killchain-compendium/Cryptography/GPG-Cheatsheet.md

GPG Cheatsheet

Encryption via GPG

• Encryption of a file via gpg

gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo <algorithm> $PLAIN_TEXT

Armored Encryption via GPG

• ASCII armored encryption output is done via

gpg --armor --symmetric --cipher-algo <algorithm> $PLAIN_TEXT

Decryption via GPG

• Decryption of a file via gpg

gpg --output original_message.txt --decrypt $CIPHER