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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.
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.