Pretty Good Privacy HARDENED

I did get a copy of “PGP Pretty Good Privacy HARDENED” by Simon Garfinkel published by O’Reilly.  The reason for this was not to learn how to use the PGP program, which I have to admit, have not purchased a copy yet.  I got the book to read more about cryptography and its history, which is somewhat, covered in the first two sections.

The rest of the book appears to be similar in nature to “The Official PGP User’s Guide” by Phil Zimmerman.  One has to expect this based on the subject and title of the book.

Given that at this time I am not using the actual PGP program, after reading the entire book, I have decided to shelf it to be used in the future as a reference.

Given the recent and perhaps not so recent events with the Obama Administration, Naïve Americans must start thinking very seriously about privacy as the government appears to pass absurd legislation, like the healthcare reform bill.  This new piece of legislation might be the first in a long list of events that might forever change the USA.