Using PGP key in SAP PI/PO
In my journey of being an Integration consultant, I have had my fair share of struggles in understanding the concept of PGP keys. PGP encryption is something that every Integration Developer has to deal with daily. I would further say that - it is one of the fundamentals of any integration product. What is a PGP key? As per the definition of Wikipedia : Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication . PGP is used for signing , encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails , files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications. Phil Zimmermann developed PGP in 1991. [3] How does it work? For eg. your organization, say ABC Inc, has an interface that integrates ECC to the Bank. Let's say this interface integrates the daily transaction details for the purchases made using the company's credit card. So, Ram, who is an employee of the company buys an erg...