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PGP Freeware 8.0 offers limited functions

updated 10:00 pm EST, Tue December 3, 2002

 
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    Interesting...

    I d/l'ed the .sit, and it opened up as... a .dmg :p

    So I fired up the installer, walked through the install to the point where it asked where to install it... and then it wouldn't go any further - it wouldn't continue, wouldn't go back, and wouldn't let me close the window with the red x.

    I guess I'll just have to look at this in the morning when I'm more awake, or after more people have grabbed it.

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    Why not use GPG?

    What does this do that GPG won't do?

    http://www.gnupg.org/

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    Apples and Oranges

    Comparing this to GPG is like comparing "ls" in Terminal to the Finder. GPG has its uses on servers in automated situations where a command line PGP is needed, but PGP has no equal for desktop security. PGP Disk is the biggest feature.

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    PGP vs. GPG

    Actually PGP 8.0 Freeware does not include PGPDisk functionality, nor does it have any kind of interface with e-mail programs. On Windows, for example, it offers as much useability as the freeware WinPT, which is open source and uses GnuPG.

    On OSX, you can use GPGMail as a frontend for GnuPG:
    http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/English.lproj/GPGMail.html

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