OpenPGP/GPG confusion.
Currently GitLab uses the term GPG for all OpenPGP/PGP/GPG related material and implementations. This is incorrect, and unfairly discriminates against competing implementations.
This would be like using the term "OpenSSL" to describe TLS.
GitLab should use the term OpenPGP except when it is referring to a specific implementation.
thing |
personal cryptography tool | transport layer security |
---|---|---|
protocol | OpenPGP | TLS |
material | OpenPGP key | x509 certificate |
commonly misnamed as | GPG key | SSL certificate |
legacy protocol | PGP | SSL |
legacy implementation | PGP | Netscape |
open implementations | GPG/ssh2/cryptlib/cryptoex/ZEDZ.net PGP | OpenSSL/LibreSSL/GnuTLS |
Edited by username-removed-548703