Some assorted GPG/PGP-related Mac Stuff

GPG for the Mac

Thanks to Benjamin Donnachie, the MacGPG Project once more has current binaries for out-of-the-box installation of GPG on the Mac.

IDEA module for MacGPG

If you need the IDEA module and are legally entitled to use it, these instructions on the macgpg-users list should help you along. NB: You need the Apple developer tools installed to follow these instructions.

GPG for Apple Mail

The Apple Mail GPG Bundle offers nearly seamless integration of GPG into Apple Mail. It has a few minor display quirks and can mess with the flagging of new mails (see this post for a potential workaround) but other than that has worked for me (tm) for over two years now.

Pimp my paranoia

If you feel you do not want your secret key to reside on something as inherently insecure as a hard drive or USB memory device, you might want to check out the OpenPGP Smart Card. OS X has built-in smart card capabilities, although for my SCM Micro SCR-335 reader I had to download and install the most recent driver.