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GnuPG Pocket Reference

by Alan Bradley

A concise, practical guide to GnuPG - the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard. Whether you're generating keys, encrypting and signing files, verifying signatures, or wiring gpg into Git and your automation, this pocket reference gives you the commands, the key model, and the operational gotchas you need to use GnuPG with confidence.

Table of Contents

  1. 1 Concepts and Key Model
  2. 2 Key Generation and Management
  3. 3 Revocation
  4. 4 Encrypt, Decrypt, and Sign
  5. 5 Verification
  6. 6 Key Exchange and Keyservers
  7. 7 Trust and Certification
  8. 8 Scripting and Automation
  9. 9 gpg-agent
  10. 10 Hardware Tokens and Smartcards
  11. 11 Configuration
  12. 12 Common Flags Reference
  13. 13 Operational Gotchas
  14. 14 Git Integration
  15. 15 Common Recipes
  16. 16 Security Notes