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Blog IUBHE PKJAW CBAYT NJQZE — or, in other words, Phil Zimmermann is at it again. Earlier this year, Zimmermann produced a beta for an add-in encryption system called Zfone, which integrates with open standard VoIP, has its source code available for...
[August 18, 2006, 20:35]
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]
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]
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 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 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 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]
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]
Interview: Open-source Advocate Eben Moglen
News Moglen was impressed with the software, but also realised that Zimmermann was exposing himself to potential legal issues, as US legislation restricted the export of the software. Moglen explained that, while "trawling a bulletin board" in the early...
[May 11, 2007, 15:15]
GrayModern2
Downloads It is based on original themes by Bernie Zimmermann and Johannes Schellen. GrayModern2 is a port of popular classic GrayModern Mozilla Firefox theme. Version 0.2.15 has some code clean up.
[November 12, 2007, 11:46]
Encryption Pioneer Expands On VoIP Plans
Talkback Zimmermann has an umblemished track record: he has never been able to design a product that works seamlessly with popular products; thus he has always marginalized his creations. Zimmermann's efforts have been well publicized failures from a market...
[April 6, 2006, 17:32]
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]
Siemens Launches Own Unified Comms Server
News With the introduction of OpenScape Unified Communications Server, we have reached a significant milestone in our transition from a traditional VoIP manufacturer to a top global software and services company focused on a new era in the enterprise...
[March 3, 2008, 11:25]
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]
Location-based Services Expected To Rocket
News Annette Zimmermann, research analyst at Gartner, said in a statement: "Growth [in location-based services] now will be stimulated by the arrival of mobile phones with built-in, precise location-sensing and the arrival of new service providers...
[February 12, 2008, 10:29]
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]
