Pretty good privacy (PGP)

  • Authors:

  • Simson Garfinkel

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is (1) a program that was popularized in the 1990s for encrypting electronic mail (q.v.); (2) a company that was founded by the program's author, Phil Zimmerman; and (3) a trademarked brand of encryption products offered by Network Associates, a US firm that markets computer security software and consulting services.