Securing Important Files and Communications

     

One of the things that worried his company's management was the use of e-mail to transfer potentially sensitive documents. As Tom knew, sending information via regular e-mail was akin to sending it on a postcard. Any one of the intermediaries handling a message could potentially read it. He replaced this way of doing business with a system using PGP software, which allowed users to send encrypted files whenever sending confidential or sensitive information and to secure important internal files from unauthorized prying eyes (Chapter 9).



Open Source Security Tools. Securing Your Unix or Windows Systems
Open Source Security Tools. Securing Your Unix or Windows Systems
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Year: 2003
Pages: 99

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