From 87bcb3dcacbb468faa675d51f7ad4ca210f9aeac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YuviPanda Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:42:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about the public key passed to `age` --- admin/howto/encrypted-support.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/admin/howto/encrypted-support.md b/admin/howto/encrypted-support.md index e3babca..e994d59 100644 --- a/admin/howto/encrypted-support.md +++ b/admin/howto/encrypted-support.md @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ This page describes how you can encrypt information and send it to us! 2. Run `age -e -r age1mmx8hfzalmn3tmpryrfvcud5vyfakxdfqe683r40qkr6pjd2ag6s72cat5 -a` on your terminal, and paste the contents of the message you want to encrypt. Press enter, then `Ctrl-D`. Make sure to copy this exactly! + + ```{note} + The parameter passed to `-r` (ag1mmx....) is the public key used to *encrypt* the message, + which we can decrypt with our private key. Providing it as part of the command makes it + easier to distribute the public key, as otherwise users would have to download and manage + a public key file. + ``` + 3. `age` will print the encrypted version of your message on your terminal, and it'll look something like this: @@ -31,4 +39,4 @@ This page describes how you can encrypt information and send it to us! ``` 4. Copy the encrypted version of the message and include it in the message to `support@2i2c.org`. - All 2i2c engineers will be able to decrypt the message! \ No newline at end of file + All 2i2c engineers will be able to decrypt the message!