How do I decrypt a PGP public key block?

Decrypt messages

Open the e-mail containing the encrypted message in ciphertext.
Highlight the block of ciphertext.
Open the PGP Tray.
Select Current Window. Choose Decrypt & Verify.
Enter a passphrase into the PGP Enter Passphrase dialog box. Click OK.
The decrypted message will come up in a new window for you to read.

What is PGP public key block?

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications.

Can you decrypt PGP with a public key?

Yes, a message which has encrypted using private key can be decrypted using the public key. In fact, this is implemented to verify the authenticity of the data. In the digital signature, a person encrypts the hash of the data with his private key.

What can you do with a PGP private key block?

Here’s how it usually works:

Write down your message.
Find your friend’s public key.
Run a computer program that uses the public key to convert the message to code.
Send the message.
Your friend receives the message and runs it through his private key to decode it, restoring it to plain text.

How do I find my PGP passphrase?

In PGP Desktop, click the PGP Keys Control box. Select Keys>I Forgot My Passphrase. The PGP Passphrase Assistant: Answer Security Questions dialog box is displayed. Answer three of the five security questions correctly and click Next.

How do I get a public PGP key?

How to Create PGP Keys

From the main window, select Tools > Options. The Program Options dialog appears.
Select OpenPGP > Keys.
Click Create. The OpenPGP Key Generation Wizard appears.
Follow the on-screen directions to complete the key creation process.

Does public key encrypt or decrypt?

In public key cryptography, every public key matches to only one private key. Together, they are used to encrypt and decrypt messages. If you encode a message using a person’s public key, they can only decode it using their matching private key.