Questions tagged [openpgp]

The OpenPGP standard was originally derived from PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)

OpenPGP software uses a combination of strong public-key and symmetric cryptography to provide security services for electronic communications and data storage. These services include confidentiality, key management, authentication, and digital signatures.

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AIX OpenPGP Certificate SecureZip

I have been tasked with duplicating the functionality of SecureZip; namely encrypting and digitally signing a file and then sending via SFTP. I've been able to put together a java program based on the bouncycastle examples, and have been able to…
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Decrypting javascript binary to text using openpgp

the problem is that when decoding an image for example, I get a corrupted binary data, I've tried to convert it to base64, but it is invalid to display, is there a solution to decrypt pgp encrypted images valid I am using this library, tell me it is…
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Camel PGP crypto and symmetric keys

My question is how does camel pgp actually work and if my deduction is correct at all, I'm not a java programmer so please note that some of the following text might make no sense. Does it encrypt the payload with a symmetric key, then encrypts the…
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API to download/upload public keys to pgp universal server

Hi we developed a secure pgp application. We are able to create pgp keys and upload it to public openpgp keyservers and also we are able to retrive keys from openpgp servers. but the issue is we are unable to retrive public keys of recipients from…
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How to fetch OpenPGP key for Mesos installation?

I've been trying to install Mesos on an Ubuntu 14.04 Openstack virtual machine and have been running into some issues. I can't simply follow the instructions for the tarball because Maven throws lots of errors behind the proxy that I have to use.…
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How to use GnuPG to sign with private key having an empty passphrase?

I used GnuPG to create an RSA key pair xxx@xxx.com. When I created it, I set an empty passphrase. $ gpg --gen-key When generating the key pair, it prompts: "You need a passphrase to...", where I pressed enter twice, and it can success list public…
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Compatibility issues with Bouncy Castle pre 1.46

I've just heard of a partner who can't use my PGP key because he says his software is not compatible with PGP keys generated with BCPG 1.45 or earlier. I've been using these keys for a while now and never had any problems. Also, I've been unable to…
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using kbpgp • how do I specify which key-pair to encrypt_with when calling kbpgp.box(params,cb)

var params = { msg: "If you see me, I am working.", encrypt_for: bob, sign_with: alice }; // where bob and alice are KeyManager objects with public and unlocked private keys kbpgp.box(params, function(err, result_string,…
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Create PGP key to use with ObjectivePGP in iOS app

I'm making an application that needs encrypt/decrypt GPG messages but it needs generate its own keys (public/private). I'm using ObjectivePGP and it works great, but it doesn't generate the keys by itself (or I don't know how to do it), so I need…
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OpenPGP encryption key - isValidForEncrypting()?

I was looking at some code of MyPGP to check whether an OpenPGP key is valid for encryption or not. RFC 4880 helped me understanding the code a bit. But given that I do not have a very good understanding of signature types, I am not able to clearly…
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Unable to construct VERIFY_PIN_DIRECT control command

I'm writing a JAVA-app to access my OpenPGP-Card V2.0. The card terminal im using is a "REINER SCT cyberJack RFID standard" which only supports PC/SC under OSX, and now I want to implement the PC/SC 2.0-command "VERIFY_PIN_DIRECT". I tried the…
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Reading PGP key information

can someone show a description of the information of what a pgp looks like if only the descriptions were there but not the actual information? something like (i dont remember if the values are correct): packet-type[4 bits], total length in…
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OpenPGP.min.js doesn't generate key pair

I'm since yesterday trying to make the openpgp.js work. I tried the full version, but no success, so right now I tried the min version, and still no success. I have the following HTML code:
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How to use public key OpenPGP(GPG) without access to physical key ring in Java

Setup: Linux with GnuPG or Windows with GPG4Win(OpenPGP) A 2048 RSA keypair has been created by a privileged user who can access the key ring A second lower privilege user has been created for a java application to run under Permission has been…
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How do I create an ascii-armored signed OpenPGP message using ArmoredOutputStream of the BouncyCastle crypto library (C# version)

When I use ArmoredOutputStream I get a "-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----" instead of a "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----" after the clear text. I cannot figure out how to use ArmoredOutputStream on my own. Sometimes I get the signature header, but have…
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