http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
OpenPGP is a protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography. It is based on PGP as originally developed by Phil Zimmermann.
http://www.openpgp.org/resources/faqs.shtml
http://blog.bonetree.net/2010/03/a-practical-guide-to-using-pgp-in-ubuntu-karmic-koala/
http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch030_installing-pgp-on-ubuntu/
http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#INTRO
Ubuntu Securely Send Information with PGP Encryption
GnuPrivacyGuardHowto for ubuntu
- Introduction: A word about PGP
- Before you begin
- Step 1: Downloading PGP
- While you're maybe waiting.... Where did PGP come from and how does it work?
- Step 2: Unzipping and installing the PGP software
- Step 3: Setting up (Creating) your Public and Private PGP keys
- Step 4: Changing your Passphrase
- Step 5: Distributing your Public Key
- Step 6: Making your Public Key available through a certificate server
- Step 7: Obtaining and Adding someone else's Public Key to your keyring
- Step 8: Using the PGP encryption software to send and receive secure e-mails
- Step 9: Using your Default Public Key to save a backup, encrypted, decipherable copy of all your e-mail messages
- Step 10: PGP Signing your own unencrypted e-mails
- Step 11: Weaving the Web of Trust--Signing someone else's Public Key
- Step 12: Using the PGP encryption software to protect (encrypt) your personal documents
- Step 13: Using PGP to Wipe files from your disks
- Step 14: Useful PGP Options you should know about