My Account
| Field | Description |
|---|
| Name | Name of the currently logged in user |
| Email | Email of the user is logged in as |
| Identity Provider | Type of ownership the account belongs to |
| Connected to | PK Protect server the PK Protect account is communicating with |
| Unlink | Logs the current user out |
Notifications
A table that provides a list of notifications. Notifications that appear here can be clicked for further action such as sharing of a Smartkey. The default view will show as, "No Notifications"
Smartkeys
The Smartkeys page provides the user with the ability to add, edit, and display Smartkeys.
Left Side (List of Smartkeys)
| Field | Description |
|---|
| Name | Names of available Smartkeys |
| + | Clicking the "+" creates a new key and prompts the user for a name |
| - | Deletes the current selected Smartkey. This option can be greyed out of the user does not own the selected Smartkey |
Right Side (Details)
| Field | Description |
|---|
| Name | Name of the selected Smartkey |
| Owner | Owner name and email of the selected Smartkey |
| Created | Date Smartkey was created |
| Table | Name - Participant of a Smartkey Email - Email associated with the participant |
| + | If the user is an owner of the Smartkey they can click this option to add new users as participants of the Smartkey |
Preferences
File Types
File types checked under this tab will use PK Protect as the default application.
Actions
Items provided with the Actions tab decide what happens with archives during their use.
| Field | Description |
|---|
| Extract Archive to: | A location for where an archive should be extracted to if double clicked |
| Extract Mail Attachments to: | A location for where an email attachment archive should be extracted to if double clicked |
| Open Action: | Action for what happens to an archive if it's double clicked. |
| Automatically open extracted item | If "Extract Archive" is chosen for "Open Archive" this option will be available to open the contents of the extracted archive |
| Automatically delete original file(s) when encrypting | If a user right clicks to encrypt a file and this option is checked, PK Protect will delete the original unencrypted file |
| Automatically delete original archive when decrypting | If a user decrypts an archive and this option is checked, it will delete the original encrypted archive |
Security
| Field | Description |
|---|
| Encrypt Files | Enable/Disable Encryption for PK Protect |
| Algorithm | Algorithm used for encryption actions |
| Enable Smartkeys | Enable/Disable use of Smartkeys |
| Default | The default Smartkey to be used for encryption actions |
| Enable Certificates | Enable/Disable use of certificates |
| Default | Default certificate to be used for encryption actions |
| Enable Passphrase | Enable/Disable use of passphrases |
| Sign Files | Enable/Disable use of signing files |
| Algorithm | Algorithm used for signing files |
| Certificate | Certificate used for signing files |