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> 3d. Re: PGP Disk version 6.02
> Posted by: "Robert J. Hansen" rjh%40sixdemonbag.org">rjh
sixdemonbag.org
>
> If we're talking about PGP 6.5.8-CKT, which we probably are,
> then you're not in luck.
>; Imad has made sure that it will install on Windows XP
> machines.
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can verify that ckt versions 8 and later, with pgp disk,
do work well on windows xp,
.
that said,
.
and taking into account,
that i'm a firm believer that the ckt versions
are functionally better and easier to use
than any other pgp versions,
.
i still must say, that there is no reason to use ckt's pgpdisk
when truecrypt is available, and incomparably better,
(not just better than 6.5.8 pgpdisk,
but also better than 9.x pgpdisk),
.
some unique advantages of truecrypt:
[1] hidden volume
[2] choice of encryption algorithm, and sequential encryption
[3] ability to use keyfiles
[4] crossplatform (windows / linux)
[5] alerting when a proposed container size exceeds what can
safely be encrypted using a single key
(see truecrypt faq here: http://www.truecrypt.org/faq.php)
.
[ i don't know what the size is where this becomes a problem,
but practically,
it might be something to worry about
with increasingly larger hard drives,
*if* truecrypt issued a warning
against a particular proposed size,
while pgp allowed for who;e-disk encryption exceeding this size,
.
again,
i don't know of a *specific* practical vulnerability situation]
.
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there is one other compatibility annoyance
with continuing to use ckt with current gnupg versions:
.
ckt generates rsa v4 keys that are *both* sign and encrypt
for the primary and the subkey,
.
gnupg does *not* allow for such a ckt-generated signing subkey
to 'cross-certify' its primary key,
and as a result,
will give warnings when such a subkey is used for signing,
.
this is compounded by the fact that gnupg insists
on signing with the subkey by default,
(and of all the gnupg front-ends,
only gpgshell (so far) allows for
selecting the primary signing key to be used
rather than the signing subkey,)
.
this message will be clearsigned using gpgee,
using both my v3 and v4 keys,
and even though the following line is in my gpg.conf,
default-key 0x5AA20C866A589A97!
the signing subkey
is still selected by all the gpg4win front ends,
.
so, if anyone is going to use ckt,
i recommend generating the keys in gnupg,
and then importing to ckt.
.
.
vedaal
(hoping that this clearsig makes it through yahoo 
)
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