This chapter examines OpenPGP signatures associated with certificate components, applying to: component keys, encompassing primary keys and subkeys, identity components, namely User IDs and User at...| OpenPGP for application developers
OpenPGP mechanisms # OpenPGP acts as a toolkit that offers a variety of operations, which may be combined to achieve a variety of goals. Encryption # Encryption, which provides confidentiality, is one central facility of OpenPGP. In a way, encryption is the most non-negotiable element of OpenPGP: When a message is encrypted, only actors who have access to a suitable secret are able to access the contained data.| OpenPGP.foo