Look “inside” a GPG key block?
PGP/GPG keys have those begin and end lines, and are encoded with something like base64 (radix-64 apparently).
But what exactly is inside the data block? Are there some tools for how to display the data there, or how would I do that? Running it through base64 -D does not produce anything I can recognize.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
mQENBFw3w4QBCADPb+endNe85cmQmVpmstAKdNKmLIGABAMJmDVq9IocrrlPIpKK
9A1dc8KOE9DC6TEt1L+LAZ9KQ684/wTVo9IteGtfKA47UZPDgsKVMBIN+2/nIwYL
...
/3VLiO5HuiO9h6KdVQRXZ/pZbSutt1K1CCy1yY+c6g==
=sYPk
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
gnupg
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
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PGP/GPG keys have those begin and end lines, and are encoded with something like base64 (radix-64 apparently).
But what exactly is inside the data block? Are there some tools for how to display the data there, or how would I do that? Running it through base64 -D does not produce anything I can recognize.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
mQENBFw3w4QBCADPb+endNe85cmQmVpmstAKdNKmLIGABAMJmDVq9IocrrlPIpKK
9A1dc8KOE9DC6TEt1L+LAZ9KQ684/wTVo9IteGtfKA47UZPDgsKVMBIN+2/nIwYL
...
/3VLiO5HuiO9h6KdVQRXZ/pZbSutt1K1CCy1yY+c6g==
=sYPk
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
gnupg
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
I would assume it's a base64 representation of the key itself, with the amount of base64 data, entirely dependant on the size of the key (i.e. 1024, 2056, ect)
– Ramhound
Jan 10 at 22:24
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PGP/GPG keys have those begin and end lines, and are encoded with something like base64 (radix-64 apparently).
But what exactly is inside the data block? Are there some tools for how to display the data there, or how would I do that? Running it through base64 -D does not produce anything I can recognize.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
mQENBFw3w4QBCADPb+endNe85cmQmVpmstAKdNKmLIGABAMJmDVq9IocrrlPIpKK
9A1dc8KOE9DC6TEt1L+LAZ9KQ684/wTVo9IteGtfKA47UZPDgsKVMBIN+2/nIwYL
...
/3VLiO5HuiO9h6KdVQRXZ/pZbSutt1K1CCy1yY+c6g==
=sYPk
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
gnupg
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
PGP/GPG keys have those begin and end lines, and are encoded with something like base64 (radix-64 apparently).
But what exactly is inside the data block? Are there some tools for how to display the data there, or how would I do that? Running it through base64 -D does not produce anything I can recognize.
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
mQENBFw3w4QBCADPb+endNe85cmQmVpmstAKdNKmLIGABAMJmDVq9IocrrlPIpKK
9A1dc8KOE9DC6TEt1L+LAZ9KQ684/wTVo9IteGtfKA47UZPDgsKVMBIN+2/nIwYL
...
/3VLiO5HuiO9h6KdVQRXZ/pZbSutt1K1CCy1yY+c6g==
=sYPk
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
gnupg
gnupg
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
asked Jan 10 at 22:21
Johannes ErnstJohannes Ernst
460626
460626
I would assume it's a base64 representation of the key itself, with the amount of base64 data, entirely dependant on the size of the key (i.e. 1024, 2056, ect)
– Ramhound
Jan 10 at 22:24
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I would assume it's a base64 representation of the key itself, with the amount of base64 data, entirely dependant on the size of the key (i.e. 1024, 2056, ect)
– Ramhound
Jan 10 at 22:24
I would assume it's a base64 representation of the key itself, with the amount of base64 data, entirely dependant on the size of the key (i.e. 1024, 2056, ect)
– Ramhound
Jan 10 at 22:24
I would assume it's a base64 representation of the key itself, with the amount of base64 data, entirely dependant on the size of the key (i.e. 1024, 2056, ect)
– Ramhound
Jan 10 at 22:24
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I found a GPG decoder here: https://cirw.in/gpg-decoder/
It tells you things like the creation time, algorithm used, user ID, info about subkeys if they're in there, all that good stuff. Not sure on what is done for decoding but the source code is available if you want to take a look at how they did it.
Source code: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/gpg-decoder
answered Jan 10 at 22:30
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I found a GPG decoder here: https://cirw.in/gpg-decoder/
It tells you things like the creation time, algorithm used, user ID, info about subkeys if they're in there, all that good stuff. Not sure on what is done for decoding but the source code is available if you want to take a look at how they did it.
Source code: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/gpg-decoder
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I found a GPG decoder here: https://cirw.in/gpg-decoder/
It tells you things like the creation time, algorithm used, user ID, info about subkeys if they're in there, all that good stuff. Not sure on what is done for decoding but the source code is available if you want to take a look at how they did it.
Source code: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/gpg-decoder
answered Jan 10 at 22:30
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I found a GPG decoder here: https://cirw.in/gpg-decoder/
It tells you things like the creation time, algorithm used, user ID, info about subkeys if they're in there, all that good stuff. Not sure on what is done for decoding but the source code is available if you want to take a look at how they did it.
Source code: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/gpg-decoder
answered Jan 10 at 22:30
MC10MC10
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I found a GPG decoder here: https://cirw.in/gpg-decoder/
It tells you things like the creation time, algorithm used, user ID, info about subkeys if they're in there, all that good stuff. Not sure on what is done for decoding but the source code is available if you want to take a look at how they did it.
Source code: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/gpg-decoder
answered Jan 10 at 22:30
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I would assume it's a base64 representation of the key itself, with the amount of base64 data, entirely dependant on the size of the key (i.e. 1024, 2056, ect)
– Ramhound
Jan 10 at 22:24