FileAssurity Open PGP Command Line competitor comparison

Features and CapabilitiesFileAssurity Open PGPNAI / McAfee E-business serverPGP Command LineSecure FTP, SSL, SSH

Pricing & Support

 

 

Price (for unlimited keys unless specified)$2495 (1 year)
$4995  (perpetual)
  $6875   (2 year - 1 key)
$12000  (perpetual - 1 key)
$3385  (1 year)
$9680  (perpetual)
depends on product
Unlimited users and unlimited keys

Extra cost
$16000 for 2 keys

No restriction on the number of CPUs your server has

Extra cost
Extra cost
N/A
Free Reader software for recipients


Compatibility

 

 

PKI

some products

OpenPGP RFC 2440 (PGPv5.x+, GPG v 1.2.3+, etc.) - .pgp, .asc, .skr, .pkr

Supports industry standard certificate formats - x.509, .cer, .p7b, .p12, .pfx

some products

Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Unix, Linux


Functionality

 

 

File Encryption / Decryption

 only the pipe is encrypted not the content
Digital Signing / Verification

 

Secure Archives   (.zip files)

 

some products

Secure File Deletion beyond US Goverment DOD standards - 15x write & wipe cycle

 

Files can be deleted on a remote server

 

GUI based  (generates command line options and script files for you)

 

Scheduler  (run events at a certain date / time)

 

some products

Batch files

 

some products

Group encryption

 

FTP support (automatic FTP'ing of files to and from your server)

 

FTP features can be used on their own without having to encrypt/decrypt files

 

Files can be automatically renamed after an FTP download

 

Log files  (auditing)

 

Log files and error alerts can be sent by email

 

Own DOS window for complete script and window  control

 


Email & Instant Messaging

 

 

Works with all popular email applications

Automatic emailing after encryption

Email Error alerts

 


Key Management

 

 

Import, export, generate, delete keys

Keystore backup and restore

Trusted Authorities list -
no need to import root certificates in order to verify keys signed by a Certificate Authority

Allocating of users into Groups for Group encryption

Quick key import and export


Security

 

 

Encryption algorithm  (CAST, 3DES, Twofish, are also supported in CLS for backwards compatibility with older PGP products and are processed automatically)

 AES (256 bit)

AES (128-256 bit),
CAST, 3DES, Twofish, Idea

 AES (256 bit), CAST, 3DES, Twofish, Idea 

AES (128 bit) 

Digital Signature algorithm

RSA (2048 bit default -up to 4096 imported)
DH/DSS 1024/2048

 RSA (1024-4096 bit)
DH/DSS 1024/2048

RSA (1024-4096 bit)
DH/DSS 1024/2048

some provide use of digital certs for transferring the password

Hashing algorithms

MD5, SHA-1

 MD5, SHA-1MD5, SHA-1, RIPEMD-160depends on product
Compression algorithms

 ZIP

N/A

 ZIP/BZIP/ZLIB

 depends on product

 

 

 

 

 

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