GPG Suite for Mac

GPG Suite for Mac is a solution set containing tools to help encrypt and protect email content of Mac users. This program is perfectly compatible with the Mac Mail application, which helps GPG Suite for Mac stand out from other similar software.

After downloading and installing successfully, the GPG Suite for Mac wizard will guide the user to set up the encryption process. You must select your email addresses and enter a common password to use. A small plus point is that when setting this password, GPG Suite for Mac will help assess the strength / weakness of the password so that the user has a plan to adjust.

Once the installation is complete, every time you create a new email in the Mail app on your Mac, you'll see some more symbols to encrypt and sign in this window. At the same time, users are only allowed to encrypt the message content after entering the recipient's email address.

At the same time, to ensure the security of the information sent via email, GPG Suite for Mac will create a password pair, a password to encrypt emails when sent and the remaining password for email recipients to receive email. .

Besides, from the setup menu, users can select the top buttons in the interface to enter and export passwords or to create new passwords. In it, the main part of this window displays a list of generated passwords along with information such as encrypted email, the date the password was created and a short identifier.

Bundled in GPG Suite for Mac are the following tools

• GPG for Mail : an open source plugin for Apple Mail software that allows users to encrypt, decode, sign and verify emails with OpenPGP with just a few simple clicks.
• GPG Keychain: an open source application for Mac that helps users manage OpenPGP passwords: create and adjust their passwords and enter their friends' passwords through a server key.
• GPG Services : a plugin that integrates GPG features into any Mac application. This tool allows you to encrypt / decrypt, sign / confirm emails and enter passwords by selecting text, or importing from files, from directories, etc.
• MacGPG : technology that helps GPG Suite toolkit work smoothly. If you are a professional programmer, you can research MacGPG to use the program as you like.

Some key features of GPG Suite for Mac

Create and manage passwords (keys) easily:

To use GPG to encrypt and verify emails and files, you and the email recipient need GPG passwords. At that time, GPG Keychain Access allows you to manage your passwords as well as find and enter passwords sent by friends.

• Create your own password: You need to enter your name and the email address you want to use to create your password.
• Upload the password to the server key so that your friends can find it: When creating a key, GPG Suite for Mac provides an option to post the key to a server key, so email recipients can find and Enter the password easily.
• Support for advanced options: GPG Suite for Mac enables advanced viewing mode, in which you can choose the password size, expiry date as well as the algorithm to use when generating the key.

Track all keys:

In the GPG Keychain Access window, you can view all the keys you have created as well as the keys sent by friends. In addition, users can also check the option Show secret keys only to see the keys they created themselves.

• Toolbar support: Allows users to quickly access the most important options: create a new key, enter or export an existing key or find a specific key via the search field.
• Some other options: Right-click a key to access the context menu, in which users can use options such as posting the key to a server key, updating or managing key details.
• Add an external email address: Select the key and click the Info button in the toolbar to add another email address.

Send secure mail:

After installing GPG Suite for Mac , you will see two new buttons in the compose window, one for locking (encrypting) an email and one for signing for mail.

• Lock button : when enabling this feature, GPG Suite for Mac will capitalize the email so that only you and the recipient of the mail can see the message content.
• Sign button : Enabling the feature will help users add signatures to the email. This feature will help the recipient know that you are the one who sent the message and make sure your mail has no signs of being compromised on the transmission line.
• Select the encryption method (PGP and S / MIME ): use the icon in the top right corner to select the security method you want to use. You can even choose to use both methods if you want.

Receive encrypted email via the Apple Mail app:

The Security section in the header of the message will let you know if the message you received is encrypted or signed. If this email is successfully decrypted, the user will see an open lock icon. Also, if the signature in the email received is authentic, you will see a star icon with a vestige inside.

To see the header details of an email, users can click on the Details at the top of the email.

• Signed message: If you receive a message of this type, GPG Suite for Mac will automatically display the email address attached to the key used to sign that email. Users can click on the signature icon to see more details about the key and signature.
• Encrypted or signed email attachments: If the email contains an encrypted or signed attachment, GPG Suite for Mac will automatically decrypt and confirm the files.

Find out if there are email errors:

GPG Suite for Mac can automatically detect if there is a problem with the received email, then a banner with an error message will appear right on that email, providing users with information about the problem encountered.

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