GPGMail
Encyclopedia
GPGMail is an extension for Apple Mail
that provides public key e-mail encryption and signing. GPGMail works under Mac OS
and the actual cryptographic
functionality is handled by GNU Privacy Guard
.
GPGMail was first released on Feb 7, 2001, by Stéphane Corthésy, and since 2010 maintained by the GPGTools Project Team
. Both GPGMail and GNU Privacy Guard are free
open-source software
.
Mail (application)
Mail is an email program included with Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system. Originally developed by NeXT as NeXTMail, a part of their NeXTSTEP operating system, it was adapted, following Apple's acquisition of NeXT, to become OS X's Mail application.Mail uses the SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols,...
that provides public key e-mail encryption and signing. GPGMail works under Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
and the actual cryptographic
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...
functionality is handled by GNU Privacy Guard
GNU Privacy Guard
GNU Privacy Guard is a GPL Licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. GnuPG is compliant with RFC 4880, which is the current IETF standards track specification of OpenPGP...
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GPGMail was first released on Feb 7, 2001, by Stéphane Corthésy, and since 2010 maintained by the GPGTools Project Team
GPGTools
GPGTools is an installation package for Apple OS X with software tools for email and file encryption . GPGTools itself and all tools of GPGTools are free and open source software...
. Both GPGMail and GNU Privacy Guard are free
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
open-source software
Open-source software
Open-source software is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software.Open...
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See also
- GPGToolsGPGToolsGPGTools is an installation package for Apple OS X with software tools for email and file encryption . GPGTools itself and all tools of GPGTools are free and open source software...
- Pretty Good PrivacyPretty Good PrivacyPretty Good Privacy is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is often used for signing, encrypting and decrypting texts, E-mails, files, directories and whole disk partitions to increase the security...
- OpenPGP
- E-Mail EncryptionE-mail encryptionEmail encryption refers to encryption, and often authentication, of email messages, which can be done in order to protect the content from being read by unintended recipients....