The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Gene Spafford - Purdue University

Students: Spring 2026, unless noted otherwise, sessions will be virtual on Zoom.

Useful Security Tools: PGP & ssh

Sep 05, 1997

Abstract

This week's seminar will be tutorial in nature, and will introduce everyone to two useful tools available on Unix, Macs & WinTel machines: ssh and pgp.b

ssh is the "secure shell" and is used to protect remote logins and copies from network sniffing and TCP hijacking.

PGP is a package using public key encryption for private mail, digital signatures on files, and private encryption.


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