[Gpg4win-users-en] How to do symmetric encryption in GPG4win?

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am Samstag 28 April 2012 06:25:43 schrieb Prakash Sankar:
> Can someone explain how do I do symmetric encryption in GPG4win?

You can do it, at least by using the gpg2.exe command line
like  
   gpg2.exe --symmetric file.txt

Decryption should work from the GUI tools like GpgEx and Kleopatra.

> What encryption algorithm does it use?

You can choose the algorithm also on the command line
--personal-cipher-preferences `string'
Gnupg2 supports a number of algorithms, run gpg2.exe --version
so see all supported ones.

> Do I have an option to use AES?

Yes, e.g.
  gpg2.exe --symmetric --personal-cipher-preferences 'AES256' FILE.TXT



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