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From: Rowland McDonnell on 3 Aug 2010 13:04 Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote > > Can anyone advise? I've got an Intel iMac and MacOS X 10.6.4 and I'd > > like a secure installation of GPG with a GUI - what's the best download > > to go for and what bits do I need? > > On <http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/> you can download GNU Privacy Guard 1.4.9, > GPG Keychain Access (to allow you to access existing Keychains) and the mail > program, which Elliott gave a link to. Righto - thanks for that. One minor problem is that I use Mailsmith, not Mail.app. > I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding > files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? So I'll probably want to be doing this job... Cheers, Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 3 Aug 2010 13:04 Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell wrote > > > Can anyone advise? I've got an Intel iMac and MacOS X 10.6.4 and I'd > > > like a secure installation of GPG with a GUI - what's the best download > > > to go for and what bits do I need? > > > > On <http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/> you can download GNU Privacy Guard > > 1.4.9, GPG Keychain Access (to allow you to access existing Keychains) > > and the mail program, which Elliott gave a link to. > > > > I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding > > files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? > > I never found one once I gave up on PGP Corp. I use gpg from the > command line or from Emacs. Hmm - while I never really got to grips with Applescript, surely it can't be that hard to write an Applescript that'll accept a file pointer as an argument, then pass the pointer to a command line that'll encrypt as required? Any suggestions from anyone? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Martin S Taylor on 3 Aug 2010 14:27 Elliott Roper wrote >> I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding >> files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? > > I never found one once I gave up on PGP Corp. I use gpg from the > command line or from Emacs. Can't be bothered with that. TrueCrypt does what I need and includes the wonderful feature of encrypting a dummy file so that if someone puts a gun to your head and forces you to reveal the password, you can reveal the password to the dummy file and the law-enforcement agent has no way to prove there's anything else hidden. MST
From: Elliott Roper on 3 Aug 2010 14:31 In article <0001HW.C87E1E0C00DBA2E5B01029BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > Elliott Roper wrote > >> I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding > >> files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? > > > > I never found one once I gave up on PGP Corp. I use gpg from the > > command line or from Emacs. > > Can't be bothered with that. TrueCrypt does what I need and includes the > wonderful feature of encrypting a dummy file so that if someone puts a gun to > your head and forces you to reveal the password, you can reveal the password > to the dummy file and the law-enforcement agent has no way to prove there's > anything else hidden. OK. Makes sense. But what's to stop him giving you one more whack with the rubber hose just in case? <sickly grin from newly vacant gums> -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Chris Ridd on 3 Aug 2010 15:49
On 2010-08-03 19:31:29 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > In article <0001HW.C87E1E0C00DBA2E5B01029BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, > Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > >> Elliott Roper wrote >>>> I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding >>>> files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? >>> >>> I never found one once I gave up on PGP Corp. I use gpg from the >>> command line or from Emacs. >> >> Can't be bothered with that. TrueCrypt does what I need and includes the >> wonderful feature of encrypting a dummy file so that if someone puts a gun to >> your head and forces you to reveal the password, you can reveal the password >> to the dummy file and the law-enforcement agent has no way to prove there's >> anything else hidden. > > OK. Makes sense. But what's to stop him giving you one more whack with > the rubber hose just in case? > <sickly grin from newly vacant gums> TrueCrypt is detectable, AIUI. Not really looked into it too hard. Your best bet is to publically say you've forgotten the password. -- Chris |