Seahorse (software)
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| Maintainer | Stef Walter, Daiki Ueno & Niels De Graef |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| Current version |
3.32.2 ( May 16, 2019 ) |
| operating system | Gnomes |
| programming language | C , Vala |
| License | GPL v2 |
| German speaking | Yes |
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Seahorse is a Gnome application to manage GPG and SSH keys in the Gnome keyring . The Gnome Keyring enables the storage and provision of passwords, encryption and certificates for applications. Seahorse is based on GnuPG, forms a front-end for keyring and provides management options. The application is licensed as Free Software under the GNU General Public License.
Functions
Seahorse provides the following functions for the Gnome desktop:
- Encryption, decryption and signing of files and text
- Management of keys and key rings (keyring)
- Synchronization of encryption with key servers
- Signing and publishing of keys
- Creation of backups of keys
- Creation and configuration of SSH keys
See also
- Applications with a similar range of functions
- KWallet for KDE
- Keychain (software) for Apple macOS
- Password management
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ gitlab.gnome.org . (accessed on September 22, 2019).
- ↑ Seahorse in the Debian Wiki. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
- ↑ COPYING from the Seahorse source code in the GNOME GitLab repository. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Apps / Seahorse in the GNOME Wiki. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .