Gpg4Win and GnuPG

[Mika Suomalainen]

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03.05.2012 11:57, Anthony Papillon kirjoitti:
> Thank you, Werner.  The system already has GPG installed and they
> won't want a second copy, I'm sure. I thought GPG4Win added a new
> context menu item that would allow easier file encryption. If not
> then they don't need anything else.
> 
> Thanks! Anthony
> 
> -- Sent from my mobile device
> 
> On May 3, 2012, at 3:45 AM, Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu,  3 May 2012 10:12, papillion at gmail.com said:
>>> Quick question: are there any security concerns with running
>>> GnuPG and GPG4Win on the same system?
>> 
>> Gpg4win is an installer which includes GnuPG as its crypto
>> engine.  In fact, Gpg4win is the suggested way to install GnuPG
>> on Windows.
>> 
>> In case your question is whether you can use the GnuPG 1.4
>> installer along with Gpg4win (which comes with GnuPG 2): This is
>> not suggested but should not pose a security problem.  Note, that
>> you will end up with two programs named gpg on your box - this
>> may lead to  some confusion.
>> 
>> 
>> Shalom-Salam,
>> 
>> Werner
>> 
>> -- Die Gedanken sind frei.  Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.
>> 
> 
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GPG4Win has some program which includes the context menu. I think that
GPG4Win doesn't offer to install GnuPG if you have up-to-date version
already.

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