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PGP on linux suse

The following script works on a windows server : pgp --encrypt TESTDIR\TESTPgp.txt -r issucnc Exit How would I make the same code to work on a linux server if I wanted to transfer a file from linux ...
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Using the GNUPG Encrypt Command on Windows 7 Professional

I am using the Windows port of GNU Privacy Guard "light" release for version 1.0.9 installed on a windows 7 professional laptop. Installed in the default directory of : C:\Program Files ...
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Microsoft Word and digital signatures using PGP?

I have a document for a project that I am working on with my team, and I need to digitally sign the document in a way that can be verified by other members of the team. The catch is, internally, we ...
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PGP command-line program t be called from script or batch file?

I am seeking a freeware, open-source, or fairly cheap PGP Command Line app which can do PGP file encryption. It should be a Windows solution, and should be able to be called at the command-line, ...
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Is it possible to run pgp 6.5.8 freeware on Windows 7 64 bit machine?

I am trying to get the PGP Command Line -Freeware Version 6.5.8 by Networks Associates working on a Wndows 7 64 bit machine. Does anyone know if it is possible? I installed it in C:\pgp when i run ...
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What is the file format for storing PGP private keys?

I tried to understand it from RFC and from source code (mainly from gnupg and gpgme) and I didn't get the way the data should be stored when someone export secret keys. I know there should be ...
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How to extract files from pgp file

I have a a.zip.pgp file along with an key.asc file. How can I extract the files from a.zip.pgp ? I have tried the following:- $ gpg --import key.asc then $ gpg --decrypt-files a.zip.pgp gpg: ...
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Creating and evaluating digital signed signatures for authentication etc

This question is triggered by an email from Microsoft this morning about a security bulletin. It started with -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 and ended with a PGP signature. I've ...
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Formatting OpenSSL encrypted message, and signature in the same plaintext file

I'm working on designing an API which requires encrypted messages to be signed and sent over TLS. The TLS is HTTP/SSL. The messages themselves are a few hundred Kb (at most) of JSON data, encrypted ...
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Can't check PGP signature for the Linux kernel source package

Just now I downloaded the latest Linux kernel from the official site. With it I downloaded the .sign file. I found instructions on-line for how to check the file against the PGP signature. It's the ...
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PGP Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) - how to image/backup the boot partition?

On Windows 7, I would like to backup the system partition. The whole disk, including the partition, has just been encrypted with PGP 10.1.2 SP3 (I'm obliged to use precisely this software for ...
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Public/Private key locations with Enigmail and Thunderbird on Windows

Sorry if this is a simple answered question, I just cannot find what I'm looking for. I'd like to find the location of my public/private key combinations on my Windows machine that I made through ...
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Is Data Object on openPGP smartcard v2 encrypted?

Currently I thinking about on-the-fly disk encryption using Truecrypt/dmcrypt LUKS with key stored on smartcard. I would like to use openPGP v2 smart card, respectively GPF Cryptostick which is based ...
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When I've signed a key with GPG, how do I send this information to a keyserver?

I just signed a friend's public key using gpg --sign-key. How can I send the signed key back to the key server, so that other people can see that I've signed it?
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Send an encrypted mail via telnet

I've got a public OpenPGP key and need to send an encrypted email using telnet. However, I'm unable to find anything related to this topic. I have no problem sending an email via telnet, but cannot ...
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Are files encrypted with gpg compatible with pgp?

Are files encrypted with gpg compatible with pgp? What about the other way? I recently learned the very basics of the procedures of using gpg to encrypt and decrypt files. But I don't have a lot of ...
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How to use gpg and SSH together? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Are GPG and SSH keys interchangable? How to use gpg and SSH together? I know the basic procedures of 1) using gpg to encrypt and decrypt text files and 2) generating ...
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What's a good example of showcasing the advantage of gnupg2 over gnupg?

Q1) What's a good example of showcasing the advantage of gnupg2 over gnupg? Q2) I'm trying to build encryption into a small piece of software for internal project management. Is gnupg a good tool to ...
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gpg - Is the MDC check redundant if the file is signed?

I understand that gpg 1.4.9 computes a MDC code by default. According to my research this corresponds to to Sym. Encrypted and Integrity Protected Data Packet (tag 18) in the PGP spec. If the file is ...
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How can I disable prompt about trust when encrypting file with gpg in emacs

I want to use emacs to edit files encrypted with gnu privacy guard. Im using the gpg support built into emacs 23 which I think is easy pg assistant. I import keys created at the command line with M-x ...
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Encrypted email archive with encryption on client, not server

Even though most of my email is coming in un-encrypted, I want to store it on a server somewhere in encrypted form. Is there any solution available that encrypts on the client so that a compromised ...
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Is it possible to encrypt files without knowing the public key of person I am willing to share the data?

If I have files that I would like share with another person however if this person does not have a public key e.g. they have not yet installed PGP, etc how can I encrypt the data so that only that ...
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What's the easiest way to revoke a PGP key using MacOSX?

I haven't used PGP in ages and since then I most likely lost the keys. I want to revoke them regardless and I do have the revocation keys printed in paper. I already typed and proof-read them a couple ...
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Jabber - chat room(conference) encryption

Is there a way to encrypt chat room (conference) related traffic? I already installed OpenFire XMPP server and I can use Pidgin for example to encrypt a conversation between two people (PGP). Can I ...
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PGP private key password change and relationship to public key

I have been looking at PGP for a few days and noticed that if I change the password on the private key, parts of the private key change, but a large portion of it remains the same. The public key does ...
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Encrypt Old Emails in Archive with PGP[+Enigmail]

TLDR: Can I use a Thunderbird plugin for PGP like Enigmail to encrypt archived email from before I started using it on my current emails? So I do not have access to a Unix box at the moment (please ...
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PGP Whole Disk Encryption status

Is there something stored locally on a computer with PGP Whole Disk Encryption that indicates its encryption status? The built-in reporting in PGP Universal Server is unreliable, so I would like to ...
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what is PGP public key block?

There's PGP public key block posted on some websites (eg. http://phrack.org/index.html). It's not hex code. it uses much more alphabet characters. What is it? Why is this information posted? how can ...
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Problem adding public key for apt

I was trying to get the official mongodb for Ubuntu, following the instructions at http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Ubuntu+and+Debian+packages After adding the deb ...
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What's the best way of keeping a PGP private key file generated by GnuPG?

What's the best way of keeping a PGP private key file generated by GnuPG? I will just store my public key online, in Gmail, on many of my computers. Where/how best to protect and store the private ...
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One GnuPG/PGP key pair, two emails?

I have two emails I use frequently, for both of which I'd like to use PGP keys generated/managed by GnuPG. I'd like to avoid creating a different key pair for each email, if possible, as that's ...
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Can I use GnuPG to verify that a file is unmodified and comes from the correct sender?

Can I use GnuPG to verify that a file is unmodified and comes from the correct sender? Let's take a simple use case: I have this file with some important content, let's say it is in a .tar.gz file. ...
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How can I revoke a user's PGP key?

We have a user who has since left the company who had PGP Desktop & Email encryption. We have just received a request to change the addresses on the account, but our corporate addresses are still ...
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How does S/MIME differ from PGP/GPG, for the purpose of signing and/or encrypting email?

In addition to the titular question, are the two technologies compatible? If so, under what circumstances? What are the relative benefits of the two technologies?
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Email utopia: cross-platform (inc mobile), encryption, signing, threading, account aggregation. Is it possible? If so, how?

I'd like to achieve the following: Be able to aggregate my email accounts such that I can receive an email sent to one of my email accounts and reply to it from any other email account of mine, ...
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Is it possible to find a sender's Public PGP (GPG) key from an encoded message?

Could you find the sender's Public PGP (GPG) key from an encoded message?
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How to customize Seahorse plugin behavior in Nautilus?

I use Fedora 14. The seahorse-plugins package adds a nifty context menu option in Nautilus that allows you to encrypt/decrypt files easily with your GPG key. But is it possible to customize its ...
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How do I get GPGMail to stop automatically enabling encryption options when I email people whose public keys are saved in my keychain?

Title pretty much explains my problem. I like having the option to encrypt when I mail certain contacts, but that doesn't mean I want to do it every time — having to disable encryption 90% of the ...
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Best practices for a team using PGP key?

We have a team (a security team) and I am wondering how could we use PGP to sign mails. People come and go of course... can't find anything about this with google. Clarification: I would like the ...
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How to store Kleopatra PGP keys on USB drive?

I'm using Kleopatra (actually gpg4win) on Windows. I've created PGP Private keys, and I would like to store them on my usb stick (e.g. be able to encrypt files only if the private key is available - ...
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Full Disk Encryption for Mac (Not PGP)

I purchased PGP Whole Disk Encryption for my Macbook Pro, and it's exactly what I need. After the Symantec acquisition, PGP no longer sells single licenses of the software so I can't purchase a ...
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Performance losses due to whole disk encryption? PGP vs LUKS vs other?

How is performance impacted by whole disk encryption systems such as PGP or LUKS? How do PGP and LUKS compare in performance? Im working on Ubuntu 10.10
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How does PGP Whole Disk Encryption work?

I have PGP Whole Disk Encryption running on my desktop at work. When I turn on the computer I get a grey screen like this one asking for my password. I type in my Windows password and move right ...
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Are there no further developments in GnuPG?

Though the GnuPG website shows the last stable release date to be: 2010-10-18, I feel there are no major improvements. Till the year 2003-2004, I used to see active developments and releases. I ...
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Where to upload PGP public key? Are KeyServers still surviving?

I want to upload my PGP public key on a public server. Till the time PGP was an independent organization, I heard a lot about KeyServers, but after Symantec acquired PGP, what is the future of these ...
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How can I get a new / non-technical user to verify my GnuPG / PGP signed email?

I'm looking for a web front-end or some easy way to get a user who's never been exposed to cryptography / digital signatures etc. to simply copy/paste my GPG signed (not encrypted) email and specify ...
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How to make use of pubring.gpg and secring.gpg

I just found my pubring.gpg and secring.gpg files, which I created for experimenting purposes years ago. I also know, in ascii, my public key. Because I can't remember how I generated my keys and what ...
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Generate a PGP key with DSA key size of 1024 bits and El Gamal key size of 2048 bits using Mac GPG 2.0

Can somebody please tell me how to generate a PGP key with Mac GPG 2.0 that uses a DSA key for signing with a length of 1024 bits, and an El Gamal key for encryption with a length of 2048 bits ? I've ...
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How do I integrate GPG with alpine?

I have tried a couple of howtos, but they seem to either be too out of date or just plain don't work (don't work for me, at least). How do I sign and encrypt messages, as well as check integrity of ...
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Why do people share their PGP Keys and how to use it?

I just learned how to generate PGP keys on Ubuntu (using Terminal or Seahorse). I have 2 very basic questions. Why do people share their PGP Keys? example How can we sent an authenticated mail ...

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