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description of that object or command. See the PGP User's Guide for
window locations. MacPGP will bring up the Help window and scroll to the
will turn into a question mark. Then select any menu command or click on
Command-? (or the Help key on the extended keyboard) and the cursor
method to help you quickly locate information in the manual. Press
This Macintosh interactive help dialog system by J. Norstad offers a
masses".
software implementations. PGP is "public key cryptography for the
And PGP performs the public-key functions faster than most other
encryption, good ergonomic design, and sophisticated key management.
message digests for digital signatures, data compression before
public key cryptosystem with the speed of conventional cryptography,
PGP combines the convenience of the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA)
technology called "public key" cryptography.
PGP much easier to use. This is because PGP is based on a powerful new
secure channels are needed to exchange keys between users, which makes
managing keys associated with conventional cryptographic software. No
that privacy and authentication are provided without the hassles of
person can only have originated from that person. Convenience means
Authentication means that messages that appear to be from a particular
means that only those intended to receive a message can read it.
files or messages with privacy, authentication, and convenience. Privacy
popular personal computers, and others. PGP allows people to exchange
ported to a wide variety of platforms including Unix, VAX/VMS, most
high security cryptographic software application originally for MSDOS but
Pretty Good‚Ñ¢ Privacy (PGP), from Phil's Pretty Good Software, is a
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