PGP Launches Encryption Product for iOS
PGP last week announced PGP Command Line for IBM Power Systems, a newly named version of its encryption software designed specifically for IBM i (i5/OS) environments. The product replaces a previous product that ran in the System i server's Linux environment.
PGP, which stands for Pretty Good Privacy, is an open-source encryption program developed by Phil Zimmermann in San Francisco in the early 1990s. The software was originally used for securing e-mail messages, but has since found its way into many aspects of IT besides e-mail. The widespread adoption of PGP beyond the United States led the Federal Government to investigate Zimmermann, who they suspected of violating the Arms Export Control Act, but it eventually dropped the case against him, and PGP has gone on to flourish as an open source standard.
