Gpg4win
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Gpg4win is an installation package for Windows
(XP, Vista and 7) with software tools and manuals for email and file encryption. Gpg4win itself and all tools of Gpg4win are free and open source software
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The aim of Gpg4win is to keep a Windows installation package up-to-date including the crypto software GnuPG, accompanying tools and documentation. Especially the manual Gpg4win for Novices is maintained as part of Gpg4win; it started as a translation of the German original. The package includes another German document covering advanced topics.
The build system ("Gpg4win-Builder") allows for easy creation of the gpg4win.exe installer with updated or customized components. Tested on Debian
, it can be run on other systems as well. During a build almost all software tools are created for Windows via cross compilation.
Documentation:
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
(XP, Vista and 7) with software tools and manuals for email and file encryption. Gpg4win itself and all tools of Gpg4win are free and open source software
Free and open source software
Free and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...
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The aim of Gpg4win is to keep a Windows installation package up-to-date including the crypto software GnuPG, accompanying tools and documentation. Especially the manual Gpg4win for Novices is maintained as part of Gpg4win; it started as a translation of the German original. The package includes another German document covering advanced topics.
The build system ("Gpg4win-Builder") allows for easy creation of the gpg4win.exe installer with updated or customized components. Tested on Debian
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
, it can be run on other systems as well. During a build almost all software tools are created for Windows via cross compilation.
Contents of Gpg4win Installer
Software:- GnuPG: the core; this is the actual encryption tool
- Kleopatra: the certificate manager (KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
) for OpenPGP and X.509 (S/MIME) and common crypto dialogs. - GPA: an alternate certificate manager (GNUGNUGNU is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"...
) for OpenPGP and X.509 (S/MIME). - GpgOL: a plugin for Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
2003 and 2007 (email encryption). - GpgEX: a plugin for Windows ExplorerWindows ExplorerThis article is about the Windows file system browser. For the similarly named web browser, see Internet ExplorerWindows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface...
(file encryption). - Claws MailClaws MailClaws Mail is a free, GTK+-based, open source email and news client. It offers easy configuration and an abundance of features. It stores mail in the MH mailbox format and also the Mbox mailbox format via a plugin...
: a complete email program including the plugin for GnuPG
Documentation:
- Gpg4win Compendium: the documentation about Gpg4win2 (German and English).