Cryptography and digital sign with GnuPG part 2 | Linux Today

Cryptography and digital sign with GnuPG part 2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2010

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link.
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“In the previous article we presented some basic
concepts of encryption and made some examples of symmetrical and
asymmetrical keys, we concluded by saying that a good way to get a
certificate with an asymmetric key is GnuPG.

“GnuPG is open-source and multiplatform. It uses native command
line in a shell or from MS-DOS prompt.

“There are also graphical interface:

“Enigmail it’s an extension for Mozilla thunderbird. And
contains a graphical tool for keys management.”


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