Encrypt & Decrypt Files with GnuPG 🔐

GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880 (also known as PGP). GnuPG allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communications; it features a versatile key management system, along with access modules for all kinds of public key directories. GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool with features for easy integration with other applications. A wealth of frontend applications and libraries are available. GnuPG also provides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell (ssh).

GnuPG supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH, CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2

Gpg4win is a Windows version of GnuPG featuring a context menu tool, a crypto manager, and an Outlook plugin to send and receive standard PGP/MIME mail.

Read Brendan Kidwell's article https://www.glump.net/howto/cryptography/practical-introduction-to-gnu-privacy-guard-in-windows, shows you how to use the free public key cryptography system GnuPG from a Windows user perspective.

Download GnuPG - https://gnupg.org/download/index.html
GnuPG's User guides - https://gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.pdf
GnuPG's GIT repository - https://gnupg.org/download/git.html
How To - https://gnupg.org/documentation/howtos.html
FAQs - https://gnupg.org/faq/gnupg-faq.html

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