On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Burke, Gary : GIG IS&T allegedly said:
> I'll plead ignorance on my part - I only heard mention of GPG for the first
> time yesterday (on slashdot, I think), and I'm wondering what it is. I
> gather it is encryption (that's not hard to work out), but what exactly is
> it? Is it something like a PGP V.2, or something completely new? What
> advantages has it over PGP? etc etc etc.
GPG is GnuPG which is an open-source encryption program. AFAIK you can
only get the source of PGP 2.x, whereas their currently at version 6.x. So
it kinda sucks when your trying to look at the code and stuff.
GPG is also compatible with PGP and is even based on RFC2440.
Have a look at http://gnupg.compsoc.com for more info etc.
Dave
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