PGP - encrypt file passing only file and public key as parameters

Asked Feb 25 '16 at 21:55

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Security noob here..

We need to encrypt a file before sending it to vendor.
They gave us their public key .asc file.
I want to encrypt using just minimum required parameters as pseudocode below :

pgp --encrypt "inputFile.txt" --publickey "publicKey.asc"

I have no need to associate the public key with a recipient name or email or import it into 'key-ring', or sign it, or any other such info.

Does my need make logical sense ? Can this be accomplished using PGP ? I found in another question that GPG has a -R option for hidden recipient. Does PGP have that ?

edited Mar 17 '17 at 10:46

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asked Feb 25 '16 at 21:55

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Possible duplicate of What information is leaked from an OpenPGP encrypted file? – Feb 25 '16 at 22:00
@RobertMennell , is that option available for (Symantec) PGP ? I don't want to use GPG. – d-_-b Feb 25 '16 at 22:02
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH148895.html I'm not certain, but I found a reference. It looks like the option you MIGHT want is
--remove-userid................................................remove a user ID from a key
As for exactly what you're looking for... sadly it looks like it might not?
– Feb 25 '16 at 22:27

PGP - encrypt file passing only file and public key as parameters

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