Subj : Re: Thinking of posting a code a week
To : apam
From : Avon
Date : Mon Sep 25 2017 12:47 pm
ap> R> THAT can be done also with PGP. It supports a symmetric mode, where yo
ap> R> can enter a password, and it will encrypt the file/text. The receiver
ap> R> decrypt it with the same password
ap>
ap> You do realize PGP isn't an encryption algorithm, but a frontend that
ap> uses them? What is there to gain from using PGP than using another
ap> crypto-library directly.
So in my test case I have PGP set up and (from memory) it's set to use a
certain style of encryption and then I just provide it with the source text
and a simple key to use to encode that source text.
We could try an open test to confirm that much works if you like? :)
