Re: PK-Encrypt-only

2005-12-01 Thread Janusz A. Urbanowicz
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 08:33:07AM -0700, Kurt Fitzner wrote: > I am contemplating a change to my GnuPG Explorer Extension, but I need > some background information. > > I know that encrypting a file without signing it is commonly done with > symmetrical encryption. My question is, do people com

Re: PK-Encrypt-only

2005-12-01 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:33:07 -0700, Kurt Fitzner said: > I know that encrypting a file without signing it is commonly done with > symmetrical encryption. My question is, do people commonly use GnuPG to > encrypt a file without signing it using PK-encryption? In email I use it when I have no acce

Re: PK-Encrypt-only

2005-11-30 Thread Atom Smasher
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Kurt Fitzner wrote: I am contemplating a change to my GnuPG Explorer Extension, but I need some background information. I know that encrypting a file without signing it is commonly done with symmetrical encryption. My question is, do people commonly use GnuPG to encrypt

Re: PK-Encrypt-only

2005-11-30 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Kurt Fitzner wrote: I know that encrypting a file without signing it is commonly done with symmetrical encryption. My question is, do people commonly use GnuPG to encrypt a file without signing it using PK-encryption? Well that's totally up to your personal taste =) Personally, I don't t

PK-Encrypt-only

2005-11-30 Thread Kurt Fitzner
I am contemplating a change to my GnuPG Explorer Extension, but I need some background information. I know that encrypting a file without signing it is commonly done with symmetrical encryption. My question is, do people commonly use GnuPG to encrypt a file without signing it using PK-encryption?