Key Management - Adding / Importing a Key


This section deals with two concepts: Generating your own pair of keys, and importing other's keys.

Generating a Key Pair

To generate your own key pair, go into Key Management -> Generate Key Pair... This will lead in your encryption program's method for generating new keys.

Importing Keys

To import someone else's key, there are three methods:

  1. Getting them from a keyserver
  2. Getting them from the clipboard
  3. Getting them from a file



You can select any of these three from the Key Management -> Import Key... menu item. You can also right-click on a specific key and select Import Key... to import that specific key.