PGP distributions.

page http://www.ifi.uio.no/pgp/ for information about International

Send bug reports to pgp-dev@ifi.uio.no, and check the World-Wide Web

by Naoki Sugiyama (naoki-s@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp). PowerMacintosh compilation by Michel Médina (lyel@world-net.sct.fr)

PGP development team. Macintosh version was ported

• PGP 2.6.3i is distributed by Ståle Schumacher and the International

PGP distributions.

http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html for information about MIT's

pgp-bugs@mit.edu, and check the World-Wide Web page

• MacPGP 2.6.2 distribution by MIT. Send bug reports to

author Jean-loup Gailly.

• ZIP compression routines from freeware source code by permission of

AG.  International patents pending.  Trademark of Ascom-Tech AG.

• IDEA cipher patented in the U.S. (#5,214,703) by ETH and Ascom-Tech 

• RSA algorithm patented in the U.S. (#4,405,829) by Public Key Partners.

• Macintosh online help system by J. Norstad, adapted by L. Detweiler.

• Ported and translated by many (see Acknowledgements section).

• MIT holds the compilation copyright (see the manual for details).

• PGP code copyright P. Zimmermann.



are expressed or implied.

correctness of this program and documentation.  However, no warrantees

Every effort has been made to ensure the reliability, security, and



Issues" section in the "PGP User's Guide, Volume II: Special Topics".

trademarks, liability limitations, and export controls, see the "Legal

For more information on PGP licensing, distribution, copyrights, patents,



This software is licensed for outside U.S. use only.

All versions of PGPi use MPILIB instead of RSAREF™.



is free.

compression before encryption, and good ergonomic design.  Source code

encryption scheme, message digests for digital signatures, data

PGP has sophisticated key management, an RSA and conventional hybrid



about the Macintosh interface to PGP in the file "MacPGP262_Manual")

detailed explanations.  There is also more comprehensive documentation

contained in the this documentation contained in the "doc" folder for

Zimmermann.  (Please refer to the PGP User’s Guide, volumes I and II, 

well featured and fast!  Comes with excellent documentation by Phil

met, with no secure channels needed for prior exchange of keys.  PGP is

E-mail, and allow you to communicate securely with people you've never

including this version on the Macintosh.  It is used to protect files and

encryption freeware originally for MSDOS and ported to many platforms

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is RSA public-key and IDEA private-key






åCredits and Copyrights



• "Readme.1st" explains how PGP 2.6.3i differs from PGP 2.6.2.

• "Getting started with MacPGP" is a guide for first-time users.

MacPGP interface.

• "MACPGP262_Manual" gives comprhensive documentation on the

but does not describe the specific of the MacPGP interface.

gives a general background on cryptography and on the PGP commands,

• The PGP User's Guide, Volumes I and II by Philip Zimmermann. This

• This help text.

This version of MacPGP is distributed with the following documentation:






åDocumentation