swift 07/12/29 12:12:42 Modified: gnupg-user.xml Log: #203331 - Add symmetric cypher information to the GnuPG guide
Revision Changes Path 1.44 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml?rev=1.44&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml?rev=1.44&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml?r1=1.43&r2=1.44 Index: gnupg-user.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml,v retrieving revision 1.43 retrieving revision 1.44 diff -u -r1.43 -r1.44 --- gnupg-user.xml 23 Sep 2007 03:00:53 -0000 1.43 +++ gnupg-user.xml 29 Dec 2007 12:12:42 -0000 1.44 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml,v 1.43 2007/09/23 03:00:53 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml,v 1.44 2007/12/29 12:12:42 swift Exp $ --> <guide link = "/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml"> <title>GnuPG Gentoo User Guide</title> @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.9</version> -<date>2007-09-22</date> +<version>1.10</version> +<date>2007-12-29</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -570,6 +570,24 @@ </body> </section> <section> +<title>Encrypting and decrypting without keys</title> +<body> + +<p> +It is also possible to encrypt files using passwords instead of keys. Well, the +password itself will function as the key - it will be used as a <e>symmetric +cypher</e>. You can encrypt the file using <c>gpg</c>'s <c>--symmetric</c> +argument; decrypting uses the same command as we talked about before. +</p> + +<pre caption="Encrypting files using a password"> +$ <i>gpg --output document.gpg --symmetric document</i> +<comment>(GnuPG will ask for a passphraze and a passphraze verification)</comment> +</pre> + +</body> +</section> +<section> <title>Advanced Features</title> <body> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
