McAfee office 3.1 User Manual
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User’s Guide
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PGP Personal Privacy
The PGP Personal Privacy secures and protects the privacy of your data by
encrypting it so that only the intended individuals can read it. You can also
sign information digitally to ensures it’s authenticity.
encrypting it so that only the intended individuals can read it. You can also
sign information digitally to ensures it’s authenticity.
Using PGP Personal Privacy
Figure 8-1. PGP main window
PGP is a security software application that enables you and your co-workers
to exchange or store information securely, so that no one else can read it. One
of the most convenient ways to use PGP is through one of the popular email
applications supported by the PGP plug-ins. With these plug-ins, you can
encrypt and sign as well as decrypt and verify your messages while you are
composing and reading your mail with a simple click of a button. If you are
using an email application that is not supported by the plug-ins, you can easily
encrypt the text of the message using PGPtray. In addition, if you need to
encrypt or decrypt file attachments, you can do so directly from the Windows
clipboard by choosing the appropriate menu option. You can also use PGP to
encrypt and sign files on the hard disk of your computer for secure storage, to
securely wipe files from your hard disk and to wipe free disk space so that
sensitive data can’t be retrieved with disk recovery software.
to exchange or store information securely, so that no one else can read it. One
of the most convenient ways to use PGP is through one of the popular email
applications supported by the PGP plug-ins. With these plug-ins, you can
encrypt and sign as well as decrypt and verify your messages while you are
composing and reading your mail with a simple click of a button. If you are
using an email application that is not supported by the plug-ins, you can easily
encrypt the text of the message using PGPtray. In addition, if you need to
encrypt or decrypt file attachments, you can do so directly from the Windows
clipboard by choosing the appropriate menu option. You can also use PGP to
encrypt and sign files on the hard disk of your computer for secure storage, to
securely wipe files from your hard disk and to wipe free disk space so that
sensitive data can’t be retrieved with disk recovery software.