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Pretty Good Privacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pretty Good Privacy ( PGP ) is a computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication. PGP is often used for signing, encrypting and decrypting e-mails to increase the security ...
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Amazon.com: PGP: Pretty Good Privacy: Simson Garfinkel: Books
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Adam Back has writtten a brief history of PGP. For a more detailed account I recommend reading PGP: Pretty Good Privacy by Simson Garfinkel published by O'Reilly & Assoc, or the paper The First Ten Years of Public-Key Cryptography by Whitfield Diffie for a detailed account of developments in public key cryptography.
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It is called, Where to get the Pretty Good privacy program (PGP); it is posted in alt.security.pgp regularly, is in the various FAQ archive sites, and is also available online. ... Revision History...
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Using and distributing Pretty Good Privacy is legal if you are careful to obey the intellectual property and export rules, as well as any local rules that may apply in the nation you are in.
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It describes how to use PGP and provides background on cryptography, PGP's history, battles over public key cryptography patents and U.S. government export restrictions, and public debates about privacy and free speech. ... PGP, which stands for Pretty Good Privacy, is a free and widely available encryption program that lets...
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PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is the culmination of a long history of cryptographic discoveries. Cryptography is the science of writing messages in secret codes. It is nothing new. Since the human race became a species of its own, we have pondered the challenge of concealing our communications from others.
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