Redhat:GPG2

Secure Files

While there is a larger amount a security around networks, files that are transmitted over them may need to be secure in themselves. This is achieved through encryption.

The standard encryption is Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and its open source equivalent GNU Privacy Guard (GPG). Redhat provides GPG version 2 (GPG2) by standard with RHEL6.

GPG2 Commands

gpg	softlinked to gpg2
gpg2	GPG2 encryption and signing tool
gpg-agent	gpg2 key management
gpgconf	gpg2 component status
gpg-connect-agent	agent communication
gpg-error	interpret GPG error codes
gpg-error-config	build applications based on GPG error codes
gpgkey2ssh	conversion command for GPG2 keys for SSH
gpgparsemail	Under Development
gpgsplit	split GPG2 message into packets
gpgv	soft linked to gpgv2 command
gpgv2	Verify GPG signitures
gpg-zip	encrypt and sign files into an archive