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OpenPGP

OpenPGP is the most widely used encryption standard proposed in from RFC 4880.

Setup

There are different implementations of OpenPGP. Many Linux package managers package the implementation called Gnu Privacy Guard in the gnupg or sometimes also gpg or gpg2 package.

Usage

This section addresses the usage of OpenPGP.

Encrypting, Decrypting, Signing and Verifying Emails

OpenPGP is often used to encrypt, decrypt or sign emails. Most modern email clients feature a way to do that.