OpenPgp (Pretty Good Privacy)

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

Example with kleopatra

Gpg Kleopatra

Steps:

Gpg Kleopatra Revocation Certificate




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