dirmngr
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dirmngr is a background service used by GnuPG to manage and retrieve certificate and key information from directory services and keyservers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| dirmngr canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792462 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: dirmngr Context triple: [GNU Privacy Guard, hasComponent, dirmngr]
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A.
GNU Privacy Guard
GNU Privacy Guard is a free, open-source implementation of the OpenPGP standard used for encrypting and signing data and communications.
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B.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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C.
PGP
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication, most notably for securing emails and files.
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D.
Engrampa archive manager
Engrampa archive manager is the MATE desktop environment’s file archiving tool used to create, view, and extract compressed archives in various formats.
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E.
djbdns
djbdns is a secure, high-performance DNS software suite created by cryptographer Daniel J. Bernstein as an alternative to traditional DNS server implementations like BIND.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: dirmngr Target entity description: dirmngr is a background service used by GnuPG to manage and retrieve certificate and key information from directory services and keyservers.
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A.
GNU Privacy Guard
GNU Privacy Guard is a free, open-source implementation of the OpenPGP standard used for encrypting and signing data and communications.
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B.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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C.
PGP
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication, most notably for securing emails and files.
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D.
Engrampa archive manager
Engrampa archive manager is the MATE desktop environment’s file archiving tool used to create, view, and extract compressed archives in various formats.
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E.
djbdns
djbdns is a secure, high-performance DNS software suite created by cryptographer Daniel J. Bernstein as an alternative to traditional DNS server implementations like BIND.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
background service
ⓘ
daemon ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| commandLineInterface | dirmngr ⓘ |
| configurationFile | dirmngr.conf ⓘ |
| developer |
GNU Project
ⓘ
Werner Koch ⓘ |
| distribution |
Arch Linux
ⓘ
Debian ⓘ Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Fedora
Gentoo Linux ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ openSUSE ⓘ |
| function |
access directory services
ⓘ
access keyservers ⓘ manage certificate information ⓘ retrieve certificate information ⓘ retrieve key information ⓘ |
| handles |
certificate revocation lists
ⓘ
keyserver lookups ⓘ online certificate status protocol requests ⓘ |
| invokedBy |
GnuPG frontends
ⓘ
gpg-agent ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
GNU/Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| packageName | dirmngr self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
GNU Privacy Guard
ⓘ
surface form:
GnuPG
|
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GNU Privacy Guard
ⓘ
surface form:
GnuPG
gpg-agent ⓘ |
| role |
CRL retrieval
ⓘ
OCSP queries ⓘ certificate validation ⓘ keyserver access ⓘ network access for GnuPG ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
HTTP proxy use
ⓘ
Tor support ⓘ keyserver pool handling ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HKP
ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ LDAP ⓘ RFC 4880 ⓘ
surface form:
OpenPGP
X.509 certificates ⓘ
surface form:
X.509
|
| usedBy |
GNU Privacy Guard
ⓘ
surface form:
GnuPG 2
gpg ⓘ gpgsm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: dirmngr Description of subject: dirmngr is a background service used by GnuPG to manage and retrieve certificate and key information from directory services and keyservers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.