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How Do I Use GPG for Encryption?

Posted on December 20, 2019 by David Singer | Updated: May 9, 2023

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Asymmetric Encryption, Asynchronous Key Cryptography, CentOS, decrypt, Encrypt, Encryption, Gnu Privacy Guard, GnuPG, GPG, Keys, Passphrase, PGP, Pretty Good Privacy, Privacy, Private Keys, Public Keys, Secure, Secure Communications, Security, Ubuntu

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What is GPG?

GnuPG (or Gnu Privacy Guard) is an adaptation of an earlier encryption standard known as PGP (or Pretty Good Privacy). GPG uses the method of "public" and "private" keys for the encryption and signing of messages or data.

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