Help Net Security: Interview with Jon Callas | Linux Today

Help Net Security: Interview with Jon Callas

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 7, 2002

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“Jon Callas is an innovator and an acknowledged expert in all
major aspects of contemporary business security, including
cryptography, operating system security, public key infrastructure,
and intellectual property rights.

“For how long have you been involved in the development of
PGP?

“I joined PGP, Inc. in January 1997. I was Chief Scientist
there. When NAI bought PGP in December 1997, I became CTO at NAI,
and stayed there until April 1999. I am one of the co-founders of
the new PGP Corporation.

“I am the principal author of The IETF OpenPGP standard, which
is presently RFC2440, and have been doing that since mid
’97…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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