TALX supports PGP file encryption.

PGP combines some of the best features of modern cryptography, including compression, digital signatures and public key encryption. Encrypting your data files prior to transmitting them to the TALX UC eXpress service protects the data as it travels to us.

Public Key Encryption

Public key cryptography is an encryption scheme that uses a pair of keys for encryption: a public key, which encrypts data, and a private key for decryption. To send encrypted data to TALX, you must download TALX public key (below) and encrypt the file with that key.

The following steps are necessary to use PGP to encrypt files before sending to TALX:

• Obtain and install PGP software (see www.pgp.com or www.gnupg.org for more information on compatible software products)
• Download the TALX public key.
• Import the TALX public key into your key ring

You are now ready to begin encrypting your data files. Here are some general guidelines:

• Compression is built into the encryption, so it is not necessary to zip your data files before or after encryption.
• TALX issues keys that expire every six months.
• The current key will expire on 07/28/2009. If you are using the previous version of our key, please note that it will expire and stop working on 01/27/2009.

Download the TALX Public Key:

2048 bit, DSS/Diffie-Hellman TALX Public Key (for PGP versions 5.0 and above)