On 10/01/2014 05:16 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > On 10/01/2014 04:58 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> >> Having a little gpg issue I was wondering if someone could help me >> with. >> >> A friend of mine sent me an encrypted message. So I searched online and >> found a a set of keys that correspond with his email address. And >> imported >> them. But when I go to decrypt the message, this is what I get: >> >> [root at ops:~] #gpg --decrypt roger-message >> gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID 9617EA5C, created 2014-10-01 >> "Roger Sherman <rsherman at viddler.com>" >> *gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID 9A41C766* >> *gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available* >> > <snip> >> So maybe I just didn't import the right key? Or do you think the message >> wasn't sent correctly? Who's the dummy here? Me or him? :) > > looks like he encrypted with HIS public key. So you need his private key > to decrypt, obviously you don't have that. > I believe it's the other way around: he should encrpyt with your public > key, then you are the only person capable of decrypting (with your > private key). BTW what would be the point of encrypting, if anyone can just grab a key online and decrypt? :-)