How To: Enable and Use PGP Encryption

How To: Enable and Use PGP Encryption


How To: Enable and Use PGP Encryption



Question

How can we turn on PGP Encryption and use it to Encrypt/Decrypt a file?


Answer

Follow the below step-by-step procedure.



Steps to set the PGP Key for using your Events



  1. Login to your Titan MFT Server.
  2. Navigate to your Domain >  Servers> Security> go to PGP tab.
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  3. Check the box for “PGP mode enabled”, below are the options for PGP Settings.
  4. Select your Key and click APPLY
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  1. Uncheck the box for “PGP mode enabled” and click APPLY.
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***NOTE: You need to disable the PGP mode again after specifying the Key to avoid double encryption.




Steps to specify Key 


  1. Navigate to your Domain > Servers > Events > click the “+” button.
  2. Add an event for Upload/Write successful

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  1. In the Filename, specify the path of the File name you want to be encrypted/decrypted
  1. I.e “C:\folder\*.txt “ to encrypt/decrypt all the text files under C:\folder.
  1. Add an action for PGP Encrypt or PGP Decrypt, leave it as default, then click OKAY
  2. Click NEXT  > Enter an Event Name and Description > click NEXT >click CREATE to complete.



***NOTE: 


    To know more about the definition on PGP, please check the Admin Content under Help or go to this link on your Titan MFT server.

https://localhost:31443/admin/en/index.htm#Security.htm?Highlight=PGP 

 



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