File Extensions supported by GnuPG.....

[Faramir]

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Bhushan Jain escribió:

> Also, due to similar experiences what I have understood is that GnuPG
> supports following extensions for following cases:---
> 
> Encryption----->  .gpg
> 
> Sign-------------->   .asc
> 
> I don't know if my understanding is correct or not. Can someone please
> state clearly which extensions are supported by GnuPG for following file
> types:--------
> 
> 1. Encrypt only
> 2. Sign only
> 3. Encrypt and sign

   As far as I know (mainly, by checking and unchecking the "Armored
ASCII" option in gpgshell, .gpg files can be encrypted or signed (or
detached signature) files... and .asc are also those kind of files, but
with the "standard" extension, used by pgp. In other words, gpg files
are for use with gpg (and programs gpg compatible... like uncompressing
a zip file using winrar), and asc files are for any program capable of
openpgp standard... But I may be wrong about the compatibility thing. I
am sure about you can chose if you want to use gpg file extension, or
asc file extension, to perform the same task.

  Best Regards...
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