Encryption Is the Translation of Term Paper

The other is a private key that you use to decrypt messages that you receive" (Pretty pp).

PGP is such an effective encryption tool that the United States Government actually brought a lawsuit against Zimmerman for putting it in the public domain and therefore making it available to enemies of the United States, however, after a public outcry, the government's lawsuit was dropped, yet it is still illegal to use PGP in many other countries (Pretty pp).

To encrypt a message using PGP, you need the PGP encryption package, which is available for free from a number of sources, however the official repository is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Pretty pp).

PGP or Pretty Good Privacy is a powerful cryptographic product family that enables individuals to securely exchange messages, and to secure files, disk volumes and network connections with both privacy and strong authentication (Welcome pp). By providing the ability to encrypt messages, PGP provides protection against anyone eavesdropping on the network, and even if the information is intercepted, it is completely unreadable to the snooper (Welcome pp). Authentication identifies the origin of the information, certainty that it is authentic, and that it has not been altered, and also provides an extremely valuable tool in network security - "verification of the identity of an individual" (Welcome pp). Moreover, PGP provides secure data storage, enabling you to encrypt files stored on your computer (Welcome pp).The 6.5.8 version also includes PGPnet, a powerful VPN client that enables secure peer-to-peer IP-based network connections, and Self-Decrypting Archives, SDAs that allow one to exchange information securely even with those who do not have PGP (Welcome pp).

In cooperation with Zimmermann, MIT distributes PGP Freeware without cost for personal, non-commercial use (Welcome pp).

Works Cited

Encryption. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/e/encryption.html

Symmetric Encryption. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/symmetric_encryption.html

Public Key Encryption. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/public_key_cryptography.html

Pretty Good Privacy. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/Pretty_Good_Privacy.html

Welcome to the MIT Distribution Center for PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html.....