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Privacy is becoming more and more of an issue to those of us who
communicate electronically via compuserve, fidonet, or the internet.
It's simply not safe (or wise) to send some information across the
net. One might not think it is prudent to broadcast your phone
number or address to everyone who logs onto fidonet simply because
you wanted to relay this information to a friend across the country.
That's where PGP co,es in. PGP enables you to send such infrmation
confidentially to someone even though literally thousands of people
will have access to the message.
I offer this shell free of charge to those who would like to be able
to use encryption to enhance their privacy, but don't wat to learn
some of the rather arcane syntax necessary to run PGP. It also
automates the process for experienced users.
You need 3 things to run this shell successfully.
1) PGP - this goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway.
2) VREXX - this shell uses VREXX to make the program work. It is
available from many sites including IBM. (It was written by an IBM
emloyee).
3) The environment variable PGPSHELL should be set. i.e.
SET PGPSHELL=C:\PGP
should be in your config.sys and autoexec.bat files.
The following files should be included in the ZIP file with
PGPAMP.CMD...
PGPAMP.SIG
AMP.ASC
README.
PGPAMP.CMD
PGPAMP.ICO
PGPAMP.SIG is a detatched signature file created by PGP of PGPAMP.CMD
After you add me to your public key ring, (see AMP.ASC), you
should be able to verify that PGPAMP.CMD has not been tampered with.
From the command line, enter
PGP PGPAMP.SIG
You will be prompted for the file that the signature was for.
You then enter PGPAMP.CMD and the file will be validated (or
not if it's been tampered with.
AMP.ASC is my public keyring. Either run PGPAMP and goto the KEYRING
commands and add this file to your public keyring, or enter the
following from the command line...
PGP -ka AMP.ASC
README is the file you are currently reading.
PGPAMP.CMD is the OS/2 command file that, when executed, will
hopefully provide you with a useful shell for interfacing with PGP.
PGPAMP.ICO is an OS/2 icon. Not very fancy, but then, I'm not an artist.
Release Notes:
PGPAMP.CMD Version 1.0
This is the initial release. I've tested the functionality of
PGPAMP and about the only known problems have to do with the focus of
the program. That is, when PGP needs information that is not provided
by the command line like your passphrase, the program focus is not
correctly shifted to the OS/2 window. This requires that you click on
the window and then enter whatever is requested. The program focus
will automatically be shifted back to the VREXX dialog boxes
correctly.
Future Enhancements:
1) As soon as I figure out how, I'll fix the progam focus
problem. (If anyone out there knows how to solve this, please let me
know.)
2) I may add a prompt for your passphrase which will be
stored as an environment variable for the duration of the program. If
you want this feature send me mail.
3) If there is a feature of PGP that I've left out that you
would like to see included, send me mail.
How to reach me:
I can be contacted on MCIMail at 370-1548
My Internet address is 00003701548@mcimail.com
I also occasionally hang out on AEN_NEWS, CIVLIB, or RTKBA
If you like this command file, send me mail. If you don't, send me
mail....
Alan M. Pugh