MS Windows GPG Info

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Check http://www.gpg4win.org/ to find the latest version of gpg4win (1/09 - 1.1.3).

There are up to date manuals and instructions there.

This is what it looked like in 2006.

Screen shots showing how to use "GPGee" Windows interface to GnuPG (included in the above install).

File the notepad file in a directory window ("Explorer") and Right-Click it.  From the drop-down menu select "GPGee".  Select "Sign & Encrypt" to be done in one operation.


You next get to choose the recipients from the list of Public Keys in your Public Key Ring.  It will automatically add your Public Key as well, the one that matches the Private "Signing Key" shown below, so you can decrypt the message later.



You can check your message by decrypting it.  Choose "Decrypt & Verify" (the only option for files whose extention is "asc", "gpg", or "pgp".  You will see a list of recipients and key identifiers.  Your Public Key is also present but not shown (except in the "Signing Key" box.


 

With a sucessful decryption, you should see the results and the new plaintext file's name in another pop up.


 


Other programs that are available (WinPT and the GPG Shell promgram are in the abouve installer).  Use WinPT to generate your personal Public/Private Key pair.

  1. GPG Shell -- First install GPG and then install the GPG Shell. This software is produced by a guy named Roger Sondermann.  Open the Utility "Command Prompt".

  2. Nullify -- Easiest. It's a Windows installer and it includes GnuPG and the shell, so the install is one step.

  3. WinPT -- This package is a tad more difficult to use, but it works on the clipboard so it is compatible with ALL mail or text programs.

  4. Wikipedia article on GnuPG - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard


Another interface program, "GNU Privacy Assistant" has a check box only called "Armor" which leads to a ".asc" file rather than a binary ".gpg" file.


 

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