PK-Encrypt-only

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Dec 1 11:58:56 CET 2005


On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:33:07 -0700, Kurt Fitzner said:

> I know that encrypting a file without signing it is commonly done with
> symmetrical encryption.  My question is, do people commonly use GnuPG to
> encrypt a file without signing it using PK-encryption?

In email I use it when I have no access to my signing key.  On a more
regular basis I use it to encrypt senstive parts of a backups as well
as confidential information stored in databases.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner




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