// glossary
OpenPGP glossary.
Definitions of the terms that come up when working with OpenPGP — fingerprints, subkeys, WKD, revocation certificates, web of trust, Ed25519, and more. Each entry is a short standalone definition with a concrete example and where the term shows up in PGPony.
Key identity
Key structure
Algorithms
Formats
Lifecycle
Discovery
Full alphabetical index.
- ASCII armor
- Clearsigned message
- Curve25519 / X25519
- Detached signature
- Ed25519
- Keyserver
- OpenPGP (RFC 4880 / 9580)
- PGP fingerprint
- PGP key ID
- PGP subkey
- PGP vs OpenPGP vs GnuPG
- Public vs private key
- Revocation certificate
- RSA in OpenPGP
- Transition statement
- User ID
- Web of trust
- WKD (Web Key Directory)
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