The stuff OpenPGP is made of # In the previous chapter we made a new private key, extracted the public-facing certificate, and encrypted a message. This already covers most of the existing types of OpenPGP data. In this article we’ll take stock of all the types of artifacts that exist in the world of OpenPGP. Key material: Certificates and private keys # The central element that all OpenPGP operations revolve around is the (asymmetric) cryptographic key material that OpenPGP public keys (ce...
