Examples with OpenPGP Library for Java

Overview

This page contains links to examples demonstrating the usage of DidiSoft OpenPGP Library for Java. For setup instructions and more detailed documentation, please refer to the Documentation.pdf/.rtf file distributed with the library. For a complete library API reference please visit the JavaDoc API section.

Intended audience: Software developers and Systems architects

INTRODUCTION

• Quick introduction to OpenPGP
• Setup
• Getting Started
• Exception handling guidelines

MAIN FUNCTIONS

• Encrypting
• Decrypting
• Decrypting with a password
• Signing
• Verifying
• Signing and Encrypting
• Decrypting and Verifying
• Clear text signing
• Detached signatures

Keys and KeyStore (Optional)

• Properties of a key
• KeyStore introduction
• Generating RSA keys
• Generating DH/DSS keys
• Generating ECC OpenPGP keys
• Generating EdDSA and Cure2559 keys (New!)
• Importing keys
• Exporting keys
• Deleting keys
• Modify a key

Analyzing OpenPGP archives

Key Revocation (Advanced topic)

• Introduction to OpenPGP key revocation
• Revoke key directly
• Revocation certificate
• Designated revoker

Key servers communication

• LDAP key servers
• HKP key servers

PGP/MIME Email

• Sending and Receiving OpenPGP email
• Analyzing PGP emails

PREFERENCES

• Content type
• Set preferred cipher (symmetric key algorithm)
• Set preferred compression
• Set preferred hashing

LOGGING

• Logging verbose information

Web of Trust

Miscellaneous

• Custom random number source

ARCHIVE

The documentation for the old versions of the library is available for reference purposes in PDF format.

Documentation for version 2.5.x
Documentation for version 2.4.x