tag: symmetric encryption

Making and verifying digital signatures using GPG in Linux
Maria D. Campbell
In this article, I discuss what a digital signature is, which should be used (PGP or PKI), and how to create, edit, list, and delete a PGP public key uid. I also describe how to create a revocation certificate for a PGP key pair.
#asymmetric encryption, #symmetric encryption, #digital signature, #encryption, #decryption, #pgp key pair, #complete signature, #verification, #gpg, #linux, #pgp, #security, #series

Encrypting and Decrypting Files and Strings
Maria D. Campbell
In this post, I show how to encrypt and decrypt files with a Python encryption/decryption application using the Python Fernet symmetric encryption method and via Command Line using GnuPG.
#decryption, #encryption, #gnupg, #symmetric encryption, #command line, #macOS, #python3, #security