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Foil 27 Secure Electronic Messaging (3)

From Security Infrastructure fo Electronic Commerce and Internet CPS714 Computational Science Information Track -- June 2 and June 7 99. by Roman Markowski
1 PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
  • source code available; public key size: up to 4096 bits
  • PGP is using digital certificates that are not compatible with X.509
  • PGP is based on the web of trusts: if A trusts B and C trusts B , then C trusts A
  • new product PGP Enterprise Security 3.0 (Network Associates, Sep 98) supports X.509
  • PGP keys available at
  • New need to generate your own
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