“ASCII Armor” # One of the properties of OpenPGP that is recognizable to many is its “armored” format. For example, certificates (aka public keys) are often seen in armored form like this: -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- xjMEaApiDxYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdALKjyvqcoQ37MMHV5cIyEZjSK/XxnIAa/L/3c ixX5hkvNBWFsaWNlwpgEEBYIAEAFAmgKYg8WIQTQbolGjae+MmwHtzdpyBjxHjuH [..] =4FiZ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ASCII armored vs. binary # Almost all OpenPGP data can be represented in two formats, w...
