Encrypting with Private Key

2006-06-23 Thread utternoncesense
Does GPG enable me to encrypt a file with my private key? Obviously it encrypts hashes with my private key for signatures, I'd like to do it for a file. And yes, I realize that this provides absolutely no security, and yes, I know I could more efficiently prove a file came from myself by just en

Re: Corrupting files

2006-06-12 Thread utternoncesense
If your modus operandi includes exchanging secret information outside of normal channels (e.g., "change the case of the nth letter") you would be better off exchanging more secure information than a single change like that. For example - a second set of public keys. Encyrpt your document twice,

GPG Implementation of Symmetric Operations, and To-Self Encryption

2006-06-04 Thread utternoncesense
I have a couple of questions about GPG that fall in the range above pure mathematical equations but below "You use this option." Mostly they're of the form "This is how I understand it now, can you confirm that I've got it?" Firstly, in pure RSA/ElGamal etc, there is no passphrase U - there's nu