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GPG Decrypt command not returning any output file
I generated gpg public and Private Key using gnupg (2.4.0) on windows cmd(let's call it: Source Machine) and encrypted a .csv file.
Now I am on DataBrick workspace and created cluster with following ...
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How to encrypt a mail in Thunderbird?
I have been using PGP for a long time now but recently Thunderbird replaced the Enigmail encryption-plugin with a native PGP solution.
That's maybe good news, however, I cannot figure out how to ...
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GPG subkey seems to have different password
I have recently created a new OpenGPG key with Thunderbird and exported it to use it with gpg. However, I cannot decrypt anything outside Thunderbird because my subkey - which is used for encryption - ...
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Convert GPG private key to QR code?
How can I generate a QR code from a OpenPGP/GnuPG private key on Windows 7?
Context:
I created a private key pair on a Windows computer and want to import the key to my phone. The phone app has ...
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How to convert gpg4win's binary to ascii, with Notepad++
I can reliably convert gpg4win's ascii to binary using Notepad++ option "Base64 Decode" (credit: James K Polk). Works every time.
But when I attempt the reverse, i.e. convert binary to ascii, it ...
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How to convert gpg4win's ascii to binary?
gpg4win can save and read encrypted files in two forms:
Binary with .gpg extension
Base64/ascii with .asc extension
Is there a way to convert the Base64/ascii output to binary?
I tried with Notepad+...
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Is using OpenPGP for long term encrypted files bad practice?
I've recently been playing around with GnuPG using a yubikey, and its very nice but I have some concerns I like to ask about.
PGP seems geard toward emails and short lived messages. Is the OpenPGP ...
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GnuPG: Add passphrase to passphrase-less key
I've created my PGP keypair using an online site.
The thing is, I didn't provide a passphrase upon creation; The site didn't make supplying a passphrase mandatory.
Since this key is passphraseless, ...
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Do I need a PGP key?
I've recently got familiar with the concept of OpenPGP public-private keys, and how to use GnuPG tool to manage PGP keys. I have three questions:
1- Is it necessary for me to have a PGP (or an ...
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Unable to descrypt mp3 file via gpg
I'm trying to decrypt a binary/mp3 file of 100Mb of size.
gpg2 --decrypt my_audio.mp3.gpg
And it results into a long binary text in the terminal and it won't create a pure mp3 file:
binary text
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When should I backup my primary OpenPGP key?
When should I backup my primary OpenPGP key?
I recently generated an OpenPGP key using the following setup (output of gpg2 --list-keys):
pub rsa4096/KEYIDSC 2017-10-19 [SC]
uid [ultimate] ...
user775750
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How to use GnuPG to get the smallest possible output (symmetric encryption)?
I'm trying to produce very small OpenPGP-encrypted files that can be embedded into QR codes.
However, in comparison to for example OpenSSL, GnuPG seems to produce very large results for a simple ...
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Why does PostgreSQL's pgp_sym_encrypt return different output although invoked for the same input?
I am getting different results while executing PostgreSQL's pgp_sym_encrypt command with same plaintext and passphrase as input. When decrypting those different results with the same passphrase, I get ...
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sFTP Encoding in Cleo VLTrader
I want to secure a zip file using Base64 OpenPGP encryption. some application have the option in command line, I wonder if such feature is available in Cleo VLTrader's GUI?
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Handling and security of GnuPG private key
I am new GnuPG, thus, this might be a silly question. Yet:
I want to encrypt my emails, thus using gpg4win. Alongside I use Kleopatra, a tool for creating my own certificates and managing the public ...
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