2. OpenPGP

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Donkers Automation utilizes the GNU Privacy Guard open-source software for encrypting sensitive information and digitally signing emails. GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard, as defined in RFC4880.

OpenPGP

The OpenPGP email encryption standard is the most widely used in the world. The OpenPGP protocol defines standard formats for encrypted messages, digital signatures, and certificates for exchanging public keys.

Public and private keys

Within OpenPGP, two types of keys are used: a private key and a public key. The recipient of an encrypted message provides the public key in advance, allowing the sender to encrypt the message. Only the recipient can decipher the message using the private key. Furthermore, in this context, the direction of message traffic is reversed: the private key can be used to sign a message, which can then be verified with the public key (to verify the sender’s identity).

Public Key for Donkers Automation

The public key for Donkers Automation for use in OpenPGP applications is provided below.

—–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–
Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

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XjENJ4TCp7mj27j2mnTGNTWw2Q==
=I/M8
—–END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–

Attribution

OpenPGP_card_2.0.jpg by Werner Koch - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36808159