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- 'This is the freeware version of XCrypt. To find out more about X' +
- 'Crypt Pro, please click on the Upgrade tab along the top. '
- ''
-
- 'To keep the cost of this program low, I cannot provide guarantee' +
- 'd support for it; however if you are experiencing any problems d' +
- 'rop me a line via e-mail and I will endeavour to help.'
- ''
-
- 'Written and (C) Copyrighted by Slaven Radic, 1996, 1997, 21X Pro' +
- 'ductions. On the web '
- 'http://www.21x.com/ '
- 'http://www.21x.com/xcrypt/'
- ''
- 'slaven@21x.com'
- 'xcrypt@21x.com'
- ''
- ''
- 'About the program:'
- ''
-
- 'XCrypt has been written solely in Delphi 2. If you are asking wh' +
- 'y this program looks weird my answer is '#39'why not?'#39'. True, it doe' +
- 's not follow some of the Microsoft'#39's Windows guidelines, but the' +
- 'n again, have you '
- 'seen Office 97 lately?'
- ''
-
- 'If you think that XCrypt'#39's functionality suffers because of its ' +
- 'layout let me know.'
- ''
-
- 'The program has been extensively tested on Windows NT 4 (SP 1, 2' +
- ' and 3) and Windows 95 with PGP 2.6.2 and the international vers' +
- 'ion 2.6.3i, on a 486, Pentium and Pentium Pro machines. The prog' +
- 'ram '
-
- 'definitely needs Windows 95 or NT 4 (it uses some API calls that' +
- ' are not available in Win32s so Windows 3.1x will not be able to' +
- ' run it).'
- ''
- ''
- 'Revisions:'
- ''
- '1.5: XCrypt Pro, final commercial public release;'
- ''
- '1.02: XCrypt Light, final freeware public release;'
- ''
- '1.0: XCrypt, first non-beta release;'
- ''
- '0.92: XCrypt, first beta public release;'
- ''
- '0.9: XCrypt, original beta private release;'
- ''
- 'PGP and Pretty Good are registered '
- 'trademarks of PGP, Inc. Pretty Good '
- 'Privacy is a trademark of PGP, Inc. ')
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- 'Thank you for using the XCrypt! This program is to be used as a ' +
- 'front end to PGP encryption software, with any email or word pro' +
- 'cessing software. It has been tested with PGP 2.6.2 and the inte' +
- 'rnational version '
- '2.6.3i.'
- ''
- 'Key commands:'
- ''
- 'CTRL+E : Encrypt'
- 'CTRL+D : Decrypt'
- 'CTRL+K : Key-ring operations'
- 'CTRL+S : Clearsign'
- 'F1 : Help/About (this dialog box)'
- 'F2 : Settings'
- ''
- 'General Notes:'
- ''
-
- 'To achieve compatibility with most email and text editing softwa' +
- 're this program uses the Windows Clipboard as the main interface' +
- ' to other programs. So, as long as your program can copy and pas' +
- 'te text into and '
- 'from clipboard it will work with XCrypt Pro.'
- ''
- 'Encrypting text:'
- ''
-
- 'Select the text you want encrypted, and copy it to the Clipboard' +
- ' (Edit, Copy) and switch to XCrypt Pro. Type the name of the per' +
- 'son (or the beginning of the name) you are sending the message t' +
- 'o in the Public '
-
- 'Key field (you need to have the person'#39's Public Key), and optio' +
- 'nally your Secret Key, if you have more than one secret key. Cli' +
- 'ck on the closed locket to start PGP and enter your secret key p' +
- 'ass. When done '
-
- 'you will be back in XCrypt Pro and the encrypted version of your' +
- ' message will be in the clipboard, just Paste it back into your ' +
- 'file. Note, you need to obtain the person'#39's public key before yo' +
- 'u will be able to encrypt '
-
- 'messages for that person; see below on how to add a public key t' +
- 'o your keyring. '
- ''
- 'Decryption:'
- ''
-
- 'Follow the above procedures, though it does not matter which key' +
- 's you have selected when decrypting, and use the open locket to ' +
- 'initiate PGP.'
- ''
- 'Clearsigning:'
- ''
-
- 'To sign a message with PGP, while leaving it readable, click on ' +
- 'the Sign icon. You do not need a public key for this operation (' +
- 'it will be ignored). The clipboard will be clear-signed using th' +
- 'e secret key currently '
-
- 'selected. When encrypting files XCrypt Pro needs to write a temp' +
- 'orary file to your hard drive containing the original message; P' +
- 'GP will wipe this file (not just delete it) when encryption is c' +
- 'omplete.'
- ''
- 'Keyring operations:'
- ''
-
- 'You can also manipulate your keys by clicking on the Keyring but' +
- 'ton. You will be presented with several choices:'
- ''
- '� Add a key to your public key ring'
-
- 'Check this option if you want to add a new public key to your co' +
- 'llection. Before you click on Proceed make sure you copied the P' +
- 'GP public key to the clipboard.'
- ''
- '� Extract your/other'#39's public key'
-
- 'This will place the person'#39's key on the clipboard so you can dis' +
- 'tribute it; you will need to select a name in the Public Key fie' +
- 'ld before clicking on this option (select your name to extract y' +
- 'our own public key);'
- ''
- '� Change your secret key'#39's pass phrase'
- 'To change your pass phrase select this option.'
- ' '
- '� Remove a public (or both) key(s)'
-
- 'To remove someone'#39's key from your key rings select their name in' +
- ' the Public Key field and choose this option; if you select your' +
- ' own key you will also be prompted to remove your secret key ass' +
- 'ociated with the '
- 'public key.'
- ''
- '� View your public keys'
-
- 'Presents you with a list of all public keys you collected so far' +
- '; this operation does not use the clipboard but shows the output' +
- ' in a separate window. If you want to put the list of the public' +
- ' keys on the clipboard just '
-
- 'select them in the output window and either press CTRL-C, or rig' +
- 'ht-click in the window and choose Copy.'
- ''
- '� Create a new secret/public key pair'
- 'To create a new set of keys for yourself use this option.')
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- 'This program needs PGP to be properly installed in the system; t' +
- 'his means that your OS should have one PGP-specific environment ' +
- 'variable present, namely PGPPATH. PGPPATH needs to contain the p' +
- 'ath where '
- 'you installed PGP; in Windows 95 add a line to your '
-
- 'AUTOEXEC.BAT: SET PGPPATH=C:\PGP if you installed PGP into C' +
- ':\PGP directory. In NT 4 go to System control panel and click on' +
- ' the Environment tab along the top; type PGPPATH into the Variab' +
- 'le field and '
-
- 'C:\PGP (or wherever you installed PGP) into the Value field and ' +
- 'click on Set button. Make sure you restart the computer in both ' +
- 'cases!'
- ''
-
- 'This program uses XCRYPT.INI file to save your preferences, loca' +
- 'ted in the Windows directory (\WINDOWS or \WINNT). If the INI fi' +
- 'le becomes corrupt beyond hope (or meddled with too much) just ' +
- 'delete it and '
-
- 'XCrypt Pro will recreate it. XCrypt Pro and XCrypt Light will co' +
- '-exist on the same machine and use the same INI file (this was i' +
- 'ntentional). This means that most of your settings will persist ' +
- 'in both of the programs but '
-
- 'due to the fact that XCrypt Pro has features that are not suppor' +
- 'ted in XCrypt Light you may get some undesired results in appear' +
- 'ance of XCrypt Light, like turned-off background image when usin' +
- 'g a User image in '
- 'XCrypt Pro.'
- ''
-
- 'We had a small number of reports on certain problems when runnin' +
- 'g XCrypt with Microsoft'#39's Internet Explorer 4 Active Desktop pre' +
- 'view 1. They were only manifested in a small percentage of IE4/A' +
- 'ctive desktop '
-
- 'preview users. Symptoms were from output not showing in the PGP'#39 +
- 's DOS window, to the pop-up menu not showing (varied from user t' +
- 'o user). As IE4 with Active Desktop preview is pre-beta software' +
- ' this problem is '
- 'not caused by XCrypt.')
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- 'A host of new features have been added to XCrypt Pro. To find ou' +
- 't how you can upgrade to XCrypt Pro visit our web site at http:/' +
- '/www.21x.com. XCrypt Pro cost is $12 USD. The following are just' +
- ' some of the many '
- 'changes in the commercial version of XCrypt Pro.'
- ''
-
- '� All of the public and secret keys are automatically mapped int' +
- 'o the drop-list boxes on the main application window. It is no l' +
- 'onger necessary to type them in, just select them from the list.' +
- ' XCrypt Pro will '
-
- 'automatically pass the shortest possible unique key name to PGP.' +
- ' You can refresh this list through the Settings dialog box.'
- ''
-
- '� Memory usage has been decreased; even though the executable fi' +
- 'le is larger. XCrypt Pro will only load portions of the executab' +
- 'le needed at the time.'
- ''
-
- '� There are more built-in background images, as well as the abil' +
- 'ity to load your own BMP image to spruce up your desktop.'
- ''
-
- '� XCrypt Pro will optionally memorize your pass phrase, at start' +
- ' up or the first time it'#39's needed so you will not need to enter ' +
- 'it again until you restart XCrypt Pro. If you have multiple secr' +
- 'et keys, XCrypt Pro will '
-
- 'prompt you for pass phrase for each one of them and use them cor' +
- 'responding to the secret key you have selected on the main appli' +
- 'cation window.'
- ''
-
- '� Encrypting and decrypting binary and text files; just drag-and' +
- '-drop a file (or multiple files) onto XCrypt Pro'#39's main window a' +
- 'nd it will be encrypted/decrypted to another file. In the Settin' +
- 'gs you can decide whether to '
- 'encrypt to printable ASCII (using PGP'#39's Radix-64) or binary.'
- ''
-
- '� Decryption to a window; when decrypting files it can be a grea' +
- 't timesaver if you can automatically look at the decrypted file.' +
- ' All you have to do is turn this option on in the Settings, unde' +
- 'r Encryption/Decryption '
-
- 'tab. If you also turn on pass phrase memorizing, when you copy t' +
- 'he encrypted text to the clipboard, click on the Decrypt icon an' +
- 'd the decrypted message will show in the handy viewer window imm' +
- 'ediately. You '
-
- 'can decide if you still want the message to be placed on the cli' +
- 'pboard as well in the same Settings box.'
- ''
-
- '� Practical viewer window; the viewer window got an overhaul as ' +
- 'well, making it more powerful and flexible for all sorts of mess' +
- 'ages, from letters to program listings.'
- ''
-
- '� More secure temporary files; files are now wiped during encryp' +
- 'tion and clear-signing so disk utilities would not be able to re' +
- 'cover them.'
- ''
-
- '� More complete help and documentation; hopefully more relevant ' +
- 'information and help tips are now available in the Help.'
- ''
-
- '� The code has been completely rewritten to optimize the perform' +
- 'ance and allow for greater flexibility. Every aspect of XCrypt P' +
- 'ro'#39's interface is preserved between the sessions, including what' +
- ' type and size fonts '
- 'you prefer in the viewer window.'
- ''
- ''
- ''
- 'Slaven Radic, slaven@pinc.com. (C) 1997 by 21X Productions.'
- ''
- 'PGP and Pretty Good are registered '
- 'trademarks of PGP, Inc. Pretty Good '
- 'Privacy is a trademark of PGP, Inc. '
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