Manage OpenPGP Keys 

Manage OpenPGP Keys  

Overview 

The 

Manage OpenPGP Keys Menu 

allows you to add public and private GnuPG 

keys to your account. GnuPG is a publicly available encryption scheme that uses 

the "public key" approach. With GnuPG, messages are encrypted using a "public 

key" however, they can only be decrypted by a "private key", which is retained by 

the intended recipient of the message. 

To access the 

Manage OpenPGP Keys Menu

, click on the  

  icon above the 

words 

Manage OpenPGP Keys

 on the main screen of your cPanel interface.  

To learn more about using the 

Manage OpenPGP Keys Menu

, click on one of the 

topics listed below it in the contents window of this manual.  

The 

Manage OpenPGP Keys Menu

 in the x2 theme appears as follows: 

Adding GnuPG keys 

Overview 

GnuPG is a publicly available encryption scheme that uses the "public key" 

approach. With GnuPG, messages are encrypted using a "public key" however, 

they can only be decrypted by a "private key", which is retained by the intended 

recipient of the message. 

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