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GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Re: GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Post by ppierald »

chmars wrote: post #7

Great tool but who wants to way months after each major OS X release to use it (again)? GPGTools is not alone with this problem. LibreOffice for example can't probably be installed by many users because the binary isn't signed Apple-style. Many users will get an error message by OS X and just forget about LibreOffice …

The GPGTools team had a paid version (beta) out for months. I felt the functionality was worth the minor investment and also ensured that there was some path forward for future revs.

Re: GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Post by m_eiman »

hackerboos wrote: post #5
Aloisius wrote: post #3

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Does it? I haven't noticed any problems.

Run `brew doctor` after installing.

I had this problem with earlier GPGTools, but this one seems ok. I did an install on a machine where I haven't had the old versions and the doctor is happy afterwards.

Re: GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Post by claudius »

daemon13 wrote: post #35
claudius wrote: post #33

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Yes.

Which one?

You want to use the OpenPGP specification, the most popular implementation of which is GPG. But if you want to use the actual PGP software, that is perfectly fine, too.

The point is to make encrypted/signed messages the norm rather than an outstanding event causing suspicion.

Re: GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Post by lukele »

tvon wrote: post #24
mike-cardwell wrote: post #21

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People should probably use operating systems written by people who care about backwards compatibility. Ideally ones that are developed in the open.

If I am understanding the problem correctly... Apple implemented app signing by default in 10.8. Users can either turn this off in System Preferences (removing the error), or the LibreOffice team can pay the $100 annual fee to get a properly signed app.

Actually, there's a temporary workaround which you can use and works till you update to a new version (works with any app or package not signed with an Apple ID) Simply right-click open and you'll not see the error message. No need to disable gatekeeper in System Preferences

Re: GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Post by lukele »

cdjk wrote: post #26

While this is great, the teaser animation/splash screen [1] is incredibly irritating. While slick and very pretty, the "typing" animation took way too long - and there's no obvious way to disable it. Does anyone know how they got around sandboxing, since that was the problem with Mountain Lion up until now? [1] https://gpgtools.org/index.html?teaser=1

We've found a kind of "hole" in Apple's sandboxing (they know about it but I guess it's necessary for legacy software) and hope they don't close it too soon

Re: GPGTools – OpenPGP Tools for Apple OS X

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Post by lukele »

breser wrote: post #12

For anyone wondering, this comes with GPG 2.0.19, 2.0.20 came out on May 10th 2013 with a security fix: http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-6085/ I believe they've patched it in this release though: http://support.gpgtools.org/discussions/everything/4323-cve-... It's disappointing that their release notes don't mention this.

It's true we should have mentioned it in the release notes, I think we forgot. Mentioned it only on Twitter. Will definitely do better in the future!
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