Using PGP Package in A360

The PGP Package in A360 is used for the encryption and decryption of files. In this post, we will be looking at all the available actions in the PGP package and will understand more about PGP in general.

Introduction

PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy.

• PGP is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.
• PGP is used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, etc.
• PGP was developed by Phil Zimmermann in the year 1991.

Why do we need PGP?

We need PGP when:

• Security is our main concern.
• We are dealing with sensitive and confidential data.
• We need something fast and simple yet reliable encryption-decryption mechanism.

PGP Package in A360

We can use PGP Package in A360 to automatically encrypt and decrypt files for security. At the time of writing this post, the PGP package contains 3 actions.

• Create keys action helps us to create public and private keys.
• Decrypt files action is used to decrypt the already encrypted files.
• Encrypt files action encrypts the file using one of the specified Encryption Algorithms.

Create keys

Creating keys is extremely simple, you just need to specify the locations to save public and private keys.

Decrypt files

Decrypt files action used Passphrase or Private key file to decrypt the already encrypted file.

We can specify the source and destination folders accordingly.

You can check the option to override the files with the same name.

Also, we can remove the extension of the decrypted file by checking the Remove file extension checkbox.

Encrypt files

Encryption type: Passphrase or Public key file.

Encryption Algorithm: You may select any one of the options from the available list.

Compression type: We can select any of the compression types from the available radio buttons list.

You may check the Armor data checkbox to enable ASCII Armor output.

Note: ASCII armor is a binary-to-textual encoding converter. It’s one of the features of PGP.

PGP Package in A360 with Example Bot

Here we have demonstrated using PGP Package in A360 with an example by building a sample bot.

1. We are first creating the public and private keys.
2. Then we encrypt one of the input text files using a public key and an encryption algorithm so that the content cannot be read.
3. At last, we are Decrypting the file using a private key.

PGP Package in A360 Video

In case you prefer a video format to learn concepts, you may refer to the PGP Package in A360 video on our youtube channel.

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Conclusion

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