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GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is OpenPGP compliant FOSS alternative to PGP encryption software.

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The generation method of the random number at the time of the key pair making in gpg

in gpg --key-gen following error occured. Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 300 more bytes) What's wrong?
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Reliable PGP / GnuPG decryption for Mac OSX Mail

I'm developing a web app which emails encrypted data (from a web form) to a client who uses Macs/OSX exclusively in their office. I'd like to know: Is there are any reliable solutions for PGP / GnuPG decryption on Mac OSX mail? I've come across…
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Msysgit GPG error during commit signing

I'm getting the following error on Windows with msysgit. Doesn't matter whether or not I am doing it from the command prompt or the BASH bundled with Git: gpg: error loading `iconv.dll': The specified module could not be found. Google hasn't…
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Duplicity fails on Too many open files?

I'm using Duply on top of Duplicity but apparently it fails (after 10 min on 100% cpu) on gnupg --- Start running command BKP 21:10:58.679 --- NcFTP version is 3.2.2 Reading globbing filelist /root/.duply/offsite/exclude Local and Remote metadata…
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Need convincing PGP public key needs to be changed

So the situation is thus. We're working with another company and as part of some file distribution processing we have to encrypt some files before they are sent. The company in question sent us their public key which we have been using to encrypt…
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decrypt gpg file with specific key ?? (OS = WindowsXp)

please how i can decrypt file with specific key in batch file mode ? for example i want to :- decrypt file X.txt with key X.pub
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encrypt files by external GPG public key tools?

how i can encrypt files by eternal GPG public key ? for example user A generate public key A.pub and sent to me A.pub and you need from me to encrypt file by a.pub and sent it to you how i can do that ? please explain it step by step
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What does this gpg warning mean?

When I run my backup script as me, it works fine. When I run it as root, it still works, but I get this warning: gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file `/home/jason/.gnupg/gpg.conf' What does this warning mean and how can I stop it…
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Can I use the same password for TrueCrypt as what I used when creating my Public Key?

I created and published a Public Key using gpg. I am now creating a TrueCrypt volume and wish to use the same password. Does knowing my public key, in this instance, make my TrueCrypt volume become any less secure?
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RPM issues after signing JDK 1.6 64-bit

I'm trying to sign the Java JDK 1.6u21 64-bit RPM on CentOS 5.5 for use with Spacewalk and I'm running into problems. It seems to sign okay, but then when I check the signature it seems to be missing the key I just used to sign it. Yet RPM shows the…
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Host GPG / PGP keys online?

Is there any way for me to setup my GPG key online so that they could be used to verify my signature? I mean, I own "thezombie.net", so I might as well host my key there, no? And locally, what do I need? I upload the public key, and locally must…
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When installing docker on Ubuntu, why isn't it as easy as apt-get install docker?

I've installed docker a dozen times on Ubuntu using the instructions on the docker website (7 commands including removing old versions, adding a gpg keychain etc). I always just powered through, but today I paused to wonder why it's not just one…
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Yubico forward over ssh

I've been trying to forward my Yubico to perform sudo authentication without having to use the password I've successfully performed SSH auth with Yubico no macOS 12 using ssh -A user@server.com But after I login on the remote server I tried to check…
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Update PGP key in self hosted apt repository

We are using the Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager to host apt repositories. The GPG key of one of them has expired recently and needed to be updated. What I thought would be sufficient was to generate new key pairs (as described in the official…
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Public key read-only storage

We use GnuPG for encrypting data, which we upload to a central storage. The public key is being stored on a web-server, and the encrypting script re-downloads it if it's changed. This was done in order to easily refresh the public key every so often…
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