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Dave - 25 Mar 2008 22:19 GMT

I have a project where I need to generate a file and then send it with a
supplied public key. I've done the file generation, now I'm trying to do the
encryption. It looks like I can use RSA, specifically
RSACryptoServiceProvider. The problem is that the public key is supposed to
use Version: PGP 7.1. What version is RSACryptoServiceProvider? Can it be
specified?

I'm new to encryption, could you point me to some documentation and examples?

Thanks

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Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] - 26 Mar 2008 03:08 GMT

PGP "Pretty Good Privacy" is not exactly the same as the RSA encryption
algorithm. You probably need to check a little deeper into what your exact
requirements are.
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> I have a project where I need to generate a file and then send it with a
> supplied public key. I've done the file generation, now I'm trying to do the
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> Thanks

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Dave - 26 Mar 2008 14:39 GMT

What I need is PGP 7.1. Do I need a plug in to implement this standard? If so
do you have any you would suggest?

> PGP "Pretty Good Privacy" is not exactly the same as the RSA encryption
> algorithm. You probably need to check a little deeper into what your exact
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> > Thanks

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Claes Bergefall - 27 Mar 2008 13:26 GMT

AFAIK PGP supports a whole bunch of different algorithms. You'll need to
find out which to use.

/claes

> What I need is PGP 7.1. Do I need a plug in to implement this standard? If
> so
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>> > Thanks

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