PGP Desktop Home: Technical Specifications

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows Vista (all 32-bit and 64-bit versions)
• Windows Server 2003 (SP1)
• Windows XP (SP1 or SP2)
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (keyboard required)
• Windows 2000 (SP4)
• Mac OS X 10.4.x and 10.5.x (Universal Binary – Intel & PPC)
  

Localization

• English
• German
• Japanese

Authentication Options

• OpenPGP RFC 4880 keys
• X.509 keys

Messaging Protocols

• POP3
• IMAP
• SMTP

Messaging  Security Standards

• PGP/MIME RFC 3156
• OpenPGP RFC 4880
• S/MIME v3 RFC 2633
• X.509 v3

Supported Email Clients

• Microsoft Outlook 2007 (Outlook 12), Outlook 2003 SP2, Outlook XP SP3, Outlook 2000 SP3, Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386, Outlook Express 6, Entourage
  
• Mozilla 1.7
  
• Thunderbird 1.0
  
• Lotus Notes 5.0.11, 6.x, and 7.0.1
  
• Novell GroupWise 6.5.1 or later
  
• Apple Mail 3.0, Mail 2.1.1
  

Supported IM Clients

• AOL Instant Messenger 5.9.x, 6.5 for Windows
  
• AOL Instant Messenger 4.7 for Mac OS X
  
• Trillian 3.1 for Windows
  
• Apple iChat 3.1.x, 4.0 for Mac OS X
  

Symmetric Key Algorithms

• AES (up to 256-bit keys)
• CAST
• TripleDES
• IDEA
• Twofish

Hashes

• SHA-2 (up to 512-bit hashes)
• SHA-1
• MD5
• RIPEMD-160

Public Key Algorithms

• Diffie-Hellman
• DSA (1024-bit keys only)
• RSA (up to 4096-bit keys)