diff --git a/gnupg/gpg-agent.conf b/gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
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+++ b/gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
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+enable-ssh-support
+
+default-cache-ttl 600
+max-cache-ttl 3600
diff --git a/gnupg/gpg.conf b/gnupg/gpg.conf
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+# Don't display the copyright notice.
+no-greeting
+
+# use the agent for ssh/etc
+use-agent
+
+# key generation
+personal-cipher-preferences AES256 AES192 AES CAST5
+personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224
+personal-compress-preferences BZIP2 ZLIB ZIP Uncompressed
+
+# default preferences
+default-preference-list SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 AES256 AES192 AES CAST5 BZIP2 ZLIB ZIP Uncompressed
+
+cert-digest-algo SHA512