Private Idaho 2.8b3 (beta)
1/7/97
copyright 1995, 1996, 1997 Joel McNamara (joelm@eskimo.com)

What is it?
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This is a new beta release of Private Idaho (a PGP, anonymous
remailer, and nym server front-end for Windows).  This document
updates any information found in the help file.

Private Idaho is unsupported freeware, licensed under the GNU
General Public License.  The licensing agreement is found in the
license.txt file, distributed with this application.  See:

http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/pi.html

for information on obtaining the source code.

2.8b3 is a bug fix release.  It replaces 2.8b2, released 9/26/96.
No new features have been added.


New 2.8b Features (9/26/96)
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Automatic encrypt/decrypt of PIDAHO.INI, NYMS.TXT, PUBKEYS.OUT
Automatic encrypt/decrypt of SECRING.PGP and PUBRING.PGP
nym.alias.net support
Generate key pair command added
Load passphrase at startup (in PGP Options)
Submit key to MIT server command
Get key from MIT server command (must have Net connection)
Update remailer info command (must have Net connection)
Support for private remailers
Get remailer keys command (must have Net connection)
X-headers command
Remailer newsgroup header command
Append on send command
Delete nym command
Attachment support
Update PUBKEYS.OUT command
Keys menu added
Windows online help replaced by pihelp.htm
Font changes
New TCP/IP controls for enhanced Net performance
Revised help
Miscellaneous big fixes

(see http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/pihelp.html or the pihelp.htm
distribution file for details on the above)

NOTE: If you use the new auto encrypt/decrypt features.  BACK YOUR
FILES UP FIRST!

Installation
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PI28B3.EXE is a self-extracting .ZIP file.  It uncompresses all of the
required files to run Private Idaho.  You can delete these files after
you've installed Private Idaho.

You can also choose to run PGP QuickStart from PI-SETUP.  This utility
will help you download and configure PGP.

If you're updating a previous previous of Private Idaho, PI-SETUP will
only replace older files.  You'll be prompted to replace each
existing file.

If for some reason you have problems with the installation, you can
manually copy the files.


Distribution File List
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cmdialog.vbx - common dialog VBX copied to c:\windows\system
http20.vbx - TCP/IP VBX copied to c:\windows\system
smtp20.vbx - TCP/IP VBX copied to c:\windows\system
pop20.vbx - TCP/IP VBX copied to c:\windows\system
netc20.vbx - compression VBX copied to c:\windows\system
remailer.htm - remailer info file
mixmaste.htm - mixmaster remailer info
email.txt - email configuration info
nymkeys.txt - nym server keys
pcdezip.exe - unzip application for PGP QuickStart
pgpquik.exe - PGP QuickStart application
pidaho.exe - Private Idaho application
pihelp.htm - Private Idaho help file - viewable with Web browser
pipgp.pif - PIF file for shelling out to DOS PGP
pipgpx.pif - PIF file for shelling out to DOS PGP
qsreadme.txt - PGP QuickStart readme file
readme.txt - this file
rmkeys.txt - remailer public keys
pi-setup.exe - install application for Private Idaho
urls.txt - list of URLs for Web browsing
usenet.txt - email/USENET gateway list
license.txt - The GNU General Public License


Mixmaster and Private Idaho
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Mixmaster (or Type II) remailers offer a high level of security 
(see http://www.obscura.com/~loki for complete details).  Up until now,
Mixmaster has only been available to UNIX users.  Mixmaster's author, 
Lance Cottrell, has recently released a DOS client version of the 
application that works with Private Idaho 2.7b (and later).

Since the Mixmaster client uses export-controlled cryptography, it is not
included with Private Idaho.  Refer to http://www.obscura.com/~loki for 
information on how to get a copy of MIXMASTE.ZIP (the compressed version
of Mixmaster and its support files).

Note: Although Lance and I have taken every reasonable precaution to assure
that DOS Mixmaster was not exported, it appears that one or more persons 
unknown to us have exported the DOS version of Mixmaster (in violation of US 
law). We intend to continue to abide by the letter of US law in this matter, 
however we will list non-US ftp sites from which Mixmaster may be obtained as 
a public service: 

ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/dos/apps/mixmaster/mixmaste.zip

To be able to send messages through Mixmaster remailers you need several 
files:

MIXMASTE.EXE - the Mixmaster client
MIXMASTE.CON - a support file
PUBRING.MIX - the list of Mixmaster remailer keys
TYPE2.LIS - the list of Mixmaster remailers
MIXMSTR.TXT - statistics on Mixmaster remailers
MIX.PIF - the PIF file for shelling to the DOS application

These files are included in the MIXMASTE.ZIP file.  Uncompress the files and
move them to the directory containing Private Idaho.

After you've installed these files, in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file add the 
following line:

SET MIXPATH=C:\PIDAHO 

with the directory path specifying the Private Idaho directory.  Reboot your 
computer and run Private Idaho.

Using Mixmaster remailers with Private Idaho is no different than using 
Cypherpunk style remailers.  Select Mixmaster from the Remailers menu, 
compose and address your message, select the remailer(s) from the drop-down
list box to use, and choose Append info from the Message menu.

Private Idaho will shell out to the DOS version of Mixmaster, and prepare 
the message for sending.

You'll need to update information about Mixmaster remailers, just like 
Cypherpunk remailers.  Specifically the PUBRING.MIX, TYPE2.LIS, and
MIXMSTR.TXT files.  You can do this over the Net with the new update
remailer info command.

Updated Mixmaster information can be found at:

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html

and

http://www.jpunix.com