Werner Koch

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German person free software developer human software developer

Werner Koch is a German free software developer best known as the principal author and maintainer of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) encryption software.

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instanceOf German person ⓘ
free software developer ⓘ
human ⓘ
software developer ⓘ
associatedWith Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
developed GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
surface form: GnuPG
employer GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
surface form: GnuPG project
familyName Koch ⓘ
fieldOfWork computer security ⓘ
cryptography ⓘ
free software ⓘ
focusesOn data protection ⓘ
privacy ⓘ
secure communication ⓘ
givenName Werner ⓘ
influencedBy Free Software Foundation ideals ⓘ
PGP ⓘ
surface form: Pretty Good Privacy
knownFor maintainer of GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
principal author of GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
movement free software movement ⓘ
name Werner Koch self-link ⓘ
nationality Germany ⓘ
notableFor creating a free replacement for PGP ⓘ
notableWork GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
surface form: GnuPG
occupation computer programmer ⓘ
software developer ⓘ
programmingLanguageUsed C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
residence Germany ⓘ
role lead maintainer of GnuPG ⓘ
principal author of GnuPG ⓘ
softwareLicenseUsed GNU General Public License ⓘ
softwareLicensingAdvocacy free and open-source software ⓘ
softwareProject GNU Privacy Guard ⓘ
Gpg4win ⓘ
softwareTypeDeveloped email encryption software ⓘ
encryption software ⓘ
public-key cryptography software ⓘ
supports RFC 4880 ⓘ
surface form: OpenPGP standard
supportsStandard RFC 4880 ⓘ
surface form: OpenPGP

S/MIME ⓘ
website https://gnupg.org/ ⓘ

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GNU Privacy Guard → developer → Werner Koch ⓘ
Werner Koch → name → Werner Koch self-link ⓘ