The French government yesterday hinted at plans to ease its encryption laws, which are currently considered the strongest in Europe. France is one of the few countries in the world that does not permit companies to use or export 56bit encryption...
Internet legend, Phil Zimmermann has launched a one-man crusade against the US government's tough encryption export laws. Zimmermann, who brought encryption technology to the masses when he founded PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), has played a leading...
Cryptography guru Philip Zimmermann claims users have been slow to use encryption software because of its complexity, but believes the widespread use of services such as his latest venture - Hushmail - is only a short step away.
Wednesday The trial of Dennis Yates in connection with the theft of a historic Enigma encryption device should start today in Aylesbury. In a bizarre twist to the story, the machine was recovered after it was sent to abrasive TV presenter Jeremy...
Encryption technology has come under fire from proponents of rival socket layer technology, who claim it will always be vulnerable to hackers. Encryption has been traditionally seen as the most secure way to transport data as the technology relies...
PGP is a neat private encryption tool that is used extensively for securing email. The easy solution to this problem is that we have to modify our ideals a little to allow businesses based on open source and shareware concepts to thrive.