[Cialug] dumb gpg question
James Shoemaker
james at dhlake.com
Fri Jul 22 09:48:55 CDT 2005
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Kenneth Ristau wrote:
> 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.
>
Important hint, always encode a file with your key as well as the
person you are sending to.
James
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