Download/HomepageAt long last PGP for Windows has been released and is available for
download both in the US and also internationally. This version of PGP should make
encryption much more readily available and easy for those who require it - with an easy to
navigate windowing system, there will be no more tedious DOS commands to remember!
However, the Freeware version has fallen short at just one point. With the advent of a new
encryption algorithm, the DSS public/private key system, the "old" RSA system -
used by previous DOS versions of PGP - has been excluded from this Freeware release. This
means that messages encrypted with the new PGP program will not be readable by the older
DOS versions. PGP for Business security (A commercial offering) has both RSA and DSS
encryption methods. The encryption keys can even be up to 4096 bits long - probably the
most secure available today -and the encryption is fast, even on a 486 machine.
Nevertheless, PGP 5 Freeware has managed to knock down the walls of some very confusing
parts of encryption techniques, and in all PGP, Inc have improved masses over the previous
versions - other companies would do well to take after their approach.
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