ZPhone: the Unveiling of My Next Big Project
Phil Zimmermann explores zphone: the unveiling of my next big project at DEF CON 13, examining telecommunications and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Philip R.
Vulnerability Analysis
Zimmermann, The Unveiling of My Next Big Project: ZPhone Philip R.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
For that, he was the target of a three-year criminal investigation, because the government held that US export restrictions for cryptographic software were violated when PGP spread all around the world following its 1991 publication as freeware. Despite the lack of funding, the lack of any paid staff, the lack of a company to stand behind it, and despite government persecution, PGP nonetheless became the most widely used email encryption software in the world.
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