Re: About encrypting files

2016-09-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> However, i just wonder how my files are encrypted. The data is encrypted with a symmetric cipher, then the symmetric key is encrypted with the recipient's public key. It's possible to do purely symmetric encryption, but this isn't the default. ___ Gn

About encrypting files

2016-09-17 Thread Thn64394
Hi, I always use GpgEX and Kleopatra to encrypt my files. However, i just wonder how my files are encrypted. Will my files be encrypted with the symmetric cryptography first, then use the Public-key cryptography to encrypt symmetric key? Or, the whole of my files are encrypted with the Public-key