Lentes, Bernd: > Hi ML, > > i'm new to GPG, so please excuse asking silly questions. > I managed to create my keys with "gpg2 --gen-key" > I wrote an e-Mail to ad...@gnupp.de with the subject "Mein öffentlicher > Schlüssel", which is german for "my public key". > Shortly thereafter i got an encrypted response which, i assume, i have to > decrypt with my private key. > I pasted the encrypted stuff into a file and then tried to decrypt: > > gpg2 -d nachricht.txt > > I've been asked for the passphrase for my private key which i entered, but > then i got the following error: > > gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID F742DB29, created 2019-07-23 > "Bernd Lentes (Helmholtz GPG Schluessel) > <bernd.len...@helmholtz-muenchen.de>" > gpg: Fatal: zlib inflate problem: invalid code lengths set > > The file has a size of 68 KB, could that be the culprit ? > > Bernd >
The simpe rules are as follows: (1) You encrypt to another persons public key (2) You decrypt with your private key That's it! You can sign your emails - this means no one can tamper with them whilst in transit - if it was tampered with then there's an eror in the check sum of the message. Be happy! David -- People Should Not Be Afraid Of Their Government - Their Government Should Be Afraid Of The People - When Injustice Becomes Law, REBELLION Becomes A DUTY! Join the Rebellion Today! https://gbenet.com
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