What is a .GPG file?
GPG is a file encrypted or signed with GnuPG, the free OpenPGP implementation.
- Did you know
- GnuPG is the free software behind much of the world’s OpenPGP encryption.
- GnuPG was started in 1997 by Werner Koch after Richard Stallman called for a free replacement for the export-restricted PGP, with its first release in 1999.
- A GPG file is protected with hybrid encryption, combining fast symmetric ciphers for the data with public-key cryptography for the keys.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more security and forensics files: OpenPGP messages/keys/signatures (.pgp/.gpg/.sig - armor type, packet walk, key algorithm and user ID, secret-key warning), YARA rules, Snort/Suricata IDS rules, STIX/OpenIOC threat intel, Fiddler captures (.saz), 1Password exports (.1pux), Apple Keychain, KeePass 1.x (.kdb), Microsoft keys (.pvk) and AFF/AFF4 forensic images.
- Depth of analysis
- .GPG is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .GPG file
- Drag a .GPG file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.