To authenticate your PGP key, you need your ID card or electronic residence permit with the online ID function activated, a card reader or NFC-enabled device, and the ID app2.
After your ID card or electronic residence permit has been read, your public key is verified and signed.
To keep the potential for misuse low, an electronic signature without trust level is applied. You will then receive the signed PGP key matching your selected user ID in your e-mail inbox.
You can use a PGP key to encrypt or sign messages and files. By authenticating your key, the sender of an encrypted message to you or the recipient of a message you sign can be sure that they are communicating with you and not a third party.
With the online ID card function, you can easily authenticate your public PGP key. All you need is your online ID card, the federal government's ID card app2, and a suitable card reader or NFC-enabled smartphone.
You can easily authenticate your PGP public key from home. With the online credential function, this process takes only a few minutes. The service is provided by Governikus on behalf of the German Federal Office for Information Security.
Governikus authenticates your PGP key by signing it with the key of the Governikus signature service. This is possible at: https://pgp.governikus.de
The signature key data is:
User ID: Governikus OpenPGP Signature Service (New identity card).
Date of issue: 2015-03-12 15:11
Key length: 4,096 Bit
Type: RSA
Key identifier (short): A4BF43D7
Key identifier (long): 5E5CCCB4A4BF43D7
Fingerprint: 864E 8B95 1ECF C04A F2BB 233E 5E5C CCB4 A4BF 43D7
You can download the public key here as an .asc file.
To verify the signature, import it into your PGP key management. Optionally, you can trust the Governikus signature key there afterwards to trust other PGP keys authenticated by our signature service. If you wish, you can also sign the signature key yourself.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----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=XXuI
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
