= The Gpg4win Compendium =
== Secure e-mail and file encryption using GnuPG for Windows ==

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[[German Version|https://www.gpg4win.org/doc/de/gpg4win-compendium.html]]
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Based on a version by Ute Bahn, Karl Bihlmeier, Manfred J. Heinze, Isabel Kramer und Dr. Francis Wray.
Extensively revised by Werner Koch, Florian v. Samson, Emanuel Schütze and Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner.
Translated from the German original by Brigitte Hamilton

A publication of the Gpg4win Initiative
Version 3.0.0-beta1 from 31. August 2010
(zuletzt geringfügig korrigiert am 21. September 2010)

* Publisher's details
* About this compendium
* Legend
* Contents
* I For Novices
** 1 Gpg4win - Cryptography for Everyone
** 2 Encrypting e-mails: because the envelope is missing
** 3 How Gpg4win works
** 4 The passphrase
** 5 Two methods, one goal: OpenPGP & S/MIME
** 6 Installing Gpg4win
** 7 Creating a certificate
** 8 Distribution of public certificates
** 9 Decrypting e-mails, practicing for OpenPGP
** 10 Importing a public certificate
** 11 Certificate inspection
** 12 Encrypting e-mails
** 13 Signing e-mails
** 14 Archiving e-mails in an encrypted form
* II For Advanced Users
** 15 Certificate details
** 16 The certificate server
** 17 Encrypting file attachments
** 18 Signing and encrypting files
** 19 Importing and exporting a private certificate
** 20 System-wide configuration and pre-population for S/MIME
** 21 Known problems and help
** 22 Files and settings in Gpg4win
** 23 Detecting problems in Gpg4win programs (log files)
** 24 Why Gpg4win cannot be broken ...
** 25 GnuPG and the mystery of large numbers
* III Annex
** A Information on the GpgOL Outlook extension
** B Using GnuPG with other e-mail programs
** C Automatic installation of Gpg4win
** D Transfer from other programs
** E Uninstalling Gpg4win
** F History
** H GNU Free Documentation License
* Footnotes