Questions tagged [pgp]
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.
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Installing firefox deb package from apt repository, I noticed something weird with the key
I installed the firefox deb package from the official mozilla apt repository, following the instructions on their website: link. This is the procedure I saw suggested on this site too.
There it says ...
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Request to revoke PGP key from Ubuntu keyserver [duplicate]
I was recently setting up some PGP keys and realized that I still have keys in the Ubuntu keyserver that I made many years ago. Unfortunately I didn't know what I was doing back then, and I set the ...
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Problem adding PGP key to a DEB822 style file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
I am trying to create a file for vs code in /etc/apt/sources.list.d in the DEB822 style from the examples in man sources.list. I also read in man apt-key that apt-key add is deprecated. I have the ...
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Apache Netbeans Installation on Ubuntu 22.04: Problem with verification of downloaded file
Apache netbeans installation on Ubuntu 22.04:
I am trying to install latest version of apache netbeans. I downloaded the Ubuntu version from the link:
https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/netbeans/...
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PGP, S/MIME and Thunderbird
I am using PGP encryption for my emails, my friend uses S/MIME. We both use thunderbird to write emails. When he writes me a signed email, I can verify the signature and, similarly, he can verify mine....
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archive manager / file-roller to encrypt & decrypt pgp files
Is there any way to open/decrypt .pgp files in the gui? It would be great if archive manager was able to do this.
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How do I get gpg to actually add keys properly?
I've tried following along with this tutorial: https://linuxhint.com/generate-pgp-keys-gpg/
I used
sudo gpg --full-generate-key
and it seemed to be happy enough but when I tried
gpg --list-keys
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How do I solve this GPG Key error [duplicate]
This occurs every time I run sudo apt update :
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How to recover keys
I recently did a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04 on my workstation. I made a complete backup of my home directory, and have been pulling out the bits that I need. I had set up a signing key for my ...
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Why does my PPA not have any signing key?
Somehow one of the PPAs I maintain (belongs to a team) does not have a signing key.
No signing key listed here
Why does the PPA not have a signing key and how to fix this?
Note that I can ...
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Where can I suggest something to Ubuntu devs? [duplicate]
Ubuntu torrent downloads should include the PGP signature and the SHA256SUM. That would guarantee that the PGP signature and the S256SUM (current available at releases.ubuntu.com) aren't tampered.
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Does client OS verify packages downloaded from Ubuntu main repository? [duplicate]
Packages seem to be downloaded over http from the Ubuntu main repository, so I was wondering whether the client's OS verifies the packages once downloaded?
If so please could someone outline the ...
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GPG decryption challenge. No passphrase available - Unknown sender / GPG [closed]
I am doing an online challenge and I am wondering how someone would go about getting the data that is encrypted?
any advice would be great. the website is defendtheweb.net
I have put the full ...
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key Server indicated failure for sending gpg keys
Server indicated failure for sending keys
debian@osboxes:~/$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --send-keys 8D32FF6AEEB7BA37
gpg: sending key 8D32FF6AEEB7BA37 to hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: ...
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How do i generate a certificate to sign pdf electronically?
I'm stuck trying to figure out what kind of certificate I need to create, and how to create it to sign PDF's with LibreOffice. I created a GnuPG key, that did not work. I tried to create a private key ...
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