application. Though it
+  cannot be used to encrypt and sign files and messages, you can use it to
+  <link xref="key-signing">sign</link> trustworthy keys.</p>
+
+  <p>To secure your communication, you can use email clients like
+  <app>Evolution</app> that provide
+  <link xref="help:evolution/mail-encryption-gpg-signing-encrypting">encryption
+  and signing</link> services.</p>
+
+</section>
 
 </page>


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