GPG and AES key - possible ? I want to encrypt files

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cpu · Post by **cpu** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:28 pm

Is there a way to encrypt file with GnuPG using AES-256 algoritm ?

I mean when I generate key by gpg --gen-key I can only chose between DSA and RSA - but I would like to have AES key to encrypt files with it

Please help

karnesky · Post by **karnesky** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:53 pm

DSA and RSA are the format of the pubkeys you generate. You can use many encryption algorithms with these keys.

gpg -aes --cipher-algo AES

The defaults are sane & should be reasonable for most applications, though.

cpu · Post by **cpu** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:28 pm

karnesky wrote:DSA and RSA are the format of the pubkeys you generate. You can use many encryption algorithms with these keys.

gpg -aes --cipher-algo AES

The defaults are sane & should be reasonable for most applications, though.

Thanks, maybe you know how to use AES256 with kGPG to encrypt te file with DSA key ?

karnesky · Post by **karnesky** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:36 pm

cpu wrote:Thanks, maybe you know how to use AES256 with kGPG to encrypt te file with DSA key ?

I don't use kGPG, so don't know. AES256 might already be the default for you. Use 'gpg --edit-key' and show/set your preferences. I'd imagine that kGPG would just use these default prefs which are associated with your key.