Portable PGP?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:57 pm
Interested in finding a portable PGP tool
Why PGP?
I find myself exchanging more and more personal information and want to do so without exchanging a common password. The technology has been around for some 10 years now, we might as well use it.
Unfortunately it has to be ULTRA simple or no one will use it. Even security professionals I know just don't bother.
Possible Software
I know of only one working, active, awesome program:
Thunderbird + Enigmail
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/t ... d_portable
... BUT I still use a lot of Webmail services and would like something that doesn't require pop access. AND its a little clunky, meaning I'm not going to be able to get my friends/family/partners to use it.
There's also a program that CLAIMS to be portable but simply didn't work for me: CryptoAnywhere
http://www.bytefusion.com/products/ens/ ... ere/ca.htm
Lastly, I tired to see if there was some way to get PGPTray to behave as a portable program but there were a LOT of files and subdirectories so I had little luck. The program is OSS and might be fixed to behave that way but has been out of use for many years.
http://winpt.sourceforge.net
WinPT also has some other nice security tools like file and freespace wipe (which I realize Portable CCleaner and CyberShredder already perform).
So ... anyone have any ideas? A holy grail would be simple (non-command line), crossplatform, and open source but ... I'll take what I can get.
Why PGP?
I find myself exchanging more and more personal information and want to do so without exchanging a common password. The technology has been around for some 10 years now, we might as well use it.
Unfortunately it has to be ULTRA simple or no one will use it. Even security professionals I know just don't bother.
Possible Software
I know of only one working, active, awesome program:
Thunderbird + Enigmail
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/t ... d_portable
... BUT I still use a lot of Webmail services and would like something that doesn't require pop access. AND its a little clunky, meaning I'm not going to be able to get my friends/family/partners to use it.
There's also a program that CLAIMS to be portable but simply didn't work for me: CryptoAnywhere
http://www.bytefusion.com/products/ens/ ... ere/ca.htm
Lastly, I tired to see if there was some way to get PGPTray to behave as a portable program but there were a LOT of files and subdirectories so I had little luck. The program is OSS and might be fixed to behave that way but has been out of use for many years.
http://winpt.sourceforge.net
WinPT also has some other nice security tools like file and freespace wipe (which I realize Portable CCleaner and CyberShredder already perform).
So ... anyone have any ideas? A holy grail would be simple (non-command line), crossplatform, and open source but ... I'll take what I can get.