ePGP extension for mobile

[Edwin A. Opare]

Thanks once again for the feedback.

Best,

Edwin

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Olav Seyfarth <olav at enigmail.net> wrote:

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> Hi Edwin,
>
> IN SHORT
>
> To your question: I don't think there is a "mobile solution" for ePGP
> available.
>
>
> LONG ANSWER
>
> I wasn't aware that you referred to a product. I interpreted "Enterprise
> PGP" as
> (any) enterpsise-grade OpenPGP-Implemenation. I apologize for that
> confusion.
>
> While I see the benefit of centralized PGP implementations, I personally
> would
> not use epgp.org any more since it seems to be abandoned: the last build
> is from
> April 2007 - almost 7 years old. No (security relevant) bugs found since
> then?
>
> I don't know the product. I see no mail client integration in the
> screenshots,
> so I assume it works similar to
> http://www.symantec.com/gateway-email-encryption
> and http://www.zertificon.com/produkte/z1-securemail-gateway/ .
>
> In security gateways, messages get signed/verified/en-/decrypted on the
> server.
> Thus, messages behind that gateway (in the 'local network') travel
> unprotected.
> (Usual transport layer security such as TLS should be applied though.)
>
> <GnuPG-list-off-topic>
>
> Additional thoughts/ideas:
>
> To access Mail from mobile devices, one way would be to have a VPN
> connection
> to the mail server /behind/ the security gateway, leaving you with
> unencrypted
> messages on the phones. You might use a special app that uses
> phone-independent
> protected storage (such as R2Mail2), or put yor company mail app inside
> some
> secured container (such as Good for Enterprise).
>
> Or you might set up additional key pairs for each mobile device and push
> all
> incoming messages to special (even publicly available) 'mobile devices
> accounts'. You'd have to provision the corresponding key pair to each phone
> and may use any (unprotected) mail app.
>
> </GnuPG-list-off-topic>
>
> Olav
> - --
> The Enigmail Project - OpenPGP Email Security For Mozilla Applications
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