From: Jon Keto (jonketo_at_cs.washington.edu)
Date: Sun Mar 07 2004 - 12:39:24 PST
In class PGP was mentioned as an encryption method for applications. It
is a nice free public/private key encryption system. When PGP was
released it generated a lot postive interest by developers around the
world as well as a lot of negative interest from the US government.
For a brief history of PGP from the lone creator, Philip Zimmerman, you
can visit this website.
http://linuxtoday.com/security/2001060600420SCSW.
Here is a website with links to articles written during the PGP
controversy regarding case subpoenas and other documents.
For a recent case where PGP has helped terrorists, read this article. I
guess as programmers we don't necessarily need to work for good causes:
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/
0,10801,81486,00.html
Hope you guys enjoy!
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