Re: Identity Based Encryption

[Dj <dj () serfnet com>]

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David Maynor <dmaynor () gmail com> wrote:

> I use SecuMail. For about a year, its awesome.
>
> > On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:18, Guillaume Ross <guillaume () binaryfactory ca>
> wrote:
> > I think it's worth noting that GPGMail for Mac now works great in
> Mountain Lion, and can already work with a minor tweak in Mavericks.
> They had to do a big update to handle the sandboxing but now that it is
> done I don't expect OS X upgrades to cause major issues with it for a
> while.
> > The question is: Does anyone know of a good way to read PGP/GPG
> emails on mobile?
> > I remember there was a "web app/javascript based thing" for iOS that
> wasn't really stable but I don't think it's still alive.
> > What are your favorite PGP/GPG capable mail clients for Android and
> iOS? There doesn't seem to be much for iOS, and I'm pretty sure the
> fact that bundling GPL stuff in App Store apps is impossible is one of
> the reasons why.
> > Guillaume
> >
> > > On 2013-06-25, at 4:23 PM, Oleg Laskin <oleglaskin () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would never recommend anyone to have third-party hold the private
> key. Privates should stay private. :)
> > > Have you looked at GPG ? http://www.gnupg.org/ 
> > >
> > > It has multi-platform support and is free.
> > > There is a windows-based software using GPG called GPG4Win (
> http://www.gpg4win.org/ ) that provides encryption, email software and
> includes an Outlook plugin.
> > > I've used it in the recent past and it seemed to do the job nicely.
> > >
> > > Oleg.
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Mrs. Y.
> <networksecurityprincess () gmail com> wrote:
> > > > 1. Free/cheap
> > > >
> > > > 2. The private key can't be held by a 3rd party that may have to
> produce
> > > > it to the feds without notifying owner.
> > > >
> > > > 3. VERY secure. It's my understanding that the IBE implementation
> from
> > > > Voltage, while functional and easy to use, has some security
> issues.
> > > > current proposed solution: Thunderbird with Enigmail plugin via
> portable
> > > > apps on Ironkey.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/25/13 4:01 PM, Oleg Laskin wrote:
> > > > > I am curious as to requirements: Are they looking for end-to-end
> > > > > encryption internally or with select clients or with everyone ?
> > > > >
> > > > > IBE seems to provide an option for an on-site gateway as well as
> > > > > cloud-based one: "... Voltage SecureMail can be deployed
> on-premise, or
> > > > > delivered as SaaS from the Voltage SecureMail Cloud™ ..."
> > > > >
> > > > > I have used Cisco's Ironport Mail gateway with encryption options
> in the
> > > > > past: it works but I am not a fan.
> > > > >
> > > > > Symantec has a PGP-based solution. Requirements may help narrow
> it down.
> > > > > Oleg.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Mrs. Y
> > > > > <networksecurityprincess () gmail com
> > > > > <mailto:networksecurityprincess () gmail com>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >     I'm in a position to recommend/suggest an encryption solution
> for email.
> > > > >     The audience is *very* sensitive to privacy, but not very
> technical. IBE
> > > > >     seems to solve this, but there are concerns with the PKG
> (private key
> > > > >     generator) being in the cloudl. Thoughts?
> > > > >
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