Implementing email security with GPG

- [Instructor] We know that there are options … to secure email that include S/MIME and PGP. … Let's take a closer look at PGP, … and then we'll move on to GPG, … which is a free version that you can install … and use on your system. … Now, Phil Zimmermann in 1991 … released his first version of PGP … after serious concerns about privacy issues. … And during that time, … the government was enacting laws … that allowed for a backdoor to encryption technologies, … so that monitoring can take place. … Now, Pretty Good Privacy provides all the functions … of an asymmetric encryption algorithm … that includes key exchange, encryption, … and digital signatures. … So here's his webpage, … and you should read a little bit more about this … cause it's very interesting. … And also, this is an archived page back in 1995 … that talks a little bit more about PGP. … Now, PGP was taken over by Symantec, … and Symantec's products are available at Broadcom. … Well, free version Is actually GPG for Windows …