| 1 | CONFIGURATION |
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| 2 | ============= |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | Licq now supports GPG for encrypted messages. The latest GPGME version has |
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| 5 | been changed severly and won't work with this version of Licq. The recommended |
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| 6 | version is 0.3.16. |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | The configuration file is ~/.licq/licq_gpg.conf and looks like this: |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | --START-- |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | [gpg] |
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| 13 | passphrase = my_passphrase |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | [keys] |
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| 16 | 16325723.1281975153 = 0x2290A71F |
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| 17 | 70908044.1281975153 = leecher |
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| 18 | mathrawka.1281975153 = 0x2290A71F |
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| 19 | keating_jon@hotmail.com.1297305183 = 0x2290A71F |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | --END-- |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | The passphrase key contains the passphrase which shall be passed to gpg for |
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| 24 | decrypting. |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | Please note that it is a high security risk to put your passphrase in a file as |
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| 27 | clear text. So it is recommended that you: |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | 1. create an extra key with an extra passphrase just for licq-gpg OR you |
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| 30 | 2. use gpg-agent. In this case passphrase can be left blank because the |
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| 31 | passphrase is managed by gpg-agent. gpg-agent is transparent for licq-gpg. |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | The keys section contains uin/public key assignments. They have the form |
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| 34 | "<user>.<protocol> = key name". The key names are used by gpg (see man page). |
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| 35 | For values of the <protocol> please look at the licq_gpg.conf file. |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | USING |
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| 38 | ===== |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | Encryption |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | In order to send GPG encrypted messages to other users, it is required that: |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | 1. you assigned a valid and accessible GPG public key to the respective |
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| 45 | user's id (see Configuration), |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | Decryption |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | licq-gpg will try to decrypt all incoming messages beginning with |
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| 50 | -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- using the given passphrase. If a message is |
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| 51 | decrypted, the E_ENCRYPTED flag will be set (recognisable by the "E" in the |
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| 52 | history). |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | GPG FOR OTHER CLIENTS |
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| 55 | ===================== |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | Mirabilis ICQ: http://www.samopal.com/soft/pgpicq/index.php |
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| 58 | Miranda ICQ: http://miranda-im.org/download/details.php?action=viewfile&id=216 |
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