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Title: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: cuddaloreappu on July 08, 2014, 11:32:28 AM How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline?
which is the most trusted source for pgp . Do i need to download and install a pgp software for this? Is it possible to use a passphrase to pgp encrypt a private key? Title: Re: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: Bernard Lerring on July 08, 2014, 11:57:12 AM Kleopatra is a user friendly front end for PGP. There are both Windows and Linux versions.
Not sure about using it offline though. I'm not sure if it needs to be connected for initial setup, ie generating keys. Title: Re: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: Bitcoin Magazine on July 08, 2014, 03:17:42 PM Gpg --armor --output test.asc --encrypt file.txt
Title: Re: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: shorena on July 08, 2014, 03:22:58 PM How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Why do you want to use asymmetric encryption offline? Why not just use strong symmetric encryption? Title: Re: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: cuddaloreappu on July 08, 2014, 04:29:58 PM How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Why do you want to use asymmetric encryption offline? Why not just use strong symmetric encryption? So are you speaking greek or latin? Title: Re: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: shorena on July 09, 2014, 09:29:18 AM -snip- So are you speaking greek or latin? I just assumed you had an XY problem, but since you are getting more cryptic I will continue my assumptions and assume you are fine with the answer you got. Title: Re: How to encrypt a private key with pgp offline? Post by: cuddaloreappu on July 09, 2014, 05:54:15 PM -snip- So are you speaking greek or latin? I just assumed you had an XY problem, but since you are getting more cryptic I will continue my assumptions and assume you are fine with the answer you got. No bro, I actually dont know what is symmetric and asymmetric cryptography |