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| 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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| 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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| 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?FEH9 E=6o2@=]4@> [r4o7t] |
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| On 7/15/08 9:51 PM, in article HKWdnRcYN_S8yeDVnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@comcast.com, "1PW" > 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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| 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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| 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" > >> 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. |