Age vs GPG #432
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[I am not an The main difference between GnuPG and Age is simplicity (or complexity if you will):
Regarding your question related to the security of the Age's cipher suite, as said Age uses (based on the specification):
Thus all algorithms are RFC based (and as such at least sound for the purpose), and all are "modern" in the sense that the community doesn't recommend moving from them to better alternatives. (The only slight exception is perhaps The other important observation is that both Have / will I switch from GnuPG to Age? For the moment I've stayed with GnuPG. For a single use-case I've already used Age, and were it not for the #256 issue (i.e. the inability of reading passwords from a file-descriptor) I would have migrated more use-cases towards Age (including decrypting the secret key for disk-encryption on my personal laptop). At the moment Age is missing some UX-critical features (at least for me):
Also I'm still waiting on the fence to see how Age develops further. The initial apeal of Age over GnuPG (at least for me) was the simplicity: one binary to do all it supports, no configuration files, no This is how I view and feel about Age. As said in the beginning, take this only as a personal, somewhat (mis?-)informed opinion. :) |
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This looks like a very nice little tool, the sort I would like to adopt. I have a simple encryption workflow that I use on an almost daily basis, for which I've been using GnuPG with symmetric crypto (
gpg -c
) for many years. Can you "sell" me age for this and other basic crypto needs, elevator-pitch style? Although I'm willing to believe it is better than gpg in many ways, switching from a major project which is likely to survive to one which may or may not still be developed in 5 years presents a small risk. What are the marquis advantages? How about the security of the respective ciphers used? I'm a software dev and Gentoo Linux user who tries his best to be an armchair security wonk, although it's hard work :) Thanks.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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