PGP 9.8 for the MAC

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  #1  
Old 07-14-2008, 07:59 PM
Default PGP 9.8 for the MAC

I have been considering buying PGP 9.8 for OSX but the reviews are terrible.

Any one in this group have any experience with it?

Thanks
Hud

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  #2  
Old 07-15-2008, 07:24 PM
Default Re: PGP 9.8 for the MAC

Nemo wrote:
> I have been considering buying PGP 9.8 for OSX but the reviews are
> terrible.
>
> Any one in this group have any experience with it?
>
> Thanks Hud
>


I don't know if you can, however if you can get GnuPG for OSX then that
may suffice all your needs, and it's completely open source.

--
Regards,
Sheridan Hutchinson
Sheridan@Shezza.org


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEARECAAYFAkh9MdEACgkQnBrliHqz8aCRPACgtWDvMSBezW uP4c5tw1+I0NNg
NakAoJEY0EbaYVyc+YNJ1eagm5ugxsxs
=6XmN
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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  #3  
Old 07-15-2008, 09:51 PM
Default Re: PGP 9.8 for the MAC

Nemo wrote:
> I have been considering buying PGP 9.8 for OSX but the reviews are terrible.
>
> Any one in this group have any experience with it?
>
> Thanks
> Hud
>




We receive very few comments about Mac OS X and GnuPG. If you try it, please
let us know what you think. Personally, I have compiled version 2.0.9 for use
with Linux and I'm happy with it.

--
1PW

@?6A62?FEH9E=6o2@=]4@> [r4o7t]
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  #4  
Old 08-10-2008, 11:25 PM
Default Re: PGP 9.8 for the MAC

On 7/15/08 9:51 PM, in article HKWdnRcYN_S8yeDVnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@comcast.com,
"1PW" wrote:

> Nemo wrote:
>> I have been considering buying PGP 9.8 for OSX but the reviews are terrible.
>>
>> Any one in this group have any experience with it?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Hud
>>

>
>
>
> We receive very few comments about Mac OS X and GnuPG. If you try it, please
> let us know what you think. Personally, I have compiled version 2.0.9 for use
> with Linux and I'm happy with it.


I've been using PGP 9.7 for several months on Tiger and Leopard, after
"upgrading" from GnuPG.
PGP's support for the Mac version leaves a lot to be desired. For example,
Leopard support was added a loooong time after Lepard was released, I had to
posptpone upgrading to Leopard for a few months while waiting for PGP to
issue a Leopard-compatible version.

Mac's PGP's WDE (Whole Disk Encryption), unlike the Windows version, is a
complete joke. Quite simply, there is no encryption possible on your boot
drive, meaning you can't encrypt your "Macintosh HD". That's completely
useless!

However.... PGP does have a much more friendly GUI and is just simpler to
use in your day-to-day operations than GnuPGP. This is why, non-withstanding
all the issues with PGP, I sucked everything in and switched to PGP.
--
Roberto Franceschetti
LogSat Software
http://www.logsat.com

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  #5  
Old 08-12-2008, 04:07 AM
Default Re: PGP 9.8 for the MAC

PGP Corporation is about ot release boot disk support for Mac Whole
Disk Encryption:
http://www.pgp.com/products/wholedis...ption/osx.html
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  #6  
Old 08-17-2008, 09:37 PM
Default Re: PGP 9.8 for the MAC

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:25:53 -0500, Roberto Franceschetti wrote
(in article ):

> On 7/15/08 9:51 PM, in article HKWdnRcYN_S8yeDVnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@comcast.com,
> "1PW" wrote:
>
>> Nemo wrote:
>>> I have been considering buying PGP 9.8 for OSX but the reviews are
>>> terrible.
>>>
>>> Any one in this group have any experience with it?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Hud
>>>

>>
>>
>>
>> We receive very few comments about Mac OS X and GnuPG. If you try it,
>> please
>> let us know what you think. Personally, I have compiled version 2.0.9 for
>> use
>> with Linux and I'm happy with it.

>
> I've been using PGP 9.7 for several months on Tiger and Leopard, after
> "upgrading" from GnuPG.
> PGP's support for the Mac version leaves a lot to be desired. For example,
> Leopard support was added a loooong time after Lepard was released, I had to
> posptpone upgrading to Leopard for a few months while waiting for PGP to
> issue a Leopard-compatible version.
>
> Mac's PGP's WDE (Whole Disk Encryption), unlike the Windows version, is a
> complete joke. Quite simply, there is no encryption possible on your boot
> drive, meaning you can't encrypt your "Macintosh HD". That's completely
> useless!
>
> However.... PGP does have a much more friendly GUI and is just simpler to
> use in your day-to-day operations than GnuPGP. This is why, non-withstanding
> all the issues with PGP, I sucked everything in and switched to PGP.
>


Thanks for the information. I see from a later post that whole disk
encryption is coming out with boot disk support. I will probably wait a
little linger then to see what other issues shake out.



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