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 WORLD-INFOSTRUCTURE > WHAT IS THE INTERNET
  1. What is the Internet?
  2. How the Internet works
  3. Acessing the Internet
  4. Internet services
  5. Operating the net: overview
  6. Who owns the Internet and who is in charge?
  7. Internet, Intranets, Extranets, and Virtual Private Networks
  8. In Search of Reliable Internet Measurement Data
  9. Global Data Flows
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PGP
A cryptographic software application that was developed by Phil Zimmerman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a cryptographic product family that enables people to securely exchange messages, and to secure files, disk volumes and network connections with both privacy and strong authentication.