DesktopLinux.com guest author David Scribner has penned an article introducing new users to GnuPG on GNU/Linux (and UNIX) systems. Scribner focuses on how this powerful encryption package can play a vital role in personal and business communications by increasing security. This very detailed article will be available in two parts this week on DesktopLinux.com.. . .
DesktopLinux.com guest author David Scribner has penned an article introducing new users to GnuPG on GNU/Linux (and UNIX) systems. Scribner focuses on how this powerful encryption package can play a vital role in personal and business communications by increasing security. This very detailed article will be available in two parts this week on DesktopLinux.com.

GNU Privacy Guard, or GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org/), is the open-source equivalent of Philip Zimmermann's PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) encryption/authentication software released under GPL. Philip Zimmermann and others developed PGP in 1990 using the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) public-key cryptosystem to answer the need for private and secure communications between individuals over digital medium. After its release to the public in 1991, it quickly grew to become the de facto standard worldwide for secure public-key encryption.

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