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OpenPGP is an open standard for PGP encryption maintained by the IETF. It was made so other protocols could interact with PGP. Both GPG and PGP are compliant. | OpenPGP is an open standard for PGP encryption maintained by the IETF. It was made so other protocols could interact with PGP. Both GPG and PGP are compliant. | ||
PGP is the name of the original encryption program that was developed. | PGP is the name of the original encryption program that was developed. | ||
GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) is an open-source implementation of the OpenPGP standard | GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) is an open-source implementation of the OpenPGP standard | ||
Keychains are just the list of the different keys you have on your computer. | Keychains are just the list of the different keys you have on your computer. | ||
Keyservers are used to share keys with other people. | Keyservers are used to share keys with other people. | ||