From: sara@rock.west.ora.com (Sara Winge) Newsgroups: alt.books.technical Subject: New O'Reilly PGP book Date: 6 Jan 1995 11:20:00 -0800 PGP: Pretty Good Privacy By Simson Garfinkel 1st Edition December 1994 430 pages, ISBN 1-56592-098-8, $24.95 We have just released PGP: Pretty Good Privacy, a guide to this free, widely available, and highly effective encryption program. PGP (which, indeed, stands for Pretty Good Privacy) provides protection for files and electronic mail. Written by Phil Zimmermann and released in 1991, PGP works on virtually every platform and has become very popular both in the U.S. and abroad. PGP uses state-of-the-art public key cryptography to authenticate messages, as well as keep them secret. With PGP, you can digitally sign a message when you send it. By checking the digital signature at the other end, the recipient can be sure that the message was not changed during transmission and that the message actually came from you. PGP offers a popular alternative to U.S. government initiatives like the Clipper Chip because, unlike Clipper, it does not allow the government or any other outside agency access to your secret keys. Author Simson Garfinkel has crafted both a readable technical users guide and a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at cryptography and privacy. Part 1 of the book gives an overview of PGP; Part 2 provides background on cryptography, battles against public key patents and U.S. government export restrictions, and other aspects of the ongoing public debates about privacy and free speech; Part 3 describes how to use PGP: protecting files and email, creating and using keys, signing messages, certifying and distributing keys, and using key servers. The detailed Appendices explain how to get PGP from publicly available sources and how to install it on various platforms. The book is loaded with actual examples showing how to use PGP's many features. -------------------------------------------------------------------- These and other O'Reilly products are available in the Americas, Japan, Oceania, and Eastern Europe through bookstores, or directly from the publisher (credit card orders 800-889-8969; Email order@ora.com). GSA # GS-02F-6095A For Information: Phone 707-829-0515 (800-998-9938 in US & Canada); Fax 707-829-0104; Email nuts@ora.com; or write O'Reilly & Associates, 103A Morris St., Sebastopol, CA, 95472, USA. O'Reilly's Catalog and Resource Center can be accessed online through gopher or telnet to gopher.ora.com (telnet login: gopher) or, for those on the Web (e.g., mosaic or lynx) the URL is http://gnn.com/ora/ Our International Distributors: * EUROPE (except German-speaking countries), MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA -- International Thomson Publishing Europe, Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA, UK. Phone 44-71-497-1422; Fax 44-71-497-1426; Email ora.orders@itpuk.co.uk * GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA -- International Thomson Publishing GmbH, Konigswinterer Strasse 418, 53227 Bonn, Germany. Phone 49-228-970240; Fax 49-228-441342; Email anfragen@orade.ora.com * ASIA -- International Thomson Publishing Asia, 221 Henderson Rd, #05-10 Henderson Building, Singapore 0315. Phone 65-272-6496; Fax 65-272-6498 * AUSTRALIA -- WoodsLane Pty Ltd, Unit 8, 101 Darley Street (P.O. Box 935), Mona Vale NSW 2103, Australia. Phone 61-2-979-5944; Fax 61-2-997-3348; Email woods@tmx.mhs.oz.au * NEW ZEALAND -- WoodsLane New Zealand Ltd, 21 Cooks Street (P.O. Box 575), Wanganui, New Zealand. Phone 64-6-347-6543; Fax 64-6-345-4840; Email woods@tmx.mhs.oz.au -- Sara Winge sara@ora.com O'Reilly & Associates 103A Morris St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 707/829-0515 Fax 707/829-0104