# AF Utility Nodes and PGP **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Extensions\ **Tags:** other-community-extensions\ **Created:** [September 24, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/af-utility-nodes-and-pgp/36314 "2021-09-24T09:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mlauber71](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/mlauber71/32/73590_2.png) [@mlauber71](https://forum.knime.com/u/mlauber71)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/af-utility-nodes-and-pgp/36314/1 "2021-09-24T09:21:06Z")
@AnotherFraudUser I recently tried your great [AF Utility Nodes](https://hub.knime.com/anotherfrauduser/extensions/org.anotherfraud.excel.feature/latest), especially the PGP section. It does work, thank you for that. Although I came across a few quirks that might confuse other users but also might be easy to fix. For once there seems to be a problem with the use of flow variables. On the configuration panel the same files show up and when you configure them it would confuse users: ![image](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/5/a5b848a23c7b1e082e5f170ba49c895a833f649f.png) If you enter the flow variables on the “Flow Variable panel” everything is fine and the node does work: ![image](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/f/5f0b504f1929477bc60df37d4f6b3b239b25a6d9.png) The same is true for the Decrypt node. Then I encountered problems with the use of the knime-protocol (like knime://) at least under Windows 10. The node would not recognize the path settings. And then it is not possible to enter a blank password. In the example the secret key does not have one. It does work if you just enter a blank though. These are minor issues and the nodes do work as expected but maybe it is possible to fix these inconveniences 🙂 > **[KNIME and PGP - encrypt and decrypt files with AF Utility Nodes – mlauber71](https://hub.knime.com/mlauber71/spaces/Public/latest/kn_example_pgp_encrypt_decrypt~hfwj9dW4gmSpdjHC)** > > KNIME and PGP - encrypt and decrypt files with AF Utility Nodes ---
**Author:** ![AnotherFraudUser](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/anotherfrauduser/32/16912_2.png) [@AnotherFraudUser](https://forum.knime.com/u/AnotherFraudUser)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/af-utility-nodes-and-pgp/36314/2 "2021-09-24T09:24:56Z")
Hi @mlauber71, i’ll look into these issues - thanks for the info 👍 ---
**Author:** ![AnotherFraudUser](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/anotherfrauduser/32/16912_2.png) [@AnotherFraudUser](https://forum.knime.com/u/AnotherFraudUser)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/af-utility-nodes-and-pgp/36314/3 "2021-09-27T15:39:35Z")
Hi @mlauber71, I think i fixed most of the issues. (just checked with the developer knime instance - will later confirm with a fresh 4.4 installation) -\>Path Selection via flow variables should not be displayed (and used correctly) -\>for the password you can now select a checkbox to not use any password…it still uses the blank in the background but that makes it clearer…basically you can enter any password if the keyfile does not have a protection 🙂 The Knime path is still not fixed. I use the “old” default knime components for all my nodes, but I think for this I have to create something new / copy the new file selection components from a new knime node. I’ll give an info when I get this fixed 🙂 Thanks again for the info! ---
**Author:** ![mlauber71](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/mlauber71/32/73590_2.png) [@mlauber71](https://forum.knime.com/u/mlauber71)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/af-utility-nodes-and-pgp/36314/4 "2025-01-14T18:06:01Z")
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