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-See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU
_Privacy
_Guard
+An [Acronym] for
__G__nu __P__rivacy __G__uard.
+
+[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 also
* [GPG/PGPNotes]
* [OpenPGP]
* [OpenPGPConcept]s
* KeyServer
* PublicKey
* [Cryptography]
+* [Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard]
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Part of CategoryCryptography
