What is age? It might mean Actually Good Encryption. It's a tool that makes encryption easy, by not having any configuration options.
Use your package manager to install age
.
OS | Command |
---|---|
Windows | choco install age.portable |
Mac | brew install age |
Ubuntu | apt install age |
Or use the web version (work in progress).
To encrypt to someone's public key:
age --encrypt --recipient age1publickey --output encrypted-file.txt.age input-file.txt
You can provide many recipients by repeating --recipient public-key
for each one.
If you want to make your own key, so that you can be a recipient, then you use age-keygen
.
age-keygen --output secret-key.txt
Now your secret key is in secret-key.txt
(never share it), and the public key (share that one) is printed to the screen, and is also in secret-key.txt
, so you don't lose it.
A public key is in lowercase, and a secret key is in caps. Never share the yelling one!
To decrypt a message sent to you:
age --decrypt --identity path/to/secret-key.txt encrypted-file.txt.age
Contact: owl@u8.is
age1ugla4pmd9r69xuld5f3fq6z7394jlgf4qjq2tahvpw9weyjukqrqt80cna
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mDMEZaWN6xYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAaDfhWCD8psQq3mJaRYY4dbOpbD3n8YnVPS/t QbRlpc+0D293bCA8b3dsQHU4LmlzPoiTBBMWCgA7FiEEWrMjBTWiQB67jBK8OSHn PrxyXZoFAmWljesCGwMFCwkIBwICIgIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgcCF4AACgkQOSHn PrxyXZo2zQD/ed1nJ1apovwknksQX522oXNKzV3hOlFuw8qUp5TvM94A/2sufkKq X+ZFlVMGR5P8RUe5y6xXi6baugneq8k1OjAFuDgEZaWN6xIKKwYBBAGXVQEFAQEH QF3Uopt0KxpPSWqyyH0dSjQPuTuyqHRBJCR1vfGMfzRtAwEIB4h4BBgWCgAgFiEE WrMjBTWiQB67jBK8OSHnPrxyXZoFAmWljesCGwwACgkQOSHnPrxyXZoGbwEAqgAj qc65LjguaK2vr/ybfrkBz2XiGSN7ahEbZRUy2KYBAK7zXTbafSeIqmp7XUHy2BMW 5GgskBfyLTxqJiQT9sUG =Nz4U -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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