Encryption commands such as gpg can be used to secure your most sensitive files on Linux systems.

Looking for the easiest method for protecting a file behind a layer of encryption in Linux? Here are two easy ways.

This will create the file myfinancial.info.gpg. Note that the original file is not deleted, so once you feel safe encrypting and decrypting files, you probably want to delete your unencrypted versions ...

Before you encrypt, decrypt or sign anything, you need to build your own public and private keyrings; let's start by generating a GnuPG key pair. This is one of the more interactive gpg functions: the ...

An updated GnuPG package that fixes a security issue is now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant ...

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GnuPG is used to verify downloaded software packages for Linux-based operating systems, and attackers could attempt to poison a vendor's public certificate and upload it to the keyserver network ...

Topic ===== Format string vulnerability in gnupg. Problem Description =================== GnuPG contains a format string vulnerability which can be triggered simply by attempting to decrypt a file ...

Additionally, when used to check detached signatures, if the data file being checked contained clearsigned data, GnuPG would not warn the user if the detached signature was incorrect. Affected Systems ...