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Using kbpgp Keybase's implementation of PGP in JavaScript

Refer to kbpgp for more details.

Requirements:

Assumptions:

  • Sender - Alice (alice@example.com, passphrase for the secret key = "AlicePassword123")
  • Recipient - Bob (bob@example.com, passphrase for the secret key = "BobPassword123")

Steps:

  • generate keys for Alice and Bob
  • sign and encrypt the message from Alice to Bob
  • decrypt and verify the encrypted message

Commands:

generate keys for Alice

node generate-keys-alice.js

$ ls *.asc
message-alice-to-bob.txt.asc
$

$ node generate-keys-alice.js
...
$ ls alice*.asc
alice-public-key.asc  alice-secret-key.asc
$

generate keys for Bob

node generate-keys-bob.js

$ node generate-keys-bob.js
...
$ ls bob*.asc
bob-public-key.asc  bob-secret-key.asc
$

load and print keys

node load-and-print-keys.js

$ node load-and-print-keys.js
...
$

sign and encrypt the message from Alice to Bob

node sign-and-encrypt-message.js

$ node sign-and-encrypt-message.js
Encrypted mesasge:

 -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.82
Comment: https://keybase.io/crypto

wX4DsGPys6OIxTESAgMEu7PL0AmZZxdRaOqGDPkUm8mOnC3+zdSqsQCNEs6xgbjU
TAvOdlH91eVGl5vvgVa4HXJo1bDR1A7RS7dTSTzJjjBbI+zFZK9fGtay4PJwQP70
9YFcvzNWAkVYhg17akBeToOs+dj/KoqSRSMtGAObcazSwAYB/xoZKFilb73VEPei
3n6XTyjFYgW/YeVjNaulfq+qXtDbZYfI4Kxg7M2OIikjfL1GcgX6dnt/v7hS8KoL
D6rgGcWGWqbZFX8N6owZjqThnoZQdgCg+YtTbEpi7Y6pDO9slsFLJDDbYFmg4dTZ
ETMvEqEe1vlLy7pb53NPxZDQ3UO9tF2ar+bLxmNxEM/DyIuBN/SQoEmRlIc1HKXj
4pcMf4swHWijjvoS4xj7cUDsffPsTtMJ05NVvm0LhyxeK2YV3ueNjpE=
=uSfT
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
$

decrypt and verify the encrypted message

node decrypt-and-verify-message.js

$ node decrypt-and-verify-message.js
Decrypted message:

Message from Alice to Bob...

Signed by PGP fingerprint
218e3f9da02bbb48bf1f962f58bf3f6d65f77446
$