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Why do PGP master keys only have a single subkey, and tie certification with signing by default?

After learning more about PGP subkeys and how to split apart the roles of (S)igning, (E)ncryption, (A)uthentication and (C)ertification, I discovered that in most cases(?) a default master key has a ...
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Anything to do about old gpg keys?

Quite A few years ago (in middle school) I created some gpg keys, published them to a keyserver, etc. because I was l33test kid on the block. Now I have gone through a few new computers and OS's, ...
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Securely publishing GPG keys

This is probably a stupid question/vaguely defined, but I need to ask it anyway. I want to put a public key for mail exchange on my website, such that even very powerful adversary with power to ...
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Certificate Security in intranet Environment?

We have this topology in our company : A new rule says that each document being sent by outlook should be encrypted. we decided using PGP. We already have a certificate ( self signed). the ...
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Is OpenPGP encryption a valid replacement for SSL when passing messages?

I am writing an application that occasionally needs to transmit larger messages to other servers on the internet without allowing people to snoop on the traffic. The normal way to handle this is to ...
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Please recommend best-practices documents for sharing encrypted data with non-technical end-users

Is there one, or several, "best practices" documents which cover in clear simple language how to share data among a non-technical support staff and non-technical end-users at various organizations? ...
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Alternative to “web of trust”

Let's say I have an SMIME platform where I want to easily establish trust across the entire world for a particular purpose, for example for sharing valid financial information. I think that a ...
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Is your PGP passphrase used to decrypt an encrypted private key, or needed in conjunction with the private key to decrypt the message?

If the former, then if the private key can be used to digitally sign messages, why doesn't your client offer to encrypt this highly sensitive piece of data? If the latter, then if someone had access ...
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What encryption schemes require two or 3 private keys to read a message?

I would like to encrypt some data so that it can only be read if two or three people use a private secret to decrypt the data. What is the best / most modern way to accomplish multi-person ...
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How does PGP differ from S/MIME?

Is S/MIME an abstracted system for general MIME type encryption, whereas PGP is more for email? Why would I want to choose one over the other, or can I use both at the same time?
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How does RSA encryption compare to PGP?

On this answer ck says RSA and PGP are different. What you are essentially asking is how do I run my petrol car on diesel? The answer is you can't. I would be interested in a more ...