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PGP creator to speak at NCSU on Privacy



http://www2.ncsu.edu:8010/ncsu/chass/communication/ciss/lecture/

Phil Zimmermann inventor of PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and Senior Fellow at
Network Associates

                         "Privacy and the Internet" 

                         Thursday, February 17, 2000
                         4:30 PM 
                         136 EGRC, at Centennial Campus 
                         North Carolina State University
                         Note: Parking will be free; enforcement will be
                         suspended beginning at 3:30 pm.

                         Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP privacy
encryption, received his bachelor's degree in computer science from
Florida Atlantic University in 1978.  Prior to founding PGP Inc.,
Zimmermann was a software engineer with more than 20 years of experience,
specializing in cryptography and data security, data communications, and
real-time embedded systems. He has received numerous technical and
humanitarian awards for his pioneering work in cryptography. In 1999 he
received the Louis Brandeis Award from Privacy International, in 1998 a
Lifetime Achievement Award from Secure Computing Magazine and in 1996 the
Norbert Wiener Award from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
for promoting the responsible use of technology. In early 1996, Zimmermann
founded PGP Inc, which was acquired by Network Associates in December
1997.
                         Zimmermann is now a Senior Fellow at Network
Associates, as well as an independent consultant in matters cryptographic. 

                         This lecture will also be webcast live using the
free RealMedia Player. The link to the webcast will be active 30 mins
before the start of the lecture.
                         Viewers can also submit questions to the speaker
the day of the seminar from this web page, and within 24 hours of each
lecture an archive of the webcast will be available.

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