Thank you for using Network Associates' products.
This What's New file contains important
information regarding PGP 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.
Warning: Export of this software may be restricted
by the U.S. Government.
WHAT'S IN THIS FILE
FIXES IN THIS RELEASE
- This release corrects a security-related bug with
Additional Decryption Keys (ADKs) that may allow
sophisticated attackers to add unauthorized ADK key IDs
to the unhashed areas of PGP public keys.
For more information about this bug, please
review the PGP ADK Security Advisory available
on http://www.pgp.com/other/advisories/adk.asp.
For Phil Zimmermann's personal comments on the ADK bug
click here.
ABOUT THIS FREEWARE PRODUCT
Network Associates is proud to provide freeware
versions of PGP products for non-commercial use.
PGP Freeware brings easy-to-use, strong encryption
to the masses. You can use PGP to protect your
email, your files, and now even your network
connections. Let PGP bring a new level of privacy
and security to your everyday computer use
and communications with others.
Note: Please refer to the included license for the
specific terms and conditions of using this product.
NEW FEATURES
- PGPnet
PGPnet. PGPnet is a landmark product in the
history of PGP. PGPnet secures all TCP/IP
communications between the local machine and any
other machine running PGPnet. PGPnet has been
successfully tested with Cisco routers (requires
Cisco IOS 12.0(4) or later with IPSec TripleDES).
- Self-Decrypting Archives
You may now encrypt
files or folders into Self-Decrypting Archives
(SDAs) that can be used by users who do not even
have PGP. The archives are completely independent
of any application, compressed and protected by
PGP's strong cryptography.
- Integrated PGP Command Line
This version
incorporates the popular command line version of
PGP for Windows platforms. This product provides
a convenient way to integrate PGP with other
Windows applications and automated processes
on your desktop system. Please note that this
is intended for single user/workstation use. For
use on servers, customers are required to purchase
the PGP e-Business Server product. Please contact
your local Network Associates Sales representative
for more information.
- Automated Freespace Wiping
PGP's Freespace Wipe
feature now allows you to use the Windows Task
Scheduler to schedule periodic secure wiping
of the free space on your disk.
- Hotkeys
The Use Current Window feature has been
significantly enhanced by the addition of Hotkeys.
By using a configured key combination, the
Encrypt/Decrypt/Sign functions can be automatically
invoked without using PGPtray. This feature is very
useful for users using messaging applications for
which PGP does not currently have a plug-in, such
as Netscape Messenger.
- Fingerprint Word List
When verifying a PGP public
key fingerprint, you can now choose to view the
fingerprint as a word list instead of hexadecimal
characters. The word list in the fingerprint text
box is made up of special authentication words that
PGP uses and are carefully selected to be
phonetically distinct and easy to understand
without phonetic ambiguity.
- Support for Outlook 2000 and Outlook Express 5.0
This version of PGP adds support for sending and
receiving encrypted email in Microsoft Outlook 2000
and Outlook Express 5.0.
- HTTP Proxy Support
If you are behind a
firewall with an HTTP proxy server, PGP now
supports accessing HTTP keyservers through the
proxy. To use this feature, you must configure
the proxy server address in your Internet Explorer
preferences.
- Smart Word Wrapping
The word wrapping in PGP now
automatically rewraps paragraphs and even quoted
paragraphs resulting in much cleaner signed
messages.
PGP enhancements
- Support for Windows 2000 operating systems.
This
release of PGP introduces support for Microsoft's
latest releases of Windows. All PGP functionality is
available in Windows 2000 except PGPnet. PGPnet will
support Windows 2000 in future releases of PGP.
- Windows 2000 IPSec interoperability.
PGPnet
running on non-Windows 2000 systems can establish
VPN connections with the built-in Windows 2000
IPSec client. (The Windows 2000 system must be
running the Windows 2000 High Encryption Pack.)
- Intel Pentium III Random Number Generator (RNG)
support.
If your computer is equipped with the
Intel RNG, PGP will use the random data generated by
the chip in addition to our own entropy collection
whenever random data is needed for key generation
and encryption. The Intel RNG is currently only
available with select Pentium III chipsets,
including the Intel 810 chipset.
- Automatic email plug-in pre-selection.
PGP will now
automatically pre-select email plug-ins to install on
your system based on what messaging applications
are installed. Nevertheless, you are still
able to change the selected plug-ins at install time.
DOCUMENTATION
Also included with this release are the following
manuals, which can be viewed on-line as well as printed:
- Introduction to Cryptography
- PGP Installation Guide
- PGP User's Guide
- PGP Command Line User's Guide
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.
This release also includes integrated online help
in Microsoft Windows Help format:
- PGP online help
- PGPnet online help
Documentation feedback is welcome. Send email to
tns_documentation@nai.com.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To install PGP on a Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT system,
you must have:
- Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3/4/5
- 32 MB RAM
- 16 MB hard disk space for the client install
If you plan to run PGPnet on the system, you must
also have:
- Microsoft TCP/IP
- A compatible LAN/WAN network adapter
Note: PGPnet functionality is not available for
users of Windows 95a (the original release of
Windows 95) or Windows 2000. PGPnet supports Windows 95b (OSR2),
Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0.
KNOWN ISSUES
PGP issues
- Mismatching your keyring files can result in
data loss. Your public keyring file and private
keyring file must be kept in sync. If, for
instance, you select a public keyring file that
does not contain the public portion of your
private key without also changing the private
keyring to the corresponding file, you and
others will not be able to encrypt to exported
versions of your key after that time. In most
cases, simply updating your key from a public
copy on a keyserver will fix this. However, it
is recommended that the keyring files always be
kept in sync. A future version is expected
to correct this issue.
- Some PGP Versions 6.0 and later features are
incompatible with previous versions of PGP, so
we feature a "compatible" export format that
strips incompatible features such as Photo IDs. Selecting
"Include 6.X Extensions" in the Export dialog
enables these features to be exported. By
default, PGP exports in compatible mode. You
may change the default in the Advanced
Preferences dialog. When sending a key to a
PGP Certificate Server Version 2.0 or above,
Photo IDs always accompany the key. The default
LDAP server in PGP 6.x supports this.
- On Windows 95/98, the Free Space Wiper will
reset every time another program writes to your
disk while the wiping process is in progress.
This is similar to defragmentation programs,
and is required by the Operating System. For
optimal wiping, make sure to close all open
applications. On some systems with very low
amounts of RAM, it may be advisable to also
shutdown Windows Explorer.
- The Windows Explorer provides PGP with
information only about the target of a shortcut
and not the shortcut itself. If you use the
Wipe feature in the Explorer, the shortcut
itself will not be wiped. The actual target
will be wiped. When using PGPtools, the shortcut
will also be wiped.
- Hotkeys are for use with applications that
support general text editing. Using Hotkeys
with some applications may result in
unpredictable behavior.
- The PGP Exchange/Outlook plug-in does not support
Microsoft Word as an e-mail editor.
- We strongly recommend that VirusScan users
upgrade to VirusScan Version 4.0.3 or later to
take advantage of the newest virus DAT file
update features.
PGPnet issues
- Do not attempt to manually uninstall PGPnet.
It is very important that you use the PGP
Uninstaller to remove PGPnet. PGPnet makes
extensive modifications to the registry and
changes the bindings on network adapters.
The PGP Uninstaller can be accessed via the
Add/Remove Programs control panel.
- (Windows NT only) As a precautionary measure, in the unusual
event that there is an incompatibility between
your network card driver and PGPnet, you can
create a "No Networking" hardware profile
prior to installing PGPnet on your system.
The "No Networking" hardware profile can be
used later if an incompatibility occurs.
To create a "No Networking" hardware profile,
right click on "My Computer," select Properties,
and then select the Hardware Profiles tab. Use
the Copy button to create a copy of the Original
Configuration. Get Properties on your copied
configuration and click the Network tab.
Finally, select the "Network-disabled hardware
profile" checkbox. Click OK to both windows
and then you are done. (Due to a Windows bug
we recommend that you restart once and
double-check that the "No Networking"
configuration is working before you
install PGPnet.)
- (Windows 95 only) You may experience a loss of networking after
resuming from standby mode. You must reboot
your machine to resume network activity.
- PGPnet is not compatible with the Intel
EtherExpress 16 driver.
- Installing virtual private network software
such as PGPnet on the same machine as a firewall
or another VPN client is highly likely to cause
problems. We recommend uninstalling the other
product prior to installing or choosing not to
install PGPnet on such a machine.
- You cannot use the default MSN dialer to
connect to MSN if PGPnet is installed.
To connect to MSN with PGPnet, use the Microsoft
Dial-Up Networking client.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PGP 6.5.8 includes support for both RSA and
Diffie-Hellman key types.
CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES
Note: Network Associates does not provide technical
support for freeware products.
To purchase a retail or 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: www.pgp.com
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