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On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 18:09, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've been encrypting and decrypting email on the same remote server. |
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> I was under the impression that this was a security risk because it |
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> meant having the public and private keys on the same machine. I tried |
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> importing the public key to my local system and decrypting via |
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> enigmail but I got "Error - secret key needed to decrypt message". I |
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> imported the private key locally and now it decrypts fine, but I have |
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> both keys on the same system again. |
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> My understanding of GPG is weak. Can someone point out my misconception(s)? |
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Hi, |
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you need the recipient's public key to encrypt the message. This |
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message will be decrypted with the recipient's private key. |
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So if you encrypt something for yourself, you'll need your public key |
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to encrypt and your public key to decrypt. |
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Regards, |
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Boris. |
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> - Grant |
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$ ruby -e'puts " .:@BFegiklnorst".unpack("x4ax7aaX6ax5aX15ax4aax6aaX7ax2 \ |
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aX5aX8axaX3ax8aX4ax6aX3aX6ax3ax3aX9ax4ax2aX9axaX6ax3aX2ax4 \ |
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ax3aX4aXaX12ax10aaX7a").join' |
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