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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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GPG2 Encryption - No public key error
When I generate my keys using
gpg2 --gen-key
and then I try to try to encrypt the file using
gpg2 --batch --yes -r [email protected] --always-trust --homedir . -e test.text
I get an error "...
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How does public/private key cryptography work, who generates the key pair?
I have a requirement to encrypt a file, get it to an external partner who will then decrypt the file using a key.
My "basic" understanding is that I can generate the public and private keys, encode ...
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Should my OpenPGP key used for storing documents in the cloud expire?
I plan on doing a mass migration of all my local files to various cloud services since space is pretty cheap these days.
I figure I should probably encrypt my data before I upload it, which is better ...
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GPG 2 decrypt from STDIN via pasting inconsistency
Does anyone know why in some cases you can do this:
gpg2 -d
And paste your GPG message into the terminal, type ctrl+D, get prompted for your passphrase and get the results to STDOUT? But in other ...
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GPG4WIN Keys and Transferring them
I have installed www.gpg4win.org and have generated a keys that will allow me to both sign and encrypt files. On windows it uses the (KDE) / Kleopatra Certificate Manager - Version 2.1.0.
What is the ...
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