hi Henry can a symmetric cipher be/use also public-private-keys?
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Henry Hertz Hobbit <hhhob...@securemecca.net > wrote: > On 05/03/2013 08:45 AM, Lema KB wrote: > > > is it possible to do it in any other way, but using also priv-pub-key? i > am > > like stuck.. > > Yes, I imagine they told you to use a symmetric cipher. > Here are some scripts that may help (be sure to replace > my KEY NUMBER with yours and change the ".txt" extension > to ".sh" and make it executable: > > http://www.securemecca.com/public/GnuPG/ > > To encrypt use the crypt.sh script (be sure to replace > TWOFISH with the cipher that you prefer in the script. > The decrypt script will decrypt the file but make sure > you do NOT give it the ".gpg" extension or modify the > script. > > Also, if all you want to do is encrypt and you are on > Windows, you can use 7-Zip which has a built in AES-128 > symmetric cipher: > > http://www.7-zip.org > > The source code compiles and installs easily for 'nix > systems > > Don't feel bad about not understanding public / private > key encryption at first. Even engineers with Phd degrees > have problems. Only Mathematicians and Computer Scientists > can handle it and even then sometimes they have problems. > > HHH >
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