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===Asset split=== In early 2001, Zimmermann left NAI. He served as Chief Cryptographer for [[Hush Communications]], who provide an OpenPGP-based e-mail service, [[Hushmail]]. He has also worked with Veridis and other companies. In October 2001, NAI announced that its PGP assets were for sale and that it was suspending further development of PGP encryption. The only remaining asset kept was the PGP E-Business Server (the original PGP Commandline version). In February 2002, NAI canceled all support for PGP products, with the exception of the renamed commandline product.<ref name="sdsusa.com">[https://www.sdsusa.com/newsdocs/130811.sds.ebs.pdf "Long Live E-Business Server for Enterprise-Scale Encryption."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303022955/https://www.sdsusa.com/newsdocs/130811.sds.ebs.pdf |date=March 3, 2022 }} Software Diversified Services. 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2015-06-30.</ref><ref name="techcrunch.com">[https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/intel-security-is-mcafee-again/ "Intel Security is McAfee again."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005182853/https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/intel-security-is-mcafee-again/ |date=October 5, 2024 }} 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2018-01-08.</ref> ====McAfee==== NAI, now known as [[McAfee]], continued to sell and support the commandline product under the name McAfee E-Business Server until 2013.<ref name="kc.mcafee.com">[https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB79203 "McAfee partners with Software Diversified Services to deliver E-Business Server sales and support."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701050638/https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB79203 |date=July 1, 2015 }} 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2015-06-30.</ref> In 2010, [[Intel Corporation]] acquired [[McAfee]]. In 2013, the McAfee E-Business Server was transferred to Software Diversified Services (SDS), which now sells, supports, and develops it under the name SDS E-Business Server.<ref name="kc.mcafee.com"/><ref name="sdsusa.com"/> For the enterprise, Townsend Security currently{{when|date=February 2024}} offers a commercial version of PGP for the [[IBM i]] and [[z/OS|IBM z]] mainframe platforms. Townsend Security partnered with Network Associates in 2000 to create a compatible version of PGP for the IBM i platform. Townsend Security again ported PGP in 2008, this time to the IBM z mainframe. This version of PGP relies on a free z/OS encryption facility, which utilizes hardware acceleration. SDS also offers a commercial version of PGP (SDS E-Business Server) for the [[z/OS|IBM z]] mainframe. ====PGP Corporation==== In August 2002, several ex-PGP team members formed a new company, [[PGP Corporation]], and bought the PGP assets (except for the command line version) from NAI. The new company was funded by Rob Theis of Doll Capital Management (DCM) and Terry Garnett of Venrock Associates. PGP Corporation supported existing PGP users and honored NAI's support contracts. Zimmermann served as a special advisor and consultant to PGP Corporation while continuing to run his own consulting company. In 2003, PGP Corporation created a new server-based product called PGP Universal. In mid-2004, PGP Corporation shipped its own command line version called PGP Command Line, which integrated with the other PGP Encryption Platform applications. In 2005, PGP Corporation made its first acquisition: the [[Germany|German]] software company Glück & Kanja Technology AG,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glueckkanja.com/ |title=glueckkanja.com |publisher=glueckkanja.com |access-date=2013-08-06 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005144/https://glueckkanja.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which became PGP Deutschland AG.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pgp.de/ |title=pgp.de |publisher=pgp.de |access-date=2013-08-06 |archive-date=April 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425163743/http://pgp.de/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, PGP Corporation acquired Hamburg-based certificate authority TC TrustCenter and its parent company, [[ChosenSecurity]], to form its PGP TrustCenter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pgptrustcenter.com |title=pgptrustcenter.com |publisher=pgptrustcenter.com |date=January 26, 2010 |access-date=2013-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109130044/https://www.pgptrustcenter.com/ |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pgp.com/insight/newsroom/press_releases/pgp_corporation_acquires_chosensecurity.html |title=News Room – Symantec Corp |publisher=Pgp.com |access-date=2012-03-23 |archive-date=May 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510153018/http://www.pgp.com/insight/newsroom/press_releases/pgp_corporation_acquires_chosensecurity.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the 2002 purchase of NAI's PGP assets, PGP Corporation offered worldwide PGP technical support from its offices in [[Draper, Utah]]; [[Offenbach am Main|Offenbach]], [[Germany]]; and [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. ===== Symantec ===== On April 29, 2010, [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec Corp.]] announced that it would acquire PGP Corporation for $300 million with the intent of integrating it into its Enterprise Security Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176121/Symantec_buys_encryption_specialist_PGP_for_300M |title=Symantec buys encryption specialist PGP for $300M |publisher=Computerworld |date=April 29, 2010 |access-date=2010-04-29 |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704095759/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176121/Symantec_buys_encryption_specialist_PGP_for_300M |url-status=live }}</ref> This acquisition was finalized and announced to the public on June 7, 2010. The source code of PGP Desktop 10 is available for peer review.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/symantec-pgp-desktop-peer-review-source-code |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116233448/http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/symantec-pgp-desktop-peer-review-source-code |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 16, 2011 |title=Symantec PGP Desktop Peer Review Source Code |publisher=Symantec.com |date=September 23, 2012 |access-date=2013-08-06}}</ref> In May 2018, a bug named [[EFAIL]] was discovered in certain implementations of PGP which from 2003 could reveal the plaintext contents of emails encrypted with it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/critical-pgp-and-smime-bugs-can-reveal-encrypted-e-mails-uninstall-now/ |website=arstechnica.com |date=May 14, 2018 |title=Critical PGP and S/MIME bugs can reveal encrypted emails—uninstall now [Updated] |access-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005182854/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/critical-pgp-and-smime-bugs-can-reveal-encrypted-e-mails-uninstall-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://efail.de/|title=EFAIL|website=efail.de|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-18|archive-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514100313/https://efail.de/|url-status=live}}</ref> The chosen mitigation for this vulnerability in PGP Desktop is to mandate the use [[SEIP]] protected packets in the ciphertext, which can lead to old emails or other encrypted objects to be no longer decryptable after upgrading to the software version that has the mitigation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/173613/cannot-decrypt-pgp-zip-files-created-wit.html|language=en-US|access-date=2021-10-18|title=Cannot decrypt PGP Zip files created with earlier releases of Encryption Desktop|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018095014/https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/173613/cannot-decrypt-pgp-zip-files-created-wit.html|url-status=live}}</ref> =====Broadcom===== On August 9, 2019, [[Broadcom Inc.]] announced they would be acquiring the Enterprise Security software division of Symantec, which includes PGP Corporation.
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