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GPG
Last modified: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 

Short for GNU Privacy Guard and also abbreviated as GnuPG, GPG is the GNU project's free software implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880. GPG is specifically a command line tool that enables you to encrypt and sign your data and communication and includes a key management system as well as access modules for all kind of public key directories.

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GNU GPL FAQ
Provided by the GNU Project.

GNUPG Features
GnuPG itself is a command line tool without any graphical stuff. It is the real crypto engine which can be used directly from a command prompt, from shell scripts or by other programs.

Mandriva: GPG
GPG ('GNU Privacy Guard') is a free replacement of the famous PGP ('Pretty Good Privacy') encryption program by the even more famous Phil Zimmerman.

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