Subj : Re: Thinking of posting a code a week
To   : apam
From : Avon
Date : Mon Sep 25 2017 12:47 pm

 
 ap>  R> THAT can be done also with PGP. It supports a symmetric mode, where yo
 ap>  R> can enter a password, and it will encrypt the file/text. The receiver 
 ap>  R> decrypt it with the same password
 ap> 
 ap> You do realize PGP isn't an encryption algorithm, but a frontend that
 ap> uses them? What is there to gain from using PGP than using another
 ap> crypto-library directly.

So in my test case I have PGP set up and (from memory) it's set to use a
certain style of encryption and then I just provide it with the source text
and a simple key to use to encode that source text.

We could try an open test to confirm that much works if you like? :)

Best, Paul

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