RFC 2440:OpenPGP Message Format
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... OpenPGP uses two encryption methods to provide confidentiality: symmetric-key encryption ...
... shared secret), or a two-stage mechanism similar to the public-key method described above in which a session key is itself encrypted ...


... MPI data. With V4 keys, a simpler method is used. All secret MPI values are encrypted ...



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