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Protect your privacy : the PGP user's guide / William Stallings, [with a foreword by Phil Zimmermann].

By: Stallings, William.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall PTR, 1995Description: xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0131855964 .Subject(s): PGP (Computer file) | Telecommunication systems -- Security measures -- Data processing | Electronic mail systems -- Security systems | CryptographyDDC classification: 005.82
Contents:
Protect your privacy -- Part 1: How PGP works -- Basic principles of PGP -- Sending and receiving PGP messages -- PGP features -- Key generation and secret key management -- Public key management -- Part 2: Using PGP -- DOS PGP: getting started -- DOS PGP reference -- Macintosh PGP: getting started -- Macintosh PGP reference -- Windows PGP -- Part 3: Supplemental information -- The building blocks of PGP -- Choosing your passphrase -- Where to get PGP -- Public key servers.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 005.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009572
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book is about Pretty Good Privacy, a program created to encrypt e-mail using public key cryptography.

Includes index.

Protect your privacy -- Part 1: How PGP works -- Basic principles of PGP -- Sending and receiving PGP messages -- PGP features -- Key generation and secret key management -- Public key management -- Part 2: Using PGP -- DOS PGP: getting started -- DOS PGP reference -- Macintosh PGP: getting started -- Macintosh PGP reference -- Windows PGP -- Part 3: Supplemental information -- The building blocks of PGP -- Choosing your passphrase -- Where to get PGP -- Public key servers.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Protect Your Privacy!
  • I How PGP Works
  • 2 Basic Principles of PGP
  • 3 Sending and Receiving PGP Messages
  • 4 PGP Features
  • 5 Key Generation and Secret Key Manaement
  • 6 Public Key Management
  • II Using PGP
  • 7 DOS PGP: Getting Started
  • 8 DOS PGP Reference
  • 9 Macintosh PGP: Getting Started
  • 10 Macintosh PGP Reference
  • 11 Windows PGP
  • III Supplemental Information
  • 12 The Building Blocks of PGP
  • 13 Choosing Your Passphrase
  • 14 Where to Get PGP
  • 15 Public Key Servers
  • Index

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Library Journal Review

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), introduced by Phillip Zimmermann in 1991, makes it possible for individuals, groups, and large organizations to protect the contents of E-mail over open paths like the Internet. Keeping in mind that any message sent over the Internet can be read with relatively little effort, PGP has become enormously popular, working on DOS- and MS Windows- based machines as well as with UNIX and Macintosh computers. This is an excellent and thorough technical introduction to PGP-even in the view of PGP's creator. The first third introduces readers to the principles behind PGP. The second part looks at the various editions of PGP for DOS, Macintoshes, and MS Windows. The final section tells you where you can get a copy of PGP, points you to public key servers, helps you figure out a passphrase, and details the encryption behind PGP. If you're considering using PGP and looking for some practical advice, this is the place to find it. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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