Werner Koch

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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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Predicate Object
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

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website https://gnupg.org/

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GNU Privacy Guard developer Werner Koch
Werner Koch name Werner Koch self-link
dirmngr developer Werner Koch