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description: Cryptography tools for Linux.
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# Cryptographic Tools

The EC2 instances ship with some useful cryptographic tools that help create keys, manage secure connections, allow cryptographic signatures, and encrypt/decrypt information.

The tools covered in this section are listed below.

{% content-ref url="cryptographic-tools/ssh-keygen-and-agent" %}
[ssh-keygen-and-agent](cryptographic-tools/ssh-keygen-and-agent)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="cryptographic-tools/gnu-privacy-guard-gpg" %}
[gnu-privacy-guard-gpg](cryptographic-tools/gnu-privacy-guard-gpg)
{% endcontent-ref %}
