Need help for decrypt

Vlad "SATtva" Miller sattva at pgpru.com
Mon Jan 19 18:22:45 CET 2009


Lai, Thomas (19.01.2009 07:15):
> Hello Vlad "SATtva" Miller,
> 
> Your answer is very helpful. 
> 
> The first option is ok, however about the second, 
> I could not find the option --passphrase-file in command gpg.
> The gpg version I used is gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.1.

Your version is antique! Consider upgrading it on first occasion.

> I find another option --passphrase-fd; I found it had the similar
> function as --passphrase-file.
> 
> Anyway, really appreciated for your such good and quick reply.
> 
> 
> Thank you and Best regards,
> 
> Thomas Lai /  FIL - Dalian
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vlad "SATtva" Miller [mailto:sattva at pgpru.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 4:50 AM
> To: Lai, Thomas
> Cc: Gnupg-users at gnupg.org
> Subject: Re: Need help for decrypt
> 
> Lai, Thomas (16.01.2009 15:35):
>> Is there any way to decrypt files without entering my private key's
>> passphrass?
> 
> Yes. You could remove passphrase from your private key (do --edit-key
> [your_key], then passwd, and finally save). Or you could write your
> passphrase in some text file and supply it to gpg with --passphrase-file
> parameter. Both options could be just fine or quite dangerous depending
> on your security considerations and actual environment, I'll leave that
> part alone.
> 


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SATtva | security & privacy consulting
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