Questions tagged [pgp]
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How to decrypt file that was symmetrically encrypted using GPG?
I've created and symmetrically encrypted a file using GPG:
touch test.txt && echo 'test' >> test.txt
gpg --output test.txt --symmetric test.txt
But now I cannot figure out how to ...
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Error when trying to install packages via pacman on Arch Linux WSL
I am using Arch for Windows Subsystem for Linux build. Whenever I try to install a specific package (e.g. python) it displays a Y/n prompt:
:: Import PGP key [KEY], "[Name]", created: [date]? [Y/n]
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“gpg-agent is older than us” warning message even after running gpgconf --kill all [closed]
I have installed gpg version 2.2.17 from source.
When I run gpg --card-status gpg reports:
gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.2.4 < 2.2.17).
gpg: Note: Outdated servers may ...
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Piping Backups through Compression and Encryption
I am trying to backup a disk image of a local system to a remote system, in a way I can automate by bash script at a later point. Backing up and restoring was going well until I introduced encryption, ...
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gpg bad signature clear text
How do you verify a clearsign signature if all you got is the person public key and their clearsign signature, say from an email without a source file.
For ex:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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Can keychain be used to encrypt a file?
I would like to have something like
KEY="$(echo "key please" | $SSH_AUTH_SOCK)"
cryptsetup luksOpen --key-file <(echo "$KEY") /path/to/file
like PGP.
The IdentityAgent SSH_AUTH_SOCK seems to have ...
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gpg cannot unlock passphrase-less key: “gpg: public key decryption failed: No passphrase given”
I have a gpg setup started with older gpg versions and I did not use a passphrase back then. I would type enter directly when prompted for it. I'm not sure if that means the key isn't encrypted or if ...
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PureOS verification of download
PureOS has SHA256 verification of download, but I've heard that SHA isn't so secure. Do they sign their files or provide associated .sig files? And is it true that that would be more secure?
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Mutt asks “Enter keyID”, does not accept any IDs
I am trying to use Mutt with GPG to encrypt emails. Whenever I try to encrypt, I am asked to "Enter keyID for user@domain". No matter what I enter, it asks me to enter the value.
I definitely have ...
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PGP Keyservers Featuring Download over HTTPS?
My company's firewall blocks keyservers on port 80, and a few of the distributions that I'm hoping to support don't feature HKPS yet for fetching over TLS.
Are there keyservers out there that offer a ...
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Is it possible to reuse a GnuPG key in another installation?
I have a GPG key which I use to sign and submit packages to Launchpad.
Is it possible to reuse that key in another installation, or do I always have to create a new key for the new installation of a ...
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How to export a GPG private key and public key to a file
I have generated keys using GPG, by executing the following command
gpg --gen-key
Now I need to export the key pair to a file;
i.e., private and public keys to private.pgp and public.pgp, ...
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Does gpg-agent have a GUI?
Is there a GUI of application gpg-agent ?
How I can start it ? I need to change some settings there, but can't find it.
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GPG seems to alter imported keys
So I've never used gpg (2.0.14) before this week and I'm no cryptography pro, but the results I've been getting with gpg seem odd.
When I import keys (e.g. gpg --import public.key) that were ...
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Extend PGP license of secret key in other server
I'm facing an issue with extending the validity of the PGP license.
I've generated a key in server1 and exported publicKey to server2 for encryption , and secretkey to server3 for decryption one year ...
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Debian 9.2: Setting Up SFTP Service with Public Key Autentication and PGP
My final goal is to create a SFTP server coupled with a PGP authentication as described here: SFTP+PGP.
Actually I succeeded to create a sftp_user user who can connect to his own directory on my ...
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Unknown public key when installing dependency for package in Manjaro Linux?
I'm running Manjaro Linux and trying to install Discord app. Since Discord doesn't have an official build for Arch-based systems, I've tried to use yaourt and the install gives me this error:
==> ...
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How to open a PDF file from Unix Putty Box( PGP) [closed]
I have a situation where i am unable to open the PDF files from the Unix Putty box.The vendor is placing these files in Server(We called it as Q drive) and we were ftp these from files from Q drive to ...
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GPG installation compatible with PGP 2.x
Is it possible to prepare GPG installation with external libraries which is fully compatible with earlier PGP versions (and keyrings)? I read that GPG needs external libraries because of patented ...
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Converting Old PGP Keys to GPG - [RESOLVED] [closed]
We were migrating from Solaris to Linux where we used PGP v6.5.2 in Solaris. We need to use GPG in Linux now. I installed GPG 2.0.14 having libgcrypt v1.4.5. While trying to decrypt files generated ...
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Ability to use GNUPG's Webkey as a Web Services authentication mechanism
Is there a way to use GNUPG's new Webkey capability to create a federated passwordless public key authentication mechanism for web services login?
Something like the following architecture:
.----...
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Generating a pgp key from an initial private/material key
Some library allows me to generate a pgp key pair in a such a way:
var options = {
curve: 'secp256k1',
userId: 'Hamlet <hamlet@example.net>',
passphrase: 'To be, or not to be: that ...
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Why does pacman need to import PGP key during Rofi installation?
I installed the Rofi window switcher with pacman this morning on a clean install of Arch linux. During the install it paused and prompted me to import a PGP key as it was searching for keys. Is this ...
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GPG Hangs When Private Keys are Accessed
I like to sign my git commits with my PGP key, so I was quite alarmed when I went to git commit -S but instead of prompting for my PGP key passphrase, git just started hanging. I haven't made a change ...
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GPG not decrypting symmetrically encrypted file
I have data which I encrypted using gpg -ac --cipher-algo AES256 data and a passphrase. I moved that file onto a different machine with gpg as well, but unlike the system it was encrypted on (TrueOS), ...
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Using pass on multiple computers. Which pgp key to share?
I'm using pass password manager on multiple computers, linked via a git repository. Which pgp key do I need to share across computers, the public, private, or both, so that I can add /edit /delete ...
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Using Private PGP key as login credential?
This is NOT for the likes of remote SSH, but is somewhat similar for local physical use with a USB key device. Could I somehow setup a customized personalized login system that uses my own Private PGP ...
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/bin/sh: error importing function definition for `module'
I have script right now but it always prompt this is error.
stderr=/bin/sh: module: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/bin/sh: error importing function definition formodule' `
#!/bin/sh
#...
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Is it safe to accept a new PGP key in pacman on Arch Linux?
When previously trying to install arch-audit on Arch Linux from the repository using sudo pacman -S arch-audit I was told:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) ...
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secure apt R pgp key no_pubkeys found
I already applied the solutions on these pages
Why failing to get CRAN key for R backports?
and
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/#secure-apt
for installing R on Debian Linux Jessie
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Is there any program to get the GPG password from the GUI
I am working about a GUI PGP application with Zenity. GPG asks passphrase on terminal screen. But I want to enter passphrase from a GUI dialog box not in terminal (like zenity --password) I tried ...
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GPG key generator does *not* use entropy
I'm trying to generate a GPG key on Ubuntu 16.10 and GPG is taking forever.
I googled a bit and found some websites, including some questions on StackExchange, suggesting to run an entropy generator ...
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Try to install lib32-ncurses-compat-libs 6.04 on Antegros
When I try to install lib32-ncurses5-compat-libs under Antegros (Arch derivate) I get an error message while checking the PGP signatures.
(The error message is in german, but it states, that the PGP ...
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Can mutt automatically sign emails that it encrypts?
I love the mutt option crypt_opportunistic_encrypt. This allows me to automatically encrypt emails to recipients for whom I have the key. (And not if I cc to a group that contains members without keys....
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How to import keys from a keyserver using gpg in debian?
AFAIK The basic concept about gpg/pgp is that for two people who want to create trust between them is both publish a public key and private key (the private key is kept with the user who creates it, ...
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How to make PGP's output less verbose in mutt with GnuPG & TOFU?
I recently added trust-model tofu+pgp in my .gnupg/gpg.conf to use TOFU and automatically trust (marginally) keys from e-mails I see for the first time. It has the bad consequence of making PGP's ...
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packer - ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!
I'm trying to install ncurses5-compat-libs on Arch Linux with packer.
But I get this error:
==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!
How can I fix it?
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Problem configuring GPG pinentry
I have two hosts, A and B. On A I have the gpg pinentry program setup to be pinentry-curses but I have no idea how I did it anymore. I can not seem to find the difference between A and B, but on A (...
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PGP key for Rails deployment tutorial
In this portion of the tutorial I'm using, I'm supposed to setup a PGP key.
Should I use the one they list, or is that just a placeholder? If so, how do I choose what key I want to use?
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Why is no second PGP possible?
I've a problem with the command "gpg --gen-key".
At my very first time, I connected an eMail-Account to this and everything worked fine. I can use it and so on.
No Problem.
The problem is: I want to ...
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How can I encrypt with my previous GPG subkey after creating a new one?
I recently generated two new subkeys to put on an external key card. I previously had a master key (usage marked SC) and a single subkey (marked E). This arrangement was worked fine for what I needed ...
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Encrypt some folder and hide key in Linux
I work on a Debian system (Mint actually).
I'd like to encrypt some folders and files, for instance: the one with OpenVPN configuration and keys, and be able to decrypt it on the fly.
My problem: ...
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How to learn encryption type from a mail message?
I use Thunderbid, Enigmail, GnuPG and pinentry.
When I receive encrypted message, how I can determine which algorithm is used:
for encryption
for checksuming (SHA1 or not)
for compression
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What to do when a user switches to a new key?
I have some public keys of multiple users in my keyring in GnuPG. One of these users has switched to a new public key. I still have the user's old key which has an assigned trust of ultimate. I just ...
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How can I PGP decrypt an entire mbox?
Thunderbird cannot search PGP-encrypted emails. Hence, I was considering copying all my emails from IMAP to local storage, then decrypting them all locally, so that they are searchable. Is this ...
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gpg: Bad signature
I'm trying to sign a public PGP key but am encountering a 'Bad signature' error:
gpg --edit-key someone@somedomain.com
...
gpg> sign
...
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "...
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GNOME keyring manager and gnupg
I get this
gpg: WARNING: The GNOME keyring manager hijacked the GnuPG agent.
gpg: WARNING: GnuPG will not work proberly - please configure that tool to not interfere with the GnuPG system!
when I ...
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How to dual-boot on a machine with PGP WDE?
PGP Whole disk encryption ("WDE") is an encryption software that encrypts all your data, and includes a bootguard. Because of this, I have been unable to successfully dual-boot, as there is no place ...
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Using GPG to decrypt Symantec PGP encrypted files?
Is this possible? I had an old HD encrypted with Symantec PGP. I attempted to decrypt the disk with Symantec's boot time recovery tool. It stalled 18% in, I let it sit for 16 hours, and the machine ...
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Administratively spread several Thunderbird per-recipient rules for some users?
I administer several computers that have Thunderbird/Icedove installed and I want to spread Thunderbird per-recipient rules for some users. The rules are stored in a file - pgprules.xml in the user ...
