Kagi Frequently Asked Question

Question:

PGP credit card encryption, why not?

Answer:

PGP uses technology licensed from RSA. The RSA technology has some pretty strong restrictions on export. We are looking into providing RSA encryption into Register in some future revision.

Why not just use PGP? Well the main reason is that most payers do not have PGP and if we required them to have PGP to send credit card information via the internet, most would not do so and the payment rate would drop. Instead, we include an algorithm that disguises the credit card information and allow folks to postal mail the form if they desire greater security.

Our public PGP key is available by sending email to PGP@kagi.com. The listserv will reply back to you with our public PGP key.

Modification Date: Friday, June 21, 1996