Gpg4win

Gpg4win
Developer(s) The Gpg4win Initiative
Stable release 3.1.4 (with GnuPG 2.2.10) (October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17)) [±][1]
Preview release 3.1.4-beta10 (with GnuPG 2.2.10) (October 15, 2018 (2018-10-15)) [±][2]
Repository dev.gnupg.org/source/gpg4win/
Operating system Windows
Type Encryption software
License GNU GPL and other free software licenses
Website gpg4win.org

Gpg4win is an email and file encryption package for most versions of Microsoft Windows, which uses GnuPG public-key cryptography for data encryption and digital signatures.

The original creation of Gpg4win was supported by Germany's Federal Office for Information Security,[3][4] however Gpg4win and all included tools are free and open source software, and it is typically the non-proprietary option for privacy recommended[5][6] to Windows users.

Contents of Gpg4win Installer

  • GnuPG: the core encryption tool
  • Certificate managers
    • Kleopatra: certificate manager for OpenPGP and X.509
    • GPA: an alternate certificate manager (GNU) for OpenPGP and X.509
  • Plugins for email and file encryption
  • Gpg4win Compendium: introduction to encryption (OpenPGP and X.509) and user manual for Gpg4win

See also

References

  1. ↑ "[Gpg4win-announce] Gpg4win 3.1.4 released". Andre Heinecke. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Gpg4win-Beta download directory". Andre Heinecke. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. ↑ "Creation of Gpg4win was supported by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).", gpg4win.org
  4. ↑ "Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)...in 2006...funded the development of GPG4win, europa.eu
  5. ↑ "Encrypted e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away?", Peter Bright and Dan Goodin, June 15, 2013, Ars Technica
  6. ↑ "Gpg4win: Powerful Encryption for Free" Erez Zukerman, Dec 5 2011, PCWorld
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