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GnuPG --symmetric & default password?
- From: Richard Ivarson <RiIvarson at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:33:57 +0200
- Subject: GnuPG --symmetric & default password?
Hello,
This more of a GnuPG question, but since I use the Cygwin version, maybe
somebody knows... :-)
In my GnuPG's "gpg.conf" there's the entry
default-recipient-self
so that all files I asymmetrically encrypt with "gpg --encrypt" are also
decryptable by myself.
I wonder if there's a similar mechansism to the "--symmetric" version, with
which you can encrypt files which you don't intend to give to other persons.
Normally, with "gpg --symmetric file" you always have to enter the passphrase.
Another question for the encryption specialists: How strong is GnuPG's
--symmetric encryption with the default CAST5 algorithm compared to, for
example, 7zip's encryption (Cygwin name "p7zip") which uses AES-256 ?
Thanks!
-Richard
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