PGP for Everyday Use

As an encryption program, PGP has become a common tool for everyday encryption and security. Its use allow for simple, easy and fairly complete verification and encryption of files and messages. There are many versions of PGP and many different tools for a wide variety of operating systems. This paper will also show briefly what PGP is, where to get PGP from and what the differences are between the versions. It will also address how to use PGP for everyday tasks such as e-mail signing and encryption along with file encryption and signature verification. This will include simple key management, verification of files and verification of signatures. A general understanding of how encryption works would be helpful, but is not required.