OpenPgp (Pretty Good Privacy)
About
OpenPGP is a PKI standard that uses the web of trust to validate the public key.
It's defined by RFC4880 (OpenPGP Message Format) that define how to securely provide:
- electronic communications (email)
- and data storage services.
in order to protect its privacy.
In general, the terms GnuPG, GPG, GNU Privacy Guard, OpenPGP and PGP are used interchangeably.
To not get confuse, OpenPGP is the standard/reference and the following software implements it:
- PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) - the original client developed by Philip R. Zimmermann from which OpenPGP is based.
- GnuPG, GPG, GNU Privacy Guard is the open gpg terminal client
PGP, Pretty Good, and Pretty Good Privacy are trademarks of PGP Corporation and are used with permission.
See the terms section.
Client List
- gpg -
- mailvelope for online email
Example with kleopatra
Steps:
- Fill your name and email
- Create a key pair given your passphrase
- Backup your private key
- Upload your Public Key to a public server
- Create a revocation certificate (Select the key > Details > Create Revocation)
