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Page: Does PGP impact my ability to remotely connect to my machine?
Q: Answer It can. If your remote machine reboots for any reason, power outage, software updates, schedule reboots, etc., you will need to enter your PGP passphrase on the remote machine before the boot process completes. There is no method for entering ...
Page: How do I change my PGP disk passphrase?
Q: The following answer pertains to changing the passphrase (or password) associated with PGP Desktop encryption. When a disk is encrypted with PGP, in order to access the disk and decrypt it, PGP prompts the user to enter a passphrase. This is a different password than the one used to log ...
Page: How do I protect my portable hard drive and USB drive using PGP Desktop? Do I use the same PGP key?
Q: Answer You can whole disk encrypt external drives. Each disk is encrypted using a separate key that is generated when starting the encryption process. Each of those symmetric disk keys are protected using a single group key ...
Page: How do I use MIT's PGP Desktop for Windows to whole disk encrypt external storage drives?
Q: Answer PGP Desktop allows you to encrypt disks, other than just your computer's internal hard drive, using Whole Disk Encryption. This includes USB flash drives and external portable storage devices. It is especially important ...
Page: How to back up PGP keys and keyrings
Q: Answer PGP stores keys in two files on your hard disk; one for public keys and one for private keys. These files are called keyrings. It is important to keep your PGP private key very secure. If you lose your ...
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Page: I entered my Kerberos password, but PGP Desktop won't unlock my computer. What's wrong?
Q: Answer While you used your Kerberos password during installation to create a PGP authentication password, that password does not change if you change your Kerberos password. If you changed your Kerberos password recently, try using ...
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Page: I forgot my PGP Disk Encryption password. What do I do?
Q: Answer PGP Desktop's Whole Disk Encryption generates a recovery token upon installation which will allow a user to access their system and reset a forgotten passphrase. In the event of a forgotten passphrase, this token is retrieved by a PGP Universal Server Administrator and given ...
Page: I manage a number of machines that have PGP installed. Is there a way to disable the PGP password so that the machine can be rebooted without requiring a password? For example, when applying a windows update?
Q: Answer Windows machines can be configured to bypass the password on the next boot using Authenticated Bypass.  For more information see PGP's: PGP Whole Disk Encryption Authenticated Bypass Feature http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index ...
Page: Is my email also protected if I whole disk encrypt my computer?
Q: Answer This depends on what you mean by your email being protected. Whole Disk Encryption only protects your data on your computer if the computer is lost or stolen and not logged in (or asleep). Whole Disk Encryption does not protect your ...
Page: PGP Desktop
page: !PGPLogo.png align=right,alt="PGP logo"! About PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a piece of software that offers, primarily, whole disk encryption capabilities. Because of its proven reliability, easeofuse and timetested security features, PGP Desktop ...

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