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Published inFeb 2023
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PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781837630516
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Donald A. Tevault
Donald A. Tevault
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Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.
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  1. Which of the following is not an advantage of GPG?
    1. It uses strong, hard-to-crack algorithms.
    2. It works well for sharing secrets with people you don’t know.
    3. Its public/private key scheme eliminates the need to share passwords.
    4. You can use it to encrypt files that you don’t intend to share, for your own personal use.
  2. You need to send an encrypted message to Frank. What must you do before you can encrypt his message with GPG so that you don’t have to share a password?
    1. Nothing. Just encrypt the message with your own private key.
    2. Import Frank’s private key into your keyring and send Frank your private key.
    3. Import Frank’s public key into your keyring and send Frank your public key.
    4. Just import Frank’s public key into your keyring.
    5. Just import Frank’s private key into your keyring.
  3. Which of the...
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Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.
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