Pretty Good Privacy was originally developed by PHILLIP Zimmerman to provide a means of secure communication in an INSECURE electronic environment. “Pretty Good” is an understatement – the framework it is based on, PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and its encryption standards (it can USE Diffie-Helman or RSA algorithms of varying strengths), have been subjected to rigorous cryptanalysis.

PGP has since grown into a more versatile application under the direction of its current owner, NETWORK Associates (www.nai.com). Until the most recent release PGP has been completely open source, allowing anyone to review the CODE and suggest improvements.

Pretty Good Privacy was originally developed by Phillip Zimmerman to provide a means of secure communication in an insecure electronic environment. “Pretty Good” is an understatement – the framework it is based on, PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and its encryption standards (it can use Diffie-Helman or RSA algorithms of varying strengths), have been subjected to rigorous cryptanalysis.

PGP has since grown into a more versatile application under the direction of its current owner, Network Associates (www.nai.com). Until the most recent release PGP has been completely open source, allowing anyone to review the code and suggest improvements.