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Manuales
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pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

somebody know how can i decrypt a file using pgp software?

thanks..
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Ivan Ferreira
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Re: pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

Attached is a sample about how to use gnupg, a free version of gpg.
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
Manuales
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Re: pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

is the same pgp and gpg??
Arunvijai_4
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Re: pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

Hi Manuales,

You can find more information here about PGP and GPG

http://cryptography.org/getpgp.htm

-Arun
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for"
Manuales
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Re: pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

Hi again !!!

somebody of you knows why appears the following error:

unix 79> pgp --decrypt test.5april.pgp --passphrase "aabbccdd112233"
McAfee E-Business Server v7.1.1 - Full License
(c) 1991-2002 Network Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Warning: Using insecure memory!

Decoding data....
Secret key is required to read it.
Error decrypting file 'test.5april.pgp'.

why appears:
"Secret key is required to read it"

i have review:
/home/.pgp/

unix 84> ls -lrt pubring.pkr secring.skr
-rw------- 1 unixadm group1 17469 Apr 3 18:24 pubring.pkr
-rw------- 1 unixadm group1 975 Apr 3 18:24 secring.skr

unix 85> file pubring.pkr secring.skr
pubring.pkr: awk program text
secring.skr: awk program text

PLEASE !! HELP !!
Thanks Manuales. :0]
Manuales
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Re: pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

does somebody knows about it?
Manuales
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Re: pgp (encrypt and decrypt)

hi all!!
now i know what was the problem ...

if you crypt with a public key of other customer this is must only decrypted into server customer ....

now , i have other problem ..
do you know why appears the following message when i try to add new public key with other user different actual is used to add user into pgp software?

the message is:
Error: No license file specified.

Do u know if there is a file where is in hard code user name which normally is used to add users?

i mean, i'm changing user id, usual user id where i can work and sw works o.k. is named userpgp and now im migrating to newuserpgp userid ...

PLEASE, HELP ...
regards!!!
Manuales ...