The Official PGP User's Guide
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Book Overview
This is the user's manual for PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) public-key cryptography software, freely available over the Internet, that has become the de facto standard for the encryption of electronic mail and data. PGP and its author Philip Zimmermann are the focus of national and international debates concerning this new powerful envelope that allows individuals the same privacy in communications as enjoyed by governments and large corporations.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262740176
ISBN13:9780262740173
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:127 Pages
Weight:0.54 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Dated but very good
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Just got a used copy of this. As to the use of PGP, it is dated. As to the history of PGP and crypto, it is a great book. I found it very valuable, in 2004.
Told me what I needed to know.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book is written by the author and quite frankly is his way of paying himself back for his hard work. Bottom line is if this documentation came with the program, we wouldn't need to buy the book. The bulk of the useful stuff takes up one third of the book. The rest is historical crao that I cared less about. Anyway, thanks to the book, I could get PGP up and running on an MVS and NT server.
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