Monster Media 1994 #1/monster.zip/monster/MODEM/OZPKE12A.ZIP/README.1ST

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                                                         12 January 1994

OzPKE Version 1.2a:

Update documentation and program banners to mention ViaCrypt-PGP.


                                                         23 December 1993

OzPKE Version 1.2:

The two modules, OzPKE and OzPKD, have been combined into one executable
program module to reduce the file size to download and to eliminate
duplicated maintenance.

Missing subdirectories will now be automatically created.

The OzPKD section of the program is now accessed by adding "-d" to the
command line to OzPKE. Please adjust the entries in the External Menu for
decrypting messages and files. (As with other command line parameters
-d -D /d /D are all equally acceptable.)

Memory footprint during DOS gateway has been reduced to less than 10KB.

If PGP returns errorlevel 1 (Invalid File) or 3 (Unknown File), attempt to
repair file by removing leading blanks from lines within PGP block and
extraneous text outside the block. Let PGP reprocess file.

Fixed bug when storing path to PGP in environment for decode mode.


                                                         5 December 1993

OzPKE Version 1.1:

For messages that are ONLY signed by PGP and are not encrypted, OzPKE now
processes them without displaying a list of the recipients since the name
of the recipient is irrelevant for such messages.

The actual Email addresses for CIS and Internet recipients are compared
with the entries in PUBRING.PGP and if an exact match is found, the
corresponding public key is used for encryption without displaying the
pick list. This technique assumes that the entries in PUBRING conform to
the format recommended in the PGP documentation, such as:

for CompuServe addresses:
   <[e-mail]>
or
   <72407,[e-mail]>
is also accepted,

or for Internet addresses:
   <[e-mail]>

The enclosing characters "<" and ">" are required to assure that a partial
match does not result in an incorrect recipient being selected. Case of
the addresses is irrelevant. If no match is detected, the pick list will
appear as before.

Apparently some PGP users have entered multiple addresses for one and the
same encryption key. Previous versions of OzPKE had ignored all but the
first address for each entry, but now such cases are accommodated so that
the automatic address recognition functions reliably.

If the parameter WIPE is set to Yes in the configuration file, the
plain-text message files are now overwritten following encryption with
0xFF and also the swap files OZPKE.SWP or OZPKD.SWP if used. To prevent
any critical text from being left over in the slack area of a file, the
files are filled to the cluster boundary.

OzPKE now also handles file attachments. If the main message with the
attached file is marked for encryption, the attached file is also
encrypted, either as a binary or an ASCII-armored file depending on
whether "Upload as ASCII" is "N" or "Y", when the attachment is specified.
Both the main message as well as the attached file are encrypted. The
attached file does not need to be compressed beforehand since PGP
automatically performs that step. For example, it thus becomes extremely
easy to send an spreadsheet data file, even over the Internet gateway.

Path designations may be separately defined for attached ASCII or binary
files.

OzPKD Version 1.1:

OzPKD consequently also handles received encrypted files. Two directories
may be specified to receive the decrypted ASCII or binary files. Attempts
to decrypt non-encrypted files yield an appropriate error message. The
decrypted file is automatically named with the original filename by PGP.
When PGP attempts to create the decrypted file, it checks whether an
existing file may already exist and in that case asks the user whether the
file should be overwritten. If the answer is No, the default, PGP prompts
for an alternative filename.  After completion the user is alerted in a
message box to the name of the resulting file and directory.


                                                         18 November 1993

OzPKE Version 1.0e is now capable of uploading the encrypted ASCII messages
as files to CIS MAIL instead of sending them as normal text. This should
overcome problems with PGP message blocks becoming corrupted during
transmission. Such message files will still be received by the recipients as
regular ASCII mail messages.

OzPKD Version 1.0d adds KEEP command to allow decoded message to be loaded
into reply editor for quoting.

                                                         16 October 1993

OzPKE Version 1.0c and OzPKD Version 1.0a require that the User Name entry
in the OzPKE.CFG configuration file be changed to the User-ID number that
PGP assigned to the user in the secret key ring, SECRING.PGP.

This will be displayed by PGP with the following command:

   PGP -kv * secring

with the following output:

   Key ring: 'secring.pgp'
   Type bits/keyID   Date       User ID
   sec   512/61C7A5 1993/07/29  Donald K. Moe <[e-mail]>
   1 key(s) examined.

The User-ID is under the column "keyID", in this example "61C7A5". Please
enter this six-digit number after "USER=0x" in OzPKE.CFG, e.g.
USER=0x61C7A5