Gpg4win
Developer(s) | The Gpg4win initiative |
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Initial release | April 6, 2006 |
Stable release | 4.3.1 (with GnuPG 2.4.5) (March 11, 2024[1]) [±] |
Windows | |
Type | Encryption software |
License | GPLv2+ |
Website | gpg4win |
Gpg4win is an email and file encryption package for most versions of
History of Gpg4win
The original creation of Gpg4win was initiated and funded by Germany's
As Gpg4win v1 was a much overhauled derivate of GnuPP,
Hence in 2007 the development of a fundamentally enhanced version was started, also with support from the German BSI (
In contrast to Gpg4win v2, which focused on new features and software components, the development of Gpg4win v3 focused on usability, plus consolidation of code and features:
Gpg4win 4.0.0, released on 21 December 2021,[13] switched to using GnuPG 2.3 (from 2.2) and continued to refine and enhance the feature set of Gpg4win v3.[14]
Contents of Gpg4win Installer
- GnuPG: the core cryptography framework
- Certificate managers
- Kleopatra: certificate manager for OpenPGP and X.509
- GPA: an alternative certificate manager (GNU) for OpenPGP and X.509
- Plug-ins for email and file cryptography
- GpgOL: a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook to provide email encryption and signing
- GpgEX: a plug-in for the Windows Explorerto provide file encryption, signing and hash calculations
- Gpg4win Compendium: an introduction to encryption (OpenPGP and X.509) and user manual for Gpg4win
See also
- E-mail privacy
References
- ^ "Gpg4win 4.3.1 released". dev.gnupg.org. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ "Gpg4win - Email-Security using GnuPG for Windows". 2009-08-14. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ Hillenius, Gijs (19 December 2013). "Government-used cryptography tool seeks funds". Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via europa.eu.
Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)…in 2006…funded the development of GPG4win
- ^ "About Gpg4win". 6 April 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.
Timestamp of installer file `gpg4win-1.0.0.exe`: 06 April 2006
- ^ Bright, Peter; Goodin, Dan (14 June 2013). "Encrypted e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away?". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- PCWorld. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "GnuPP project". May 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Gpg4win 2.0.0 press release". 2009-08-12. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.
Press release: Gpg4win 2.0.0 is ready, it does S/MIME and secure attachments
- ^ "README-2.0.0.en.txt". 2009-08-07. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.
- ^ "What's new in Gpg4win 3?". 20 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.
- ^ "README-3.0.0.en.txt". 19 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.
- ^ "A New Future for GnuPG". 2 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gnupg.org.
- ^ "README-4.0.0.en.txt". 12 December 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.
- ^ "What's new in Gpg4win 4?". 12 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022 – via gpg4win.org.