We started by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of PGP. We wanted to be 100% backwards compatible with any PGP application, PGP's automated key management, signatures and compression features.
Esocrypt is a stand alone application built from scratch with no compromises; a complete committment to total security. PGP alone is just an add-on to an otherwise flawed messaging application. We weren't about to join that group of products. Esocrypt is however entirely compatible with all PGP algorithms yet goes far beyond in terms of key length and security management. Aes, 3des, cast, and rsa encryption is all supported with bit lengths and key strength magnitudes beyond our competitors. The system is so powerful it actually stresses the computational limits of the devices' processors.
Our novel key management allow separate keys to be assigned to different users or user groups allowing for allowable, fast messaging for low risk contacts or math intensive and tedious maximum security messaging for high priority contacts. This means quick messages to casual contacts or private discussions with your accountant or lawyer for private matters.
You can even replace your encryption keys at user defined intervals to ensure your always ahead of the game. Our visual trust indicator let's the user know if the contact has been compromised in any way and if there are factors the user is unaware of in the chain of communications. Even your contacts network routing and keys strength are taken into consideration for these calculations.
PGP's approach includes publishing your public keys to a server that is easily accessed by your enemies and threats which gives them a foothold in decrypting your messages. Though we give you the ability to do for PGP compatibility we also enable the users to privately exchange keys directly from trusted person-to-person so they can be assured that their public keys are not so public.
Esocrypt messages are stored in encrypted format on the device and destroyed at regular intervals to erase all trace of the data quickly. Esocrypt is the first application of this kind to do this and still allow the "delivered" and "read" indicators as found on Blackberry messenger. This means you can be confident that your encrypted message has been delivered and read successfully on the recipients device.