how to create a symmetric cipher

[Joseph Oreste Bruni]

gpg --symmetric --encrypt

The default is CAST5, but you can specify the algorithm using -- 
cipher-algo

-Joe


On Nov 14, 2006, at 12:52 PM, Wei Wu [H] wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I want to create a symmetric cipher such as AES to encrypt some  
> data, and
> think gpg (GnuPG Version 1.4.2.1) may do this. But I found it gives  
> only
> three options, none is symmetric. I would appreciate if anyone can  
> point me
> to another or way to do it?
>
> Regards,
> WW
>
> gpg --gen-key
>    (1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
>    (2) DSA (sign only)
>    (5) RSA (sign only)
>
>
>
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