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Export private and public key in gpgwin2/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() TLDR: gpg2 -export-secret-keys -a -o file. asc extension for files in 'ASCII armor(ed)' format, which is base64 with dashes-BEGIN and dashes-END lines and sometimes (including here) 822/MIME-style headers. Hint 2: you can output to a file by just redirecting, or using (either of) -output file The command-line option -export is used to do this. Sum if you want to import such an exported key with an older To send your public key to a correspondent you must first export it. OpenPGP and other implementations can not be expected to suc-Ĭessfully import such a key. Part of the primary key useless this is a GNU extension to Of the command has the special property to render the secret Normally not very useful and a security risk. When I try to save the key to my USB is says it imported but I cant find the files/keys location. Same as -export, but exports the secret keys instead. Right click on certificate and go to export secret key, a window pops up to choose the keys location. Man gpg2 | less "+/export-secret" then n (go to second match) shows: -export-secret-keys Hint 1: gpg calls private keys 'secret' because PGP dates from before people settled on the names 'private' key for the half of an asymmetric pair held by (ideally) only one party versus 'secret' key for a symmetric value usually held by two or more mutually trusting parties but nobody else. GPG4Win Lesson 2 Creating Your Key & Export 2,433 views 14 Dislike Share Timothy Harding 187 subscribers In this lesson we create our first public/private keypair using GPG4Win and. ![]()
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