PGP and HMG

[Donald ramsbottom]

Below is a report on CW360, the URL is several miles long and I could not
get it out. I found it via the page David Biggins put up on EU property
Law, the link is on that page.

I wonder whether they will be rippable, (nah crown and all that), but I bet
there will be fun and games with the keys etc, bureaucrat meets security
and keyring admin! When do you think the firdt keyring dsk will be found at
Kings Cross?





"the Government is to implement encryption technology to
enable secure e-mail communication between its
departments, a move that could save taxpayer's money and
increase efficiency.

PGP Security last week said it was to supply government
departments with a 128-bit version of its PGP for HMG
encryption product.

It said the product would provide encryption technology at the
approved baseline/ restricted level which would enable
government bodies and commercial partners to communicate
securely.

"Any government information that is sensitive is not sent
electronically, instead it is saved on a disc and physically taken
to the other department - at the taxpayer's expense," said Mark
Tucker, sales manager for PGP. The company said version 6.0
of PGP for HMG will be fully inter-operable with its commercial
counterpart.

"The sheer volume of restricted information that governments
need to transfer electronically means they need a solution they
can trust," said John Doody, head of customer services at the
government's National Technical Information Security Authority.

Daniel Thomas
daniel.thomas@rbi.co"



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