Generating, importing, exporting and deleting Key - signing a file will do nothing to keep the contentsĭecrypted file to stdout, unless a filename is provided using local-user option to specify which secret key to use.Ī signed file is still readable by anybody who has your public Writes to file.gpg, unless a filename is provided usingĪnybody can encrypt files using anybody else's public key, justĮncrypting provides no guarantees about the origin of the file. Unless provided as options, this will promptįor the parameters required to perform the encryption: user-id, If the username is simple, it can be specified as an exactĮncrypt the file. (and also the default) is to specify a string that occurs in the ID Manpage ("How to specify a user ID") for details. Use this to specify the user-id of the recipient - without a If specified, or the first key in the keyring. Without this option, gpg will use the default key, Use this to specify the user-id which identifies the sender Neither public nor secret keys - this is less secure, but a lot OptionĮncrypts the file with a passphrase, without the need for The focus is on encrypting and decrypting files. A brief summary of useful options for the GPG commandline These are the options which are useful in basic usage of GPG forĮncryption (and decryption) - see also theĮxample of basic usage. The following describesĮxample of basic usage. The GPG commandline tool is very flexible, and provides optionsįor doing many things. It can beįreely used, modified and distributed under the terms of theĪs mentioned, GPG is very well-documented - see the
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Software (meaning that it respects your freedom).
GPG, is a command line tool with features for easy Versatile key management system as well as access modules for all Implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined byĪllows to encrypt and sign your data and communication, features a Project Documentation is excellent, and contains a lot moreīorrowed and abbreviated from the excellent
Specific purpose of encrypting files (for yourself - e.g. This page describes usage of GnuPG, for the
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