Re: Encrypt with BouncyCastle and decrypt with pg_pub_decrypt

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Kang, Kamal <k_kang(at)conversantmedia(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I am trying to encrypt a string using Bouncy Castle PGP Java apis, Base64
> encode the encrypted string and then decrypt using pg_pub_decrypt but it is
> failing with error “Wrong Key”. Just wanted to know if this is doable or
> pg_pub_decrypt only works with encrypted strings from pg_pub_encrypt?
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pg_pub_decrypt is compatible with gpg, so if Bouncy Castle is also
compatible with gpg I don't see why it wouldn't also work. Without more
information, it is hard to provide more advice. encrypt a dummy payload
with a dummy password and show us what you get and what you do with it.

Cheers,

Jeff