PGPEncryptDecryptFiles

Spring Boot app which using Bouncy Castle library to encrypt and decrypt files.

Instructions to generate public and secret key to encrypt/decrypt files or messages:

• install "GnuPG (aka PGP/GPG)":

    $ sudo apt-get install gnupg 
    $ sudo apt-get install rng-tools 
    $ sudo sed -i -e 's|#HRNGDEVICE=/dev/hwrng|HRNGDEVICE=/dev/urandom|' /etc/default/rng-tools 
    $ sudo service rng-tools start
  

• generate a key:

    $ gpg --gen-key
  

• to view all keys:

    $ gpg --list-keys
  

• export a public key:

    $ gpg --export -a --output [path-to-public-key].asc [email-address]
  

• export a secret key:

    $ gpg -a --export-secret-keys > [path-to-secret-key].asc
  

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