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- LOCK & KEY Windows 95 Explorer PGP Interface
- Version 3.1, March 18, 1997
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- *** PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: <wheindl@voicenet.com> ***
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- LOCK & KEY is the first and foremost PGP interface to the Windows 95
- Explorer, specifically designed to support key Windows 95 features:
- - Right-click on any file in Explorer to encrypt it.
- - Double-click on any encrypted file to decrypt it.
- - Decrypt files to QuickView/QuickView Plus if present.
- - Encrypt/decrypt to/from the Windows clipboard.
- - Preserve Windows 95 long file names when encrypting.
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- Four stars - ZDNet (Ziff-Davis)
- Four cows - TUCOWS (The Ultimate Collection of Windows Shareware)
- 1001 Best Shareware - PC/Computing Magazine
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- LOCK & KEY supports most common PGP functions, extending many of them:
- - Encrypt files as binary or armored.
- - Include your public key when sending messages.
- - Option to wipe original file after encryption.
- - Sign files when encrypting.
- - Choose a secret key for making signatures from a drop-down list.
- - View signatures in Windows 95 when decrypting.
- - View the public key ring and delete individual keys.
- - Pick a recipient's public key from a drop-down list.
- - Encrypt files to self.
- - Use conventional or public key cryptography.
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- NEW!!! You can now register Lock & Key online using First VirtualĂ–.
- First Virtual provides secure electronic commerce using your Visa or
- MasterCard. It is secure - you do not transmit your credit card
- information online. Annual registration as a buyer costs $2.00 -
- this fee will be deducted from all orders received before March 1,
- 1997! For information on registering as a First Virtual buyer,
- please follow the link to First Virtual on our web page. Once
- you have received your VirtualPIN, you can order LOCK & KEY online
- at our web site, http://www.voicenet.com/~wheindl/order.htm.
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- NEW IN VERSION 3.1:
- - New module KEYCHAIN provides key management functions: view the
- public and secret keyrings, extract keys to files or to the clipboard,
- remove keys, check the fingerprint of a key, generate key pairs, and
- choose the default secret key for making signatures.
- - LOCK & KEY will handle multiple files and messages. Just select
- multiple files and send to LOCK & KEY. LOCK & KEY will run KEY32 if
- the input data contains encrypted files or messages; otherwise, LOCK32
- will be run.
- - LOCK32 permits you to compose messages for encryption using your
- choice of editor and template file.
- - Updated help file featuring a Lock & Key tutorial and *live* links
- which you can use to access the Web or send tech support mail from the
- Help file. Now learning to use PGP is easier than ever!
- - For greater security, LOCK & KEY now passes the PGP pass phrase to
- PGP without writing it to disk.
- - KEY32 now automatically finds encrypted messages and keys in e-mail
- messages, checks formatting and even strips "quoting" characters which
- some mail programs add to mail messages, making it much easier to decrypt a
- PGP message that has been pasted into e-mail.
- - Decrypted messages can be copied to the Windows clipboard.
- - LOCK32 provides for the option of preserving the original file name when
- encrypting to the Clipboard. If the filename has been preserved with
- LOCK32, KEY32 will offer to save the decrypted file using the original
- filename.
- - You can now choose the filename for saving decrypted or encrypted messages
- where no filename is provided. Also, if the filename would overwrite an
- existing file, you are prompted and can choose another filename.
- - You may now choose to run PGP normal, minimized (default) or hidden.
- Right-click on the Help button in Lock32 and choose options.
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- To install LOCK & KEY, follow these steps:
- 1. Unzip all files to a disk or directory.
- 2. Run INSTALL.EXE.
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- LOCK & KEY is written in Microsoft Visual Basic and requires the Visual
- Basic 4/32 bit runtime (VB40032.DLL). If you do not have this file, see
- the Installation section of the Help file which will explain how to get this
- file.
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- LOCK & KEY supports Windows 95 automatic uninstallation.
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- LOCK & KEY is shareware. The shareware version is fully functional
- but includes a shareware delay and registration reminder.
- Registration is U.S. $19.95. To register, send U.S. $19.95 to:
- Walter E. Heindl
- 271 Misty Patch Road
- Coatesville, PA 19320
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- You may also register LOCK & KEY on CompuServe. Type GO SWREG.
- Registration number is 12438. Registered users will receive a
- password which will remove the shareware delay for this and future
- versions.
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- Visit http://www.voicenet.com/~wheindl/order.htm to order online using your
- credit card and the First Virtual Internet payment system.
-
- You may freely distribute the shareware archive provided that all
- files are intact.
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- For technical support, bug reports or suggestions, send email to:
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- Walter E. Heindl <wheindl@voicenet.com>
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