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What are the best linux utilities for only decrypting and encrypting pgp? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wtry@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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edit: I am not specifically tied to pgp, I just want an encryption method that uses a public key to decrypt and a private one to encrypt

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[–] aksdb@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is "PGP" part of the requirement, or are you looking for an asymmetric encryption scheme for files? If you are not tied to PGP, you could look at age, which is a bit more modern and less complex. Lower complexity is always good.

[–] wtry@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've now been using age for a bit on opensuse and I recommend it, seems really secure and is a lot simpler.

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nice to hear. Thanks for the feedback 🙂