Gpg4win
Developer(s) | The Gpg4win Initiative |
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Stable release | 2.2.4 (with GnuPG 2.0.27) (March 18, 2015[1]) [±] |
Preview release | 2.2.2-beta37 (with GnuPG 2.0.26) (August 14, 2014[2]) [±] |
Operating system | Windows |
Type | Privacy, OpenPGP |
License | GNU GPL and other free software licenses |
Website | www.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] but Gpg4win itself and all included tools are free and open source software and it is typically the non-proprietary option recommended[5][6] to Windows users.
Contents of Gpg4win Installer
- GnuPG: the core encryption tool
- Kleopatra: certificate manager for OpenPGP and X.509
- GPA: an alternate certificate manager (GNU) for OpenPGP and X.509
- GpgOL: a plugin for Microsoft Outlook to provide email encryption
- GpgEX: a plugin for Windows Explorer to provide file encryption
- Claws Mail: a complete email program including the plugin for GnuPG
- Gpg4win Compendium: documentation about Gpg4win2.
See also
- E-mail privacy
External links
References
- ↑ "[Gpg4win-announce] Gpg4win 2.2.4 released". Andre Heinecke. 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ↑ "[Gpg4win-announce] Gpg4win 2.2.2-beta released". Emanuel Schütze. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ↑ "Creation of Gpg4win was supported by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).", gpg4win.org
- ↑ "Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)...in 2006...funded the development of GPG4win, europa.eu
- ↑ "Encrypted e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away?", Peter Bright and Dan Goodin, June 15, 2013, Ars Technica
- ↑ "Gpg4win: Powerful Encryption for Free" Erez Zukerman, Dec 5 2011, PCWorld