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PGP Desktop Email

Email encryption for desktops and laptops

Technical Specifications

Supported Operating Systems

  • Microsoft Windows 7 (all 32-bit and 64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista (all 32-bit and 64-bit versions, including Service Pack 1)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 1 and 2)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit (Service Pack 1, 2 and 3)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-bit (Service Pack 2)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2 and 3)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (requires attached keyboard)
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
  • Mac OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x and 10.6 (Intel & Power PC)

Localization

  • English
  • German
  • Japanese

Authentication Options

  • OpenPGP RFC 4880 keys
  • X.509 keys

Messaging Protocols

  • POP3
  • IMAP
  • SMTP
  • MAPI
  • Lotus Notes

Messaging Security Standards

  • PGP/MIME RFC 3156
  • OpenPGP RFC 4880
  • S/MIME v3 RFC 2633
  • X.509 v3

Supported Email Clients

  • Microsoft Outlook 2007 SP1 (Outlook 12)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP3
  • Microsoft Outlook XP SP3
  • Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 6 SP1
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0
  • Lotus Notes 6.5.6, 7.0.3, 8.0.2 and 8.5
  • Novell GroupWise 6.5
  • Apple Mail 2.1.1 and 3.4
  • Microsoft Entourage 2008

Supported IM Clients

  • AOL Instant Messenger 5.9x, 6.5.5 for Windows
  • Trillian 3.1 for Windows (Basic and Pro)
  • Apple iChat 3.1.x, 4.0 for Mac OS X

Symmetric Key Algorithms

  • AES (up to 256-bit keys)
  • CAST
  • TripleDES
  • IDEA
  • Twofish

Hashes

  • SHA-2 (up to 512-bit hashes)
  • SHA-1
  • MD5
  • RIPEMD-160

Public Key Algorithms

  • Diffie-Hellman
  • DSA (1024-bit keys only)
  • RSA (up to 4096-bit keys)

Centralized Management Requirements

  • PGP Universal™ Server

*PGP Universal Server requires a dedicated server.

Two-Factor Authentication

PGP® Desktop Email recognizes and works with the following:

  • DoD Common Access Cards (CACs) with the ActivCard Gold 2.0 profile
  • Oberthur Technologies ID-One Cosmo 64 V5.2D personal identification verification (PIV) smart cards
  • Athena Smart Card Solutions smart cards, including the ASEKey USB token
  • AET SafeSign smart cards, including ASEKey 1.0
  • Axalto (formerly Schlumberger) smart cards, including the Cryptoflex 32K
  • SafeNet smart cards, including iKey 2032
  • Aladdin smart cards, including eToken PRO USB 16K, 32K, and 64K
  • GemPlus smart cards, including SafesITe and GemXpresso Pro, using GemSafe Libraries 4.2.0-015 (Gold)
PGP Desktop Email also recognizes and works with smart cards from other vendors, if the vendor includes a standards-based PKCS-11 library in its software drivers.