What's New in PGP Command Line Freeware Version 6.5.8 Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by Networks Associates Technology, Inc., and its Affiliated Companies. All Rights Reserved. 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 - Enhancements and 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: * 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 * 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 at: http://www.adobe.com/ For UNIX releases the following online documents are also included: * 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: /pgp-6.5.8/man/man1 For more information on how to view the man page, type "man man" (without quotes) at the command prompt (UNIX). * IntrotoCrypto.ps * PGPCmdLineInstallGuide.ps * PGPCmdLineGuide.ps These are postscript files of the PGP Command Line User's Guide and the Introduction to Cryptography. After the PGP Command Line product has been installed, these documents are located in: Linux: /usr/doc/pgp-6.5.8 Solaris: /opt/PGP/docs tar file for all platforms: /pgp-6.5.8/docs 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: - Windows NT version 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later) or - Windows 2000 (RC2 or later) - 32MB RAM minimum - 6MB disk space for software To install PGP Command Line on a UNIX system, you must have: - One of these flavors of UNIX: - Sun Solaris for SPARC version 2.51 or later - AIX 4.2 or later - HPUX 10.20 or later - Linux x86 Red Hat (RPM) 5.0 or later - 64MB RAM minimum for Solaris - 32MB RAM minimum for Linux, AIX, and HPUX - 9MB disk space for software - 9MB disk space in /opt directory for Solaris ____________ INSTALLATION To install PGP Command Line on a Windows machine: 1. Start the Windows system. 2. Download the PGP files to the system. 3. Double-click SETUP.EXE to start the Setup program. The PGP Command Line Welcome screen appears. 4. Review the information in the Welcome screen, then click Next. The Network Associates license agreement appears. 5. Review the license agreement information, then click Yes to accept the licensing terms. 6. 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. 7. 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.) 1. Download the PGP package to the system. 2. 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: pkgadd -d PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_Solaris (where x.x.x is the release number) 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: pkgrm PGP 3. Review the license agreement information, then type Y to accept the licensing terms. The installer processes the package and system information, verifies disk space requirements, and installs the PGP Command Line program files. Note: The program files are installed to the default installation path of /opt/PGP/. 4. When the installation is complete, you can verify that the product was installed properly by entering the following command: pkginfo -l PGP The status for the selected package should be "STATUS: completely installed." To install PGP Command Line on AIX and HPUX systems: 1. Download the PGP package to the system. 2. Uncompress the package by issuing the following command: gzip -d < PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_AIX.tar.gz | tar xvf - or gzip -d < PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_HPUX.tar.gz | tar xvf - (where x.x.x is the release number) When the package is uncompressed, the pgp-6.5.8/ directory is created. 3. To run the PGP Command Line application, enter the following command: ./pgp To install PGP Command Line on Linux RPM systems: (To install the software, you must have root privileges.) 1. Download the PGP files to your system. 2. Install the package by issuing the following command: rpm -iv PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_linux.i386.rpm (where x.x.x is the release number) The PGP program files are copied to the system. 3. When installation is complete, verify the PGP signature file by adding the PGP signature in the SampleKeys.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: rpm --checksig PGPcmdfw_x.x.x_linux.i386.rpm (where x.x.x is the release number) If the signature is correct, the response from this command is "OK." ____________ KNOWN ISSUES 1. The BATCHMODE flag is not supported when used with a UNIX-style filter. 2. The -m and -w options cannot be used together (pgp -mw ). Use pgp -m first. 3. The functionality to preserve a signature from within an encrypted file is not available in this release. 4. 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 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