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Can someone please explain to me in layman terms what the whole concept is? I was tasked to encrypt a file but there's so much terms that confused me such as &quot;privacy&quot;/&quot;public&quot; key, fingerprint, signature....etc.,<br />
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I generally thought you basically use one app to generate a public/private key. The public is then shared to the recipient, where you the creator keeps the private key. The private key is used so I can add more accounts or in other words create more keys.<br />
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Signature is basically just verification that is used when the recipient receives the encrypted file and basically executes the file to be decrypted.<br />
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Finger prints? No idea...did I get this all right? I need it to be explained so that when I use the software, its easy to understand. Say if you explain &quot;signature&quot; , I would need the concept and how its technically done using the software.<br />
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Thanks so much!
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Can someone please explain to me in layman terms what the whole concept is? I was tasked to encrypt a file but there's so much terms that confused me such as "privacy"/"public" key, fingerprint, signature....etc.,

I generally thought you basically use one app to generate a public/private key. The public is then shared to the recipient, where you the creator keeps the private key. The private key is used so I can add more accounts or in other words create more keys.

Signature is basically just verification that is used when the recipient receives the encrypted file and basically executes the file to be decrypted.

Finger prints? No idea...did I get this all right? I need it to be explained so that when I use the software, its easy to understand. Say if you explain "signature" , I would need the concept and how its technically done using the software.

Thanks so much!

GNU Privacy Guard quick tutorial, did I get this right?

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.

Security

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.