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PGP Private Key

Description#

General#

  • Summary: Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. To provide this it uses a private and public key set. The public key is used to encrypt documents or verify a signature. The private key is used to decrypt and sign a document. The public key can be distributed freely whereas the private key must remain private. More details about cryptographic keys can be found in this FAQ.

Revoke the secret#

To revoke the secret, a new key set needs to be generated and the new public key needs to be distributed. Note however that everything that was encrypted with the previous public key will still be readable by someone that has the previous private key.

Check for suspicious activity#

There is no standard way of checking for suspicious activity.

Details for Base64 private key pgp#

  • Family: PrivateKey

  • Category: Private key

  • High recall: True

  • Validity check available: False

  • Minimum number of matches: 1

  • Occurrences found for one million commits: 0.14

  • Prefixed: True

  • PreValidators:

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Examples#

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Here's the decoded string:

-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK----- Version: BCPG C# v1.6.1.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RkKT-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----

Details for Private key pgp#

  • Family: PrivateKey

  • Category: Private key

  • High recall: True

  • Validity check available: False

  • Minimum number of matches: 1

  • Occurrences found for one million commits: 4.32

  • Prefixed: True

  • PreValidators:

- type: ContentWhitelistPreValidator  patterns:  - '-----begin pgp private key block-----'

Examples#

- text: >    -----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----    Version: BCPG C# v1.6.1.0
    lQOsBFvpYakBCACibZLLmzTZD5DFydo2JQgzNdDWbgBocUMiXJJWE2Bq+X1O97Oz    IiDnXVOJf723Mq19i4rLzg+Eo7GDD9jZ5gK2xvfENDbG1IUr4KKY+CCJU5sVG5ns    o9XedvkBsZjQp9eOfjE21Wq6FY6YoMvJY/6Xx0wfts/upbP7a9hnF7JWH3t4uIXs    EixUvu4I85sSA8VMmv3WTrQxeiyrXPEDtTv8yXFC479c4crJU5Rq5ZsC1UxlYPLc    uKNlJGEVuMX/wrCc/XdPq09FycPvqs9FaO7TNHTMBLGKm/AfsYSvoc8cMhPiav/S    alp7UEGo8JBxgjvASF3JDw4CVDMT1sVnKQjDABEBAAH/AwMC9eYJDAVWYvZgblW5    AeR5iAl+joX+vltC2xUcf43/4eZoPxjs+UlGDTPF/9p+bo2JMZ838x7Q1ur6XNjj    QJhEcF0Kz+64eeEl+0UXrCZPsfDflwi2O+ww+wPxNr7vfYRhU8Fa5OOleSmrzTBK    bpQr4kl1n/C1yimKY3JajoYrbchJ9yc1B6G3KmLjLGJn+PyBGiS49BOwR7/cMNG0    K38O66a1CHTpNC8OZX9jiAgzNOaPMBEpRaaI2cfc/HUU3L2bGoWp7VVEeQULwFha    zqzQR569pFy0tt82S15NmzYMP/qJRoZIZB20pC2W74c4NwLqX7BRrnHYHjrSYLN/    g10b7pihi2eJgo3swTVcz56Yu9np2q1nHpmP9HV1LPG2Iz0P6h/6ecSldtxlWaRa    S31sctuxdvswoaywGypxq1eb9HWTf1nCmPweXtsEbnJNi9xM8a+iUCTczZLTrfwL    QzId3nFk9GNfwutJFqNYB5xEsDpyFYeogkmIDAxbNBofQesrQTD05FLjoJITS/yW    6+8lbpDOafbS+5bu9T2cqhC+hGZ6a6rX4htTUoNc6LsdKz2Ks6A1zVyO6tLeGa+x    BX4fsqH4qXeowB5fVJiJIN/cfDZiGPAPqXMI0Xk819z5KBxeSu9FzfwX/j4mDS54    XyaGEAjWFg+8sXRmW8farHoJy15QYF3T+EpJqzgX92vw8XCNffrRXgCdlTrFK89B    XcdDtToGU1kVeBjmCn/xxIfdzh2yEsTaScUsqKNTumdOYXWCDaR8zT/BXmmPu7RR    pwPDld4ybSRyHZds9nbnChCl47WyWIZIiYI/WfSo6PD6Xjv5ON7AaiC9ZzXOwsGb    AwuRPZvZ6H4OAMaUN6ZcSuHYTB1m56rXO/kAoAMq4bQNdG90b0BtYWlsLmNvbYkB    HAQQAQIABgUCW+lhqQAKCRAFjAbxtxrgH2GRCACGtxdXczNKgtfWNnIGZ2lRbpYK    cvKAyl+jq45Z6/PamjPo1Jv+mKQ33Q8+bC23Pu9gX+8vTKqUQpJxxuHQ7FSyigtK    L0ODACt1fqlI4P5GWH01y4NC1P1Vwfvr/C3HktOFxuqKgmq2JoQTdjoGBZGpOHKY    WARbg667MfcdA/tQwd+XpEDLeKC16FQx9d/B1rTG9KbcVBoYPQM0zpOj990rLbO4    KtdS7wAqqcsBCy+wSaEyVQJfG6OJHcjB89nr/OwLnL2fTBgVBPPWmgyTK3XQs7Ad    Ie0BPGmB6H+kWXmlmPm9F71Cmz2iTvrvI5O//m0FvsoSXjYvS2OXEB+Wi0Yc    =RkKT    -----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----