[Arne]

Derik,
Sorry for being silent for a couple of days, but work kept me busy.
I just read the link you posted, and it does indeed sound easy and save. But there are 2 things that bother me a little:
1) I have to verify first if the receiver of my mail has the same technology like me by sending mine and asking for the other's certificate, before I manually can encrypt and sign my mail. Ciphire does this automatically, by checking Ciphire's database online before encrypting the mail. Otherwise, Ciphire only signs the mail.
2) Incompatibility with Outlook XP.
On the contrary, it seems the Mail.app and Thawte solution takes less of the CPU than Ciphire. I actually de-installed Ciphire again, because my CPU was running constantly at about 20-30%, and my TiBook 500 got quite hot.
Anyway, I agree with the author of your link that I hope Apple will support and maybe even offer a clean built-in solution incl. certificate & compatibility with any OS.
Thanks again,
arne

[Arne]

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Agreed, better Thawte than a proprietary solution such as Ciphire

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That is, indeed, a very good point!
But at least they promise to open their Source Code....
Thanks very much for the link!
arne

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1) I have to verify first if the receiver of my mail has the same technology like me by sending mine and asking for the other's certificate, before I manually can encrypt and sign my mail. Ciphire does this automatically, by checking Ciphire's database online before encrypting the mail. Otherwise, Ciphire only signs the mail.

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True, however, the person you are corresponding with doesn't need to manually send you their certificate. By emailing you back with a signature, you've set up for encrypted communication. At that point, you only need to click the encryption icon that shows up in Mail's toolbar. I like having the control to sign or not sign, encrypt or not encrypt.
At any rate, having multiple solutions isn't really a bad thing, it may help provoke a more universal solution quicker. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Arne]

Dear All,
As a follow up to to one of my earlier posts, Cipher has reached Version 1.0.
Cheers,
arne