[_thenotsofriendlyghost]

Prerequisites:

Debian GNU/Linux
Recent Debian versions come with GnuPG already installed.

Windows
GnuPG's site has an installer called Gpg4win. I'd recommend this because it's the stable version of the software.
You can find the checksum on the website.

Mac
Install via brew:

Code

brew update && brew install gnupg

Source:

Code

#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Enter Email of Recipient: "
    read email
echo -n "Output File Name: "
    read file
    if [[ -e $file.asc ]]; then
        echo "File Exists"
        exit 1
    else
        touch $file.asc
    fi
echo -n "Enter Message: "
    read message
echo $message | gpg -aer $email >> $file.asc

Copy that into a .sh file and you should be good depending on your permissions.

If you have any questions, comments, improvements, just let me know in the comments.

- C

[Venom Page]

Not exactly sure what this is meant to achieve, it's more of an alias than a script.

Debian GNU/Linux
Recent Debian versions come with GnuPG already installed.

Worth noting that GPG is a hard dependency for dpkg, rpm and pacman, and thus should be available on 99,9% of GNU/Linux systems anyway.

[_thenotsofriendlyghost]

Not exactly sure what this is meant to achieve, it's more of an alias than a script.


Worth noting that GPG is a hard dependency for dpkg, rpm and pacman, and thus should be available on 99,9% of GNU/Linux systems anyway.

I see what you're talking about, I'm working on trying to make my own encryption algorithm but I have to balance school and work. The goal of this script is just to make a simpler gpg command line tool.

I also didn't know that GPG was a hard dependency, that's actually really cool.

- C

[Venom Page]

I see what you're talking about, I'm working on trying to make my own encryption algorithm but I have to balance school and work. The goal of this script is just to make a simpler gpg command line tool.

I also didn't know that GPG was a hard dependency, that's actually really cool.

- C

• Never roll your own crypto. It is easy for any programmer to make an algo they can't themselves break (Bruce Schneier, paraphrased). If you want to take a few hints for crypto design, reading RC4's spec is a good starting point. Also read up on why RC4 is considered weak these days.
  


• dpkg/rpm/pacman and many other tools use GPG to sign packages.
  

[_thenotsofriendlyghost]

• Never roll your own crypto. It is easy for any programmer to make an algo they can't themselves break (Bruce Schneier, paraphrased). If you want to take a few hints for crypto design, reading RC4's spec is a good starting point. Also read up on why RC4 is considered weak these days.
  


• dpkg/rpm/pacman and many other tools use GPG to sign packages.
  

Thanks for the tips. If I could rep you I would.