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  <!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "Fedora_Cookbook.ent">
    %BOOK_ENTITIES;
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<section id="GnuPG">
  <title>GnuPG</title>
  <para>
    <firstterm>GNU Privacy Guard</firstterm> or <firstterm>GnuPG</firstterm> or just plain <firstterm>GPG</firstterm> is an open source iteration of <firstterm>Pretty Good Privacy</firstterm> (PGP) and provides authentication and encryption for email and files based on asymmetric cryptography.  Using GPG allows an individual or organization to help protect their coorespondances as they cross the Internet or other medium.
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