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In this menu, the public keys of the communication partners available for OpenPGP encryption are displayed as follows.

 

anchor link Section Local OpenPGP Keys

 

In this section, the public OpenPGP keys of communication partners known to the appliance are displayed.

 

Column

Description

anchor link Key ID

Displays the unique key ID of the key.

anchor link Subkey ID(s)

(new in 12.1)

Displays the key IDs of all existing subkeys.

anchor link Email addresses

Displays the email address(es) for which the key was issued.

anchor link User name

Displays the name of the key holder.

anchor link Validity

Specifies the validity of the key. Possible statuses are

"none", which means "OK".

EXPIRED

DISABLED
(if, in OPENPGP KEY 'Details’ Usage, the checkmark under Allow encryption has been removed and the status is not already EXPIRED)

anchor link Issued on

Issue date of the key in the form YYYY-MM-DD

anchor link Expires on

Expiration date of the key in the form YYYY-MM-DD

 

By clicking on the Key ID, a submenu with details on the key will be opened. This offers the option of downloading the public key and/or deleting the key pair.

 

The input field with the Filter... button is used for searching for corresponding keys based on the characteristics indicated in the table. The search term is entered as a character string.

 

Clicking on the Import OpenPGP Key button opens the IMPORT OPENPGP KEY for the import of individual or several (bulk) public OpenPGP keys of communication partners.

 

(new in 12.0)

Click on Download all OpenPGP public keys downloads all public OpenPGP keys listed in this menu, i.e. those of the external communication partners, into a file named pgp_keys.zip.

 

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anchor link Note:

Additionally, OpenPGP keys provided via the GINAportal as well as via the Key server are also displayed and managed here.

  

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