PGP Encryption with PHP on App Engine

[Kyaw Naing]

Hi,

My application is using PHP's  gnupg extension. AppEngine doesn't seem to have that library. https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/php/runtime#enabled_extensions

Please advise. 

Thanks,

Kyaw

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Kyaw, 

Why do you need this extension? Encryption of at least equal level is already provided within App Engine. A feature request needs the support of a well-motivated use case to prove its point and convince. How do you plan to use the extension? A detailed use-case, preferably in step-by-step format, should prove of great help to Engineering, for feature evaluation and eventual implementation. 

It may be worthwhile mentioning here that the OpenPGP standard is implemented in the Cloud Platform, so the need for another extension with similar functionality is less stringent. In this context, you may have a look at the "Encryption in Transit in Google Cloud" page, as well as Encryption at Rest in Google Cloud Platform.