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Introduction to Encryption and Digital Signatures

Overview Encryption and digital signatures have potential uses in universities and colleges to improve the security and the confidence that may be placed on digital information exchange. Both are based on technologies which are collectively referred to as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This paper explains the basics of encryption, digital signatures and related concepts. It briefly describes a package called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) which delivers this technology to desktop computer and it gives example of situations within universities where such technologies might be employed easily and with more difficulty.

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Publisher: University of Glasgow
File Format: HTML
Date Published: Feb 25, 2004
Format: White Papers
Topics: Digital Signatures, PKI

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