Zimmerman joins UK think tank
News One of the founding fathers of modern cryptography, Phil Zimmermann -- who created PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and thus introduced a generation of computer users to email encryption -- has joined the advisory council of the Foundation for...
[September 16, 2002, 10:31]
PGP Corporation sees potential of deperimeterisation
News PGP Corporation owns the Pretty Good Privacy codebase -- originally developed by Phil Zimmermann. When Zimmermann made PGP available on the Internet as freeware in the early 1990s he became the target of a three-year criminal investigation by...
[June 9, 2006, 13:40]
Moore's law 'is biggest threat to privacy'
News Moore's Law is the biggest threat to privacy today, according to Phil Zimmermann, the man who in the early 90s developed the Pretty Good Privacy encryption product to bring strong encryption to the masses.
[April 29, 2003, 11:12]
PGP creator: Surveillance must be curbed
News Phil Zimmermann, creator of Pretty Good Privacy encryption -- better known as PGP -- was in Italy this week for the InfoSecurity conference. At 47 years old, Zimmermann is already a legend in the computing industry.
[January 23, 2002, 17:29]
PGP creator Zimmerman joins Hush
News One of the founding fathers of modern cryptography, Phil Zimmermann -- who created PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and thus introduced a generation of computer users to email encryption -- has left the security firm Network Associates to join Irish...
[February 20, 2001, 10:30]
Encryption pioneer expands on VoIP plans
News Zimmermann has developed a prototype of an Internet telephony application that encrypts calls, preventing anyone from eavesdropping. The prototype, called "zfone", should be available online at the end of August, along with accompanying...
[July 29, 2005, 9:00]
Interview: Open-source advocate Eben Moglen
News Moglen explained that, while "trawling a bulletin board" in the early 1990s, he came across Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the email encryption program written by Phil Zimmermann. Moglen was impressed with the software, but also realised that...
[May 11, 2007, 15:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog IUBHE PKJAW CBAYT NJQZE — or, in other words, Phil Zimmermann is at it again. So does Phil Zimmermann: long may he give the people in the shadows sleepless nights. Earlier this year, Zimmermann produced a beta for an add-in encryption system called...
[August 18, 2006, 20:35]
Coders to hold Bletchley fundraiser
Blog Speakers will include PGP encryption creator Phil Zimmermann; National Museum of Computing stalwart Tony Sale; and journalist and author Simon Singh. A developer body is to hold a conference at Bletchley Park to raise money for the home of British...
[September 28, 2009, 12:13]
Hackers dig in for Euro festival
News With names such as John Gilmore, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Emmanuel Goldstein, editor in chief of hacker's bible 2600 and Phil Zimmermann, founder of PGP, there is unlikely to be any shortage of content.
[August 7, 2001, 16:46]
Black Hat gears up in Las Vegas
News Neal Krawetz is returning to tackle image forensics, showing how to peel back the layers to find less-than-obvious manipulation; Dan Kaminsky is presenting his annual Black Ops survey; and Phil Zimmermann is returning to talk once again about his...
[July 31, 2007, 9:43]
PGP pioneer pushes VoIP encryption
News Phil Zimmermann gave free email encryption to the world more than a decade ago in the form of software called Pretty Good Privacy. Now Zimmermann, who became an instant Internet hero in part because of a threat of federal prosecution for much of...
[August 15, 2006, 16:25]
PGP creator launches voice encryption for Windows
News Phil Zimmermann, the creator of email encryption software Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), has released Zfone, a VoIP encryption program for Windows. The application uses a new protocol called ZRTP, which has been submitted to the IETF as a proposal for...
[May 23, 2006, 13:15]
Encryption pioneer enters VoIP arena
News Phil Zimmermann hopes that his secure Net phone-calling efforts will be as successful as his Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) email encryption program. Zimmermann has developed a prototype of an Internet telephony application that encrypts calls to...
[July 27, 2005, 9:30]
PGP inventor downplays encryption flaw
News A flaw found by two Czech researchers in the popular OpenPGP digital signature standard is real but relatively minor, Phil Zimmermann, chairman of the open source group, said on Wednesday. Neither Zimmermann, who created the original Pretty Good...
[March 22, 2001, 9:58]
PGP Personal Security 7.03 review
Reviews Created by Phil Zimmermann in response to proposed US anti-cryptography legislation, PGP caused conniptions in the security services and delight around the world. For many people, PGP is synonymous with trustworthy data security.
[July 13, 2001, 0:00]
NA confirms PGP bug and promises a fix Friday
News Phil Zimmermann, who created PGP, explained that fixing the bug was a top priority. Security firm Network Associates (NAI) has promised a fix for versions 5.5.x to 6.5.3 of its PGP (Pretty Good Protection) encryption software.
[August 25, 2000, 17:00]
