Pretty Good? Privacy (PGP), from Phil's Pretty Good Software, is a
high security cryptographic software application originally for MSDOS
but ported to a wide variety of platforms including Unix, VAX/VMS,
most popular personal computers, and others. 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
imple
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC
FatMacPGP 2.6.3 will run in native mode on a Power Macintosh, and will
also run on 68K Macintoshes having a 68020 CPU or better. It will NOT
run on Macintoshes with only a 68000 CPU such as Pluses, SE's,
Classics or PB100's.
MacPGP-Control as located in the bundle (DL #3) reportedly had a dodgy
user manual ?This download since been replaced with a clean copy.
The MacPGP-Control 1.0b3 (DL #4) is an earlier version (by 3 mths)
than the copy in the bundle DL. Note: MacPGP-Control is an interface
to MacPGP and not by the same author. It may need its own page.
