FileAssurity Lite Open PGP Encryption - Technical Info

FileAssurity Open PGP Encryption enables you to encrypt, digitally sign, and securely delete files. Full PGP and PKI interoperability ensures you can share information securely with PGP, OpenPGP and PKI users.

File Types supported

Any type of file can be protected and securely deleted regardless of the file extension

Applications supported

The secure sending of message attachments works with any email application

Open Standards

Based on OpenPGP (PGP, GnuPGP, etc.) and PKI standards it provides complete integration with existing systems and ensures you are not locked into any proprietary and incompatible technology.

OpenPGP Compatibility

PGP versions 5.x and above
GnuPGP v1.2.3 +
Any OpenPGP compliant application

Operating Systems supported

Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT 4 (SP6a)
Windows 2000 (SP3)
Windows XP Professional (SP1 and above)
Windows Vista
Windows 7 **

Server Requirements (minimum spec)

Pentium III Processor
256B RAM
30MB of free disk space

Encryption Algorithms

AES. Key strength 256 bit (FIPS Pub 197)
CAST, 3DES and TwoFish are supported for PGP v5.x and PGP v6.x compatibility

Digital Signature Algorithms

RSA. Key strength 2048-4096 bit
DH/DSS. Key strength 2048-4096/1024 bit
Supports any key length greater than 512 bits for imported keys - a minimum RSA key length of 1024 bits is required for encrypting files

Hashing Algorithms

SHA-1. Key strength 160 bit
MD5 128 bit is supported for imported keys

Secure File Deletion

Files are deleted beyond US Government DOD standard 5220.22-M
FileAssurity Open PGP Security performs 15 write and wipe operations to ensure your files cannot be recovered
Additional measures are used to prevent dedicated file restoration programs recovering your files

Digital Certificate formats supported

.P7B (PKCS#7)
.PEM
.CER (DER & Base 64)
.P12 (PKCS#12)
.PFX
X.509 v2
X.509 v3
.ASC (OpenPGP RFC 2440)
.PKR (PGP public keyring)

FileAssurity Open PGP Encryption supports any Certificate Authorities (CAs) that export their certificates in any of these formats - Verisign, DST, Microsoft, etc. The majority of CAs offer .P12 format.

You can generate keys and certificates in FileAssurity Open PGP Encryption that are based on the X.509 standard and the OpenPGP RFC 2440 standard.

File Formats supported

.PGP
.ASC
.GPG

FREE Reader Software

Supports the following features:

key generation
key import
key export
decryption of files
verification of files

Encryption, digital signing, and secure file deletion is not supported.