Diritto ed Informatica: Diritto Internet
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Pretty Good Privacy
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| Definition |
Developed by Phillip Zimmerman in 1978, PGP is the foremost amongst public key software systems, and is used all around the world, despite attempts by the US government to prevent its being accessible outside the USA.
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(Jw)akdeniz2
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Whilst observance of export laws has prevented the RSA system being used outwith the United States, the PGP system has been made freely available over the Internet, an act which has lead to harassment of Zimmerman by the FBI on suspicion of illegal export of munitions.
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(B)edwards,waelde8
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Information Technology
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RSA
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PGP
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3
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