PGP - My new best friend

theciscokid

Anyone use this, am trying out the beta 8 version for desktop, have to admit it's very slick..

theres a time restricton on the beta but the full version should be out by the end of the month!!

daveirl

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ecksor

It can be used to protect confidential information from people who you don't want to view it, or it can be used to digitally sign data that isn't hidden so you can prove that you wrote/sent it.

I can't think of a good link off the top of my head, so I guess here is a place to look -> http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Security/Products_and_Tools/Cryptography/PGP/Documentation/?tc=1

daveirl

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theciscokid

version 8 is out now people

http://www.pgp.com/display.php?pageID=84

windows and mac

sceptre

I've been using the free release of v7 for some time. Any big advantages with the new release?

(one of the reasons I stuck with 7 is that P Zimmerman swore blind there were no back doors in the program when he left - I see he's on the board of the new company though, which is comforting. Call it false trust if you like but you probably have to trust someone's word at some point)

tribble

V 6.x are the only versions with the source code available.
It depends on who you trust - and with what, i suppose...

Get 'em here.
b

scojones

rubberhose > PGP

http://www.rubberhose.org

tribble

rubberhose > PGP

LOL - that project was abandoned years ago (2000).
Even the webpage has been ripped down (6 months ago)

Besides it was hardly ready for mass market - you needed an unheathy knowledge of *nix just to make it work...

b

PS - sjones your homepage is down also...

theciscokid

unhealthy knowledge? = theres no such thing

scojones

Originally posted by tribble

Even the webpage has been ripped down (6 months ago)

Besides it was hardly ready for mass market - you needed an unheathy knowledge of *nix just to make it work...

b

Strange, i remember downloading it(for a friend) about 2 months ago.... I could be wrong though.. I got it for myself about a year ago.

And you don't need much knowledge to know how to use it. Its' documentation is easy to follow. But that's my opinion. You can have yours

Washout

Have export laws on encryption changed over the last while? Ivee been out of the loop ever since i stoped working on lotus notes products

Dr_Teeth

gpg works just fine for me.. not that I ever send anything sensitive to warrant encryption, or that any of my mates would be arsed setting it up for themselves and installing my public key, let alone verifying the signature on an email!

But hey, knowing we have access to this technology makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Teeth.

theciscokid

it's not really about sensitive material for me,

its about having the privacy you and i deserve and the unwanted snooping of .gov prats

read this

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2002/1128/901350883HM1TECH.html

sceptre

Originally posted by Washout
Have export laws on encryption changed over the last while? Ivee been out of the loop ever since i stoped working on lotus notes products

About 2 years ago if I remember rightly. The US finally dropped the restriction on exporting keys stronger than 40bits. Part of the reason they finally dropped it was Zimmerman's putting the full version of PGP on the PGPi website with a little note saying you couldn't download the strong encryption version if you were outside the US (:D scared me off, that did). Microsoft were also egging Congress on as they felt a little uncompetitive when foreign companies were offering something they couldn't.

There's still the embargo on exporting to nasty places like Cuba, Iran, north Korea and so on.