IT lexicon › Security › GPG

GPG GNU Privacy Guard

Security På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Open source implementation of PGP — for encrypting files, signing commits, verifying packages.

Linux distros ship with GPG. Classic uses: signing Git commits, verifying signed packages (apt, rpm), encrypting files/mail. Clunky UX but the de facto standard in the open source world.

← Back to the lexicon