Thank you for using Network Associates' products. This What's New file
contains important information regarding PGP Command Line Freeware. Network
Associates strongly recommends that you read this entire document.
Network Associates welcomes your comments and suggestions. Please use
the information provided in this file to contact us.
Note: PGP freeware products are for non-commercial
use only. Please refer to the included license
agreement for terms and conditions of use.
Note: Network Associates does not provide technical
support for PGP freeware products.
Warning: Export of this software may be restricted by the U.S.
Government.
WHAT'S IN THIS FILE
Functionality Overview
Fixes in this Release
Documentation
System Requirements
Installation
Known Issues
Contacting Network Associates
FUNCTIONALITY OVERVIEW
PGP Command Line provides a convenient way for you to integrate PGP's
strong authentication and encryption features with other applications and
automated processes. Examples include encrypting credit card transactions,
personnel records, etc.
The following commands provide on-line help for each of the major product
areas:
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To display all of the encryption/decryption options: pgp
-h
- To display all of the key management options: pgp -k
- To display all of the group management options: pgp -g
FIXES IN THIS RELEASE
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This release corrects a security-related bug with
Additional Decryption Keys (ADKs) that may allow
sophisticated attackers to add unauthorized ADK
key IDs to unhashed areas of PGP public keys.
For more information about this bug, please review
the PGP ADK Security Advisory available on
www.pgp.com.
DOCUMENTATION
Also included with this release are the following manuals, which can
be viewed on-line as well as printed:
- Introduction to Cryptography (IntrotoCrypto.pdf)
- PGP Command Line Installation Guide (PGPCmdLineInstallGuide.pdf)
- PGP Command Line User's Guide (PGPCmdLineGuide.pdf)
Each document is saved in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format
(.PDF). You can view and print these documents with Adobe's Acrobat Reader.
PDF files can include hypertext links and other navigation features to
assist you in finding answers to questions about your Network Associates
product. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the World Wide Web, visit
Adobe's Web site.
For UNIX releases the following online documents are also included:
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PGP.1
After the PGP Command Line product has been installed, this document
can be found in:
Linux RPM: |
/usr/man/man1 |
Solaris: |
/opt/PGP/man/man1/ |
tar file for all platforms: |
install_directory/pgp-6.5.8/man/man1 |
For more information on how to view the man page, type man
man at the command prompt (UNIX).
Documentation feedback is welcome. Send email to tns_documentation@nai.com.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To install PGP Command Line on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system,
you must have:
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Windows NT version 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later)
or
Windows 2000 (RC2 or later)
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32MB RAM minimum
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6MB disk space for software
To install PGP Command Line on a UNIX system, you must have:
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One of these flavors of UNIX:
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Sun Solaris for SPARC version 2.51 or later
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AIX 4.2 or later
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HPUX 10.20 or later
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Linux x86 Red Hat (RPM) 5.0 or later
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32MB RAM minimum for Linux, AIX, and HPUX
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9MB disk space for software
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9MB disk space in /opt directory for Solaris
INSTALLATION
To install PGP Command Line on a Windows machine:
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Start the Windows system.
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Download the PGP files to the system.
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Double-click SETUP.EXE to start the Setup program.
The PGP Command
Line Welcome screen appears.
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Review the information in the Welcome screen, then click Next.
The Network
Associates license agreement appears.
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Review the license agreement information, then click Yes to accept the
licensing terms.
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Use the default destination directory or click Browse to navigate to a
directory for your PGP files, then click Next.
The PGP files are copied
to the computer.
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Click Finish to complete the PGP Command Line installation.
The WhatsNew.txt
file appears listing the new features and other important information regarding
PGP Command Line.
To install PGP Command Line on a Sun SparcStation:
To install the software, you must have root privileges.
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Download the PGP package to the system.
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If this is the first time you are installing the PGP Command Line product
on this system, navigate to the directory where the PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_Solaris
file is located, and begin installing the package by issuing the following
command (where x.x.x is the release number):
pkgadd -d PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_Solaris |
If a previous version of the Command Line is installed on this system,
you must remove it before you can install the new package. You can remove
the installed package by issuing the following command:
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Review the license agreement information, then type Y to accept the licensing
terms.
The installer processes the package and system information, verifies
disks space requirements, and installs the PGP Command Line program files.
Note: The program files are installed to the default installation
path of /opt/PGP/.
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When the installation is complete, you can verify that the product was
installed properly by entering the following command:
The status for the selected package should be "STATUS: completely installed."
To install PGP Command Line on AIX and HPUX systems:
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Download the PGP package to the system.
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Uncompress the package by issuing the following command (where x.x.x
is the release number):
gzip -d < PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_AIX.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
or |
gzip -d < PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_HPUX.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
When the package is uncompressed, the pgp-6.5.8/
directory is created.
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To run the PGP Command Line application, enter the following command:
To install PGP Command Line on Linux RPM systems:
To install the software, you must have root privileges.
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Download the PGP files to your system.
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Install the package by issuing the following command (where x.x.x is the release number):
rpm -iv PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_linux.i386.rpm |
The PGP program files are copied to
the system.
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When installation is complete, verify the PGP signature file by adding
the PGP signature in the Sample Keys.Asc file found in /usr/doc/pgp-x.x.x/
directory to your keyring.
Once the PGP signature is added to your keyring,
issue the following command (where x.x.x is the release number):
rpm --checksig PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_linux.i386.rpm |
If the signature is correct, the response
from this command is "OK."
KNOWN ISSUES
- The BATCHMODE flag is not supported when used with a UNIX-style filter.
- The -m and -w options cannot be used together (pgp -mw file). Use
pgp -m first.
- The functionality to preserve a signature from within an encrypted file
is not available in this release.
- The ability to use the +makerandom feature is not supported in this release.
CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES
Note: Network Associates does not provide
technical support for PGP freeware products.
To purchase a commercial version of PGP, please
contact the Network Associates Customer Service
department between 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M.,
Central Time, Monday through Friday, at:
Network Associates Customer Service
4099 McEwen Road, Suite 500
Dallas, Texas 75244
Phone: (972) 308-9960
Email: cust_care@nai.com
Web: http://www.pgp.com
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