Encrypt/Decrypt using gpg

[tewari68]

Hi,
I am looking for some tutorial or examples on how to encrypt and decrypt files using gpg (public/private key).
I am writing the code in C++ on debian platform.

Thanks,
Mohit

 

[ArkM]

Start from

http://www.gnupg.org/

then try

http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libraries.html

See also

http://directory.fsf.org/security/libgcrypt.html

and

http://quotedprintable.com/articles/2005/10/23/gpg-quickstart-guide

May be it helps...

 

[cdlvj]

This is from the Gnu site, and you should be able to call these functions.

GnuPG Made Easy
GPGME (GnuPG Made Easy) is a C language library that allows to add support for cryptography to a program. It is designed to make access to public key crypto engines like GnuPG or GpgSM easier for applications. GPGME provides a high-level crypto API for encryption, decryption, signing, signature verification and key management


Libgcrypt
Libgcrypt is GNU's basic cryptographic library.