Using PGP to Encrypt the Secret
Using PGP to Encrypt the Secret
- PGP is a public key encryption package.
- Availability is complex …
- Data encrypted with a person’s public key can only be unlocked with that person’s private key and pass phrase:
Data
PGP
kS7ns87j
PGP
Data
Public
Key
Pass
Phrase
Private
Key
In clique’s
keyring
In Trustee’s
home dir
Typed in
by Trustee
Secret File
Typed on terminal
Displayed on terminal