10.5 Text and File Encryption
KGpg also offers the possibility to encrypt text or clipboard
contents. Right-click the padlock icon and find the options
and as well as the option for opening
the integrated editor.
10.5.1 Encrypting and Decrypting the Clipboard
Files copied to the clipboard can easily be encrypted with a few clicks.
Open the function overview by right-clicking the KGpg padlock
icon. Select and designate the key to
use. A status message about the encryption procedure is
displayed on the desktop. The encrypted contents can now be processed from
the clipboard as needed. The decryption of clipboard contents is just as
easy. Simply open the menu on the panel, select , and enter the password associated with your private
key. The decrypted version is now available for processing in the clipboard
and in the KGpg editor.
10.5.2 Encrypting and Decrypting by Dragging and Dropping
To encrypt or decrypt files, click the icons on
the desktop or in the file manager, drag them to the padlock in
the panel, and
drop them there. If the file is not encrypted,
KGpg asks for the key to use. As soon as you
select a key, the file is encrypted without any further
messages. In the file manager, encrypted files are designated with the
suffix .asc and the padlock icon. These files can be
decrypted by clicking the file icon, dragging it to the
KGpg symbol in the panel, and dropping it there. If the original
filename already exists, a dialog opens that asks how to name the
file or if it should be overwritten.
10.5.3 The KGpg Editor
Instead of creating contents for encryption in an external editor then
encrypting the file with one of the methods described above, you
can use the integrated editor of KGpg to create
the file. Open the editor ( from the context menu), enter the desired text, and click
. Then select the key to use and complete the
encryption procedure. To decrypt files, use and
enter the password associated with the key.
Generating and checking signatures on documents is just as easy as
encrypting directly
from the editor. Select a file in the file manager and copy it
to the clipboard.
Right-click the padlock icon in the panel and select . Then
choose the private key to use and enter the associated password.
KGpg informs about the successful generation
of the signature. Files can also be signed from the editor by simply
clicking . To check a signed file, go to
, load the file to check in the editor, and click
.
