FileLink and PGP Cryptography

FileLink incorporates the ability to encrypt and decrypt files using PGP (an acronym for Pretty Good Privacy) cryptography and for managing PGP keyrings.

PGP is a commonly recognized method of what is referred to as strong cryptography. Cryptography is the science of using mathematics to encrypt and decrypt data. PGP cryptography enables you to protect sensitive information when it is stored locally or transmitted to a remote location, so that it cannot be read by anyone except the intended recipient.

Of course, PGP cryptography is useless if only one party uses it. To use PGP in conjunction with FileLink, you and the remote system must be in agreement to use PGP cryptography..

In general, cryptography can be strong or weak. Cryptographic strength is measured in the time and resources it would require to recover the original information. For all practical purposes, using the technology available, it is impossible to an undesired recipient to decipher the result of strong cryptography. No one can say if strong encryption will hold up under tomorrow's computing power, but the cryptography employed by PGP is among the best available today.