Thank you for your interest in cgPhone.
Please find below a first overview and a quick guide how to setup and use cgPhone. Please read the information and follow carefully the instructions and recommendations of the installation process.
Support / Questions
For questions and support please contact us by email: [email protected].at: https://airid.com/service-portal
Getting a Trial Account
If you need an activation code for trial version of cgPhone, please contact support@certgatecontact support at https://airid.com/service-portal. Once you received the code, you may use cgPhone for 30 days without any limitations.
Installation and Configuration on iOS
Prerequisites:
- mobile device running iOS version 9.0 or higher
- mobile internet connection (wi-fi or data) to download the app and for the phone calls
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For more Information about supported devices and OS versions please visit our site cgPhone - Supported Devices |
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cgPhone Interfaces and Its Functions
The default screen of cgPhone is the keypad. With the toolbar on the bottom of your cgPhone app you access all functionalities of cgPhone.
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CONTACTS Here you can manage all your cgPhone contacts | |
MESSAGES Open messages for an overview of your chats | |
KEYPAD Use the keypad to dial any number of your choice. Remenber that you can only dial numbers of participants within your network. Connection to other (public) networks must be ordered separately (if available). | |
CALL HISTORY Here you will find the call history. There are three types of calls:
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SETTINGS Here you will find various options. It's also used for new provisionings if required. |
The First Secure Call
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SAS= Short Authentication Strings cgPhone prevents you securely from man-in-the-middle attacks by one-time exchange of phonetic keywords. This is a global standard for secure calling. |
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Secure Key Exchange with SAS
To assure secure communication, a key exchange is required at the first cgPhone call with each participant.
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Please note that this is only required once. |
- One participant reads the first word shown on the display. In this example "snapshot".
- The other participant replys with the second word. In this example "retrieval".
- Both participants compare, if these two words martch with the dislayed words.
- If the words are identical both participants have to choose "Match". This call and future calls with this contact are securely end-to-end encrypted now.
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If the words do not match, choose "Not match". The call will be disconnected. Maybe there is a security issue with this contact or with the connection. |
Other Functions
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