If you have a big secret that you need to share over email, using email encryption with cPanel is an easy way to get going.<\/p>\n
Email encryption allows you to lock (or, encrypt<\/i>) a message that can only be opened (decrypted<\/i>) with a certain key. Typically, the key that is meant to unlock the message belongs to the recipient.<\/p>\n(!) Never Share your Private Key With Anyone<\/h2>\n
In order for this system to work securely, you must never share your “private” key with anyone.<\/p>\n
On the flip side, you will<\/i> need to share your “public” key with the public in order for people to send you messages encrypted with your key.<\/p>\n
Some people share their public key as a plain text file on the root directory of their site. This is optional, and you can share your key in any way you find appropriate.<\/p>\n
Before creating a key for encryption, you’ll want to create a highly secure passphrase. Be sure to check our full guide on how to create a powerful passphrase that’s easy to remember<\/a>.<\/p>\n First you can create the key in cPanel. All you’ll need to do is follow these steps:<\/p>\n Now you will have a keypair that consists of a public key and a private key.<\/p>\n In order to use these keys with your email client, you will need to export them from cPanel and import then into your email client.<\/p>\n Tip:<\/b> It’s easy to set up the Mozilla Thunderbird email client for email encryption using the Enigmail plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n After following the steps in that guide to install Thunderbird and the Enigmail plugin, you will need a copy of your puplic key and private key from cPanel.<\/p>\n Now, we’re going to copy our keys from cPanel so that we can import them into whichever email client we’ll be using for encyrpting and decrypting messages.<\/p>\n With your key text copied, you can now import into Enigmal via the key manager or into whichever email client tool you are currently using.<\/p>\n\n\n Review this article to explore if email encryption is a good idea for you<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a>How to Create a GPG Keypair in cPanel<\/h2>\n
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