PRETTY GOOD

PRIVACY
Name

Pretty Good Privacy is a data encryption and

decryption computer program that provides privacy
and authentication
It was created by Phil Zimmermann in 1991

Pretty Good Privacy

What is Pretty Good Privacy ?

 Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption

Compression
Key Rings
PGP Encryption (Privacy) and Authentication (Digital

Signatures)

Real-Time Example

Pretty Good Privacy

Some Topics to understand
PGP

Symmetric Only one key is used for encryption and decryption

Plain
Text

Secret Key

Encrypte
d Text

Secret Plain
Key

Text

Asymmetric Two different keys are used encryption and decryption

Encrypte
d Text

Plain
Text
Public Key

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Symmetric and Asymmetric
Encryption

Plain
Text
Private Key

Compression is done on plain text to reduce the risk of

pattern recognition
Before Compression
101000fgnrbfeennskwufufeenen103234274298bfeennrtejgidn435
After Compression
101000fgnr1bnskwufufeenen103234274298ffartejgidn435

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Compression

Key Ring
Private Keys
Public Keys
1.

dworu3295uwghbsg84w9tb
fwihfweoiughqw45843htfrw8

2.

adfjwrioghwrg459tywrugb4
wetw428y5567qefeqjt8248ty

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Key Rings

Hybrid PGP
Session
key

Compression

SEND

Encrypte
d Text

Plain Text

Asymmetric
Plain
Text
user-2 Public Key

Encrypte
Public
Key
d Session
Key

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PGP (hybrid and
Asymmetric)

Encrypte
d Text

Plain
Text
user-2 private key

PGP is also used to provide digital signatures for authentication

Encrypte
d Text

Plain
Text
user-1 private key

Plain
Text
user-1 public key

Only user-1 knows his Private Key. By encrypting the message with it will prove that
it is originated by user-1 and he cant deny

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PGP- Authentication

Real Time Example

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PGP- Real Time Example

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