PGP/GPG Encryption
Public/Private keys are used to send encrypted data between clients. The receiving client generates public/private key pair and sends the public key to all contributing clients. The contributing clients are using public key to decrypt the file. Receiving client is using the private key to encrypt the file. Private key should never be send to anyone outside!
How to start?
Download latest version of GnuPG from www.gnupg.org
General Help
gpg --help
Creating public/private(secret) key
gpg --gen-key
Listing public/private keys
gpg --list-keys
Exporting public key
gpg --armor --export test@email > public.key
Exporting private key
gpg --armor –export-secret-key test@email > public.key
Importing keys
gpg -–import key.txt
Deleting secret key
gpg --delete-secret-keys test@email
Deleting public key
gpg --delete-keys test@email
Change passphrase
gpg --edit-key test@email passwd
Encrypt file
gpg --batch --output "<outfile>" --encrypt --recipient test@email "<infile>"
Encrypt file with different cipher algorithm
gpg --batch --output "<outfile>" --encrypt --cipher-algo AES --recipient test@email "<infile>"
Decrypt file
gpg --batch --output "<outfile>" --decrypt "<infile>"
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