From: vince@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (David Vincenzetti)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.privacy
Subject: Public Key Encryption program PGP *2.0* available
Summary: PGP is available on ghost.dsi.unimi.it
Keywords: public key encryption, RSA, secure e-mail
Date: 7 Sep 92 20:55:05 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

The program Pretty Good Privacy program, version 2.0, is available
in the ~ftp/pub/crypt directory on site ghost.dsi.unimi.it.

[also found at darthmouth.edu:/pub/dropoff.  It was also at garbo.uwasa.fi
yesterday, but I can't find it now.  -Rich Winkel]

I bet most of you already know what PGP is, anway here are two extracts
from the documentation included in the archive:

[from: readme.doc]

>          Pretty Good Privacy version 2.0 - READ ME FIRST
>
>
>    You are looking at the README file for PGP release 2.0.  PGP, short for
>    Pretty Good Privacy, is a public key encryption package; with it, you
>    can secure messages you transmit against unauthorized reading and
>    digitally sign them so that people receiving them can be sure they
>    come from you.
> 
> 

[from: pgpdoc1.txt]

> Synopsis:  PGP uses public-key encryption to protect E-mail and data
> files.  Communicate securely with people you've never met, with no
> secure channels needed for prior exchange of keys.  PGP is well
> featured and fast, with sophisticated key management, digital
> signatures, data compression, and good ergonomic design.
> [...]
> Contents
> ========
> 
> Quick Overview
> Why Do You Need PGP?
> How it Works
> Installing PGP
> How to Use PGP
>   To See a Usage Summary
>   Encrypting a Message
>   Signing a Message
>   Signing and then Encrypting
>   Using Just Conventional Encryption
>   Decrypting and Checking Signatures
>   Managing Keys
>     RSA Key Generation
>     Adding a Key to Your Key Ring
>     Removing a Key from Your Key Ring
>     Extracting (copying) a Key from Your Key Ring
>     Viewing the Contents of Your Key Ring
>     How to Protect Public Keys from Tampering
>     How Does PGP Keep Track of Which Keys are Valid?
>     How to Protect Secret Keys from Disclosure
>     Revoking a Public Key
> Advanced Topics
>   Sending Ciphertext Through E-mail Channels: Radix-64 Format
>   Environmental Variable for Path Name
>   Setting Configuration Parameters: CONFIG.TXT
> Vulnerabilities
> Trusting Snake Oil
> PGP Quick Reference
> Legal Issues
> Acknowledgments
> About the Author
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quick Overview
> =============
> 
> Pretty Good(tm) Privacy (PGP), from Phil's Pretty Good Software, is a
> high security cryptographic software application for MSDOS, Unix,
> VAX/VMS, and other computers.  PGP allows people to exchange files or
> messages with privacy, authentication, and convenience.  Privacy
> means that only those intended to receive a message can read it.
> Authentication means that messages that appear to be from a
> particular person can only have originated from that person.
> Convenience means that privacy and authentication are provided
> without the hassles of managing keys associated with conventional
> cryptographic software.  No secure channels are needed to exchange
> keys between users, which makes PGP much easier to use.  This is
> because PGP is based on a powerful new technology called "public key"
> cryptography.
> 
> PGP combines the convenience of the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA)
> public key cryptosystem with the speed of conventional cryptography,
> message digests for digital signatures, data compression before
> encryption, good ergonomic design, and sophisticated key management.
> And PGP performs the public-key functions faster than most other
> software implementations.  PGP is public key cryptography for the
> masses.

Ciao,	David
-- 
David Vincenzetti  -*-  System Administator and C Programmer
Dip. di Scienze dell'Informazione,      Internet: vince@ghost.dsi.unimi.it
V. Comelico 41, I-20133, Milano, Italy  Phone   : +39 2 55006 392
   ($PK available by finger$)           Fax     : +39 2 55006 373
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