PGP and HMG

[Martin Hepworth]

Now that's one big PKI roleout I want to see. Be nice to see how well it
operates after a few months with revokation lists getting longer and
longer as people leave/move/forget their key password....

But more positively this is the sort of ' PKI roleout that could well
bring signed/encrypted comms into wide use. 

Now all I need to do it to figure out how to get PGP and X.509 certs
working togther, then add all my colleagues into my LDAP public directory!

--
Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic Ltd
+44 (0)1865 842300

Donald ramsbottom wrote:
> 
> 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"
> 
> Donald Ramsbottom BA LLb (Hons) PGdip
> Ramsbottom & Co Solicitors
> Internet and Global Encryption Law Specialists & General UK  Law Matters
> 5 Seagrove Avenue Hayling Island Hampshire UK
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