[Cialug] dumb gpg question

Kenneth Ristau kristau at kristau.net
Thu Jul 21 21:03:16 CDT 2005


Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
> If I am encrypting data using someone else's public key, can I decrypt
> the file with that same key?

No.  At that point, only the owner of that public key can use his/her
secret key to decrypt the file.

-- 
Tired programmer
Coding late into the night
The core dump follows

My GNUPG public key is available at http://www.kristau.net/public_key.asc


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