My Public Key

Use the following public key to communicate with me using PGP. You can verify this key at pgp.mit.edu by searching my name, "Bradly Odell", and finding the key id, "DC066A14". Make sure you sign your message with your key, and securely send me your public key. For large messages or files, use AES-128 for encryption, and PGP for key exchange.

PGP keys can be confusing. If you would like to send a secure message without PGP, I recommend you use the website: temp.pm. On this site, the user enters a message, chooses the optional expiration date, chooses the optional password and then it spits out a link that can only be opened once.

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Version: GnuPG v2

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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Why use RSA and AES?
RSA is better than AES when messages are short because it generates both a public key, which can be distributed, and a private key. The private key is used to decrypt messages that were encrypted with the public key. After encrypting a message, the message can be signed with the private key. The signature can be verified using the public key only if the message was not changed.

AES-128 encryption is great for very large data sizes. To use AES, a private key must be shared between the users. RSA's public/private key encryption is typically used to transfer the AES private keys in AES encrypted channels.