How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key
Summary
Learn how to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key.
Products Affected
Security
Documents developed by the Apple Product Security team are signed with the Apple Product Security PGP key.
The Apple Product Security PGP Key is used to:
- Verify the authenticity of security notifications.
- Encrypt messages to send to Apple via product-security@apple.com.
As a good security practice, you should validate PGP keys you receive, and not trust keys that cannot be validated. Information to validate the Apple Product Security PGP Key is available from http://www.info.apple.com/usen/security/security_pgp.html.
To verify the authenticity of the security notification, compare the PGP key included with the email with the Apple Product Security PGP Key documented above.
The Apple Product Security PGP key is also used to encrypt messages you send to Apple via product-security@apple.com
In order to use the PGP key to encrypt messages, you must have a PGP utility.
Software to verify or encrypt messages may be obtained from:
More information about Apple Product Security is available at (http://www.apple.com/support/security/security.html).