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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:27:22 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:25:44 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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-__G__nu __P__rivacy __G__uard
+An [Acronym] for
__G__nu __P__rivacy __G__uard.
-A clone
of [PGP]
+[GNU]'s [GPL] re-implementation
of [PGP], initiated after the original went commercial and closed source. The package is called "gnupg" but the binary executable program is called gpg(1). It is widely used in OpenSource infrastructure for signing software packages ([Deb]s and [RPM]s). Also widely used for signing and encrypting mail.
-See [GPG/PGPNotes] for details.
+See also
+*
[GPG/PGPNotes]
+* [OpenPGP]
+* [OpenPGPConcepts]
+* KeyServer
+* PublicKey
+* [Cryptography]
+
+----
+Part of CategoryCryptography
