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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R.A. Hettinga)
Mon Aug 31 12:15:23 2009
From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
Gold Silver Crypto <gold-silver-crypto@rayservers.com>,
cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:36:29 -0400
Heh...
So, we gotta pay for the upgrade in order to use PGP on Snow Leopard?
Whee.
Cheers,
RAH
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "PGP Corporation" <dataprotection@pgp.com>
> Date: August 28, 2009 6:18:09 PM GMT-04:00
> To: rah@ibuc.com
> Subject: Important Information for PGP=AE Desktop Users Running Mac OS =
X
>
> Apple released its new version - Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) =20
> today, Friday, August 28.
>
> Advisory:
>
> PGP Corporation does not recommend using PGP=AE Desktop with Mac OS X =20=
> 10.6 at this time, neither the 32 bit nor 64 bit versions of Snow =20
> Leopard are currently supported by PGP Corporation. This includes =20
> PGP=AE Whole Disk Encryption, PGP=AE Desktop Professional, PGP=AE =
Desktop =20
> Home and PGP=AE Desktop Email.
>
> This email is to advise you that if you are running PGP=AE Whole Disk =20=
> Encryption, PGP=AE Desktop Professional, PGP=AE Desktop Home or PGP=AE =
=20
> Desktop Email, you should NOT upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
>
> If you intend to upgrade to Snow Leopard, you must decrypt all PGP=AE =20=
> encrypted drives and uninstall PGP=AE Desktop before upgrading the =20
> system to Mac OS X 10.6.
>
> After upgrading your system you should not attempt to re-encrypt any =20=
> disks with PGP=AE Whole Disk Encryption as it is likely to lead to =20
> potential data loss or other system and data issues.
>
> We expect support for Mac OS X 10.6 to be available in the next =20
> major release of PGP=AE Desktop (10.0). PGP Corporation recommends =20=
> waiting until PGP=AE Desktop 10.0 is available before upgrading to Mac =
=20
> OS X 10.6. If you would like to be notified when the beta version =20
> becomes available, please register at =
http://www.pgp.com/developers/beta/request.html=20
> .
>
> If you have questions about PGP=AE Desktop and Mac OS X 10.6, please =20=
> visit our support site https://pgp.custhelp.com/app/
>
> PGP Corporation announced PGP WDE for Mac OS X last year - a native =20=
> Mac application that was designed from the ground up for the Mac. =20
> PGP Corporation is committed to providing Macintosh users the best =20
> possible encryption solutions and we=92ve been building them since re-=20=
> starting the company in 2003.
>
> The overall experience of PGP WDE for Snow Leopard will be the =20
> same. You=92ll notice PGP WDE for Mac OS X is controlled using PGP =20=
> Desktop, which can be expanded to secure email and files as well.
>
> Users of PGP WDE for Mac OS X will have a new pre-boot =20
> authentication screen that protects access to the machine before the =20=
> operating system loads. To see some of the work so far we have =20
> posted screen shots to the PGP Perspectives blog.
> =
http://blog.pgp.com/index.php/2009/08/sneak-peek-pgp-whole-disk-encryption=
-for-snow-leopard/
>
> Sincerely,
> PGP=AE Worldwide Support Team
>
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