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- What's New in PGP Freeware Version 6.5.2a
- for Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000
- Copyright (c) 1990-99 by Networks Associates
- Technology, Inc., and its Affiliated Companies.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- Thank you for using Network Associates' products.
- This What's New file contains important information
- regarding PGP Freeware. Network Associates strongly
- recommends that you read this entire document.
-
- Network Associates welcomes your comments and
- suggestions. Please use the information provided in
- this file to contact us.
-
- Warning: Export of this software may be restricted
- by the U.S. Government.
-
- ___________________
- WHAT'S IN THIS FILE
-
- - About this Freeware Product
- - Did You Know?
- - New Features
- - Documentation
- - System Requirements
- - Known Issues
- - Year 2000 Compliance
- - Additional Information
- - Contacting Network Associates
-
- ___________________________
- ABOUT THIS FREEWARE PRODUCT
-
- Network Associates is proud to provide freeware
- versions of PGP products for non-commercial use.
- PGP Freeware brings easy-to-use, strong encryption
- to the masses. You can use PGP to protect your
- email, your files, and now even your network
- connections. Let PGP bring a new level of privacy
- and security to your everyday computer use
- and communications with others.
-
- NOTE: Please refer to the included license for the
- specific terms and conditions of using this product.
-
- _____________
- DID YOU KNOW?
-
- * PGP PERSONAL PRIVACY IS AVAILABLE *
-
- Did you know that PGP Personal Privacy, the retail
- version of this product, provides many features and
- benefits not included with this freeware product?
- The following are just some of the added features
- and benefits of using PGP Personal Privacy:
-
- * PGPdisk
- PGPdisk provides transparent, easy-to-use
- encryption of files stored on your computer.
- When mounted, PGPdisk appears as another
- hard drive on your system. Your files are
- automatically encrypted when stored and
- decrypted when accessed on your PGPdisk.
- PGPdisk gives you the ability to easily
- protect your files from prying eyes.
-
- * Technical support
- Network Associates does not provide technical
- support for freeware products. By purchasing
- PGP Personal Privacy, you can contact Network
- Associates technical support to answer any
- questions you may have about using PGP.
-
- * Licensed for commercial use
- PGP Freeware is not licensed for commercial use.
- PGP Personal Privacy and PGP Desktop Security
- (the corporate version of this product) are
- licensed for commercial use.
-
- Thank you for choosing PGP Freeware as your
- solution for privacy and security. We encourage you
- to show your support for this great product by buying
- a copy of PGP Personal Privacy today! Your purchase
- will help us continue to extend and enhance this
- leading personal security solution.
-
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- NEW FEATURES IN PGP
-
- 1. PGPnet. PGPnet is a landmark product in the
- history of PGP. PGPnet secures all TCP/IP
- communications between the local machine and any
- other machine running PGPnet. PGPnet has been
- successfully tested with Cisco routers (requires
- Cisco IOS 12.0(4) or later with IPSec TripleDES).
-
- 2. Self-Decrypting Archives. You may now encrypt
- files or folders into Self-Decrypting Archives
- (SDAs) that can be used by users who do not even
- have PGP. The archives are completely independent
- of any application, compressed and protected by
- PGP's strong cryptography.
-
- 3. Integrated PGP Command Line. This version
- incorporates the popular command line version of
- PGP for Windows platforms. This product provides
- a convenient way to integrate PGP with other
- Windows applications and automated processes
- on your desktop system. Please note that this
- is intended for single user/workstation use. For
- use on servers, customers are required to purchase
- the PGP e-Business Server product. Please contact
- your local Network Associates Sales representative
- for more information.
-
- 4. Automated Freespace Wiping. PGP's Freespace Wipe
- feature now allows you to use the Windows Task
- Scheduler to schedule periodic secure wiping
- of the free space on your disk.
-
- 5. Hotkeys. The Use Current Window feature has been
- significantly enhanced by the addition of Hotkeys.
- By using a configured key combination, the
- Encrypt/Decrypt/Sign functions can be automatically
- invoked without using PGPtray. This feature is very
- useful for users using messaging applications for
- which PGP does not currently have a plug-in, such
- as Netscape Messenger.
-
- 6. Fingerprint Word List. When verifying a PGP public
- key fingerprint, you can now choose to view the
- fingerprint as a word list instead of hexadecimal
- characters. The word list in the fingerprint text
- box is made up of special authentication words that
- PGP uses and are carefully selected to be
- phonetically distinct and easy to understand
- without phonetic ambiguity.
-
- 7. Support for Outlook 2000 and Outlook Express 5.0.
- This version of PGP adds support for sending and
- receiving encrypted email in Microsoft Outlook 2000
- and Outlook Express 5.0.
-
- 8. HTTP Proxy Support. If you are behind a
- firewall with an HTTP proxy server, PGP now
- supports accessing HTTP keyservers through the
- proxy. To use this feature, you must configure
- the proxy server address in your Internet Explorer
- preferences.
-
- 9. Smart Word Wrapping. The word wrapping in PGP now
- automatically rewraps paragraphs and even quoted
- paragraphs resulting in much cleaner signed
- messages.
-
-
- * PGP VERSION 6.5.2a ENHANCEMENTS *
-
- 1. Support for Windows 2000 operating systems. This
- release of PGP introduces support for Microsoft's
- latest releases of Windows. All PGP functionality is
- available in Windows 2000 except PGPnet. PGPnet will
- support Windows 2000 in future releases of PGP.
-
- 2. Windows 2000 IPSec interoperability. PGPnet
- running on non-Windows 2000 systems can establish
- VPN connections with the built-in Windows 2000
- IPSec client. (The Windows 2000 system must be
- running the Windows 2000 High Encryption Pack.)
-
- 3. Intel Pentium III Random Number Generator (RNG)
- support. If your computer is equipped with the
- Intel RNG, PGP will use the random data generated by
- the chip in addition to our own entropy collection
- whenever random data is needed for key generation
- and encryption. The Intel RNG is currently only
- available with select Pentium III chipsets,
- including the Intel 810 chipset.
-
- 4. Automatic email plug-in pre-selection. PGP will now
- automatically pre-select email plug-ins to install on
- your system based on what messaging applications
- are installed. Nevertheless, you are still
- able to change the selected plug-ins at install time.
-
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- DOCUMENTATION
-
- Also included with this release are the following
- manuals, which can be viewed online as well
- as printed:
-
- * Introduction to Cryptography
- * PGP Installation Guide
- * PGP User's Guide
- * PGP Command Line User's Guide
-
- Each document is saved in Adobe Acrobat Portable
- Document Format (.PDF). You can view and print these
- documents with Adobe's Acrobat Reader. PDF files
- can include hypertext links and other navigation
- features to assist you in finding answers to
- questions about your Network Associates product.
-
- To download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the World Wide
- Web, visit Adobe's Web site at:
-
- http://www.adobe.com/
-
- This release also includes integrated online help
- in Microsoft Windows Help format:
-
- * Online help:
- - PGP online help
- - PGPnet online help
-
- Documentation feedback is welcome. Send email to
- tns_documentation@nai.com.
-
- ___________________
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- To install PGP on a Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT system,
- you must have:
-
- - Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3/4/5
- - 32 MB RAM
- - 16 MB hard disk space for the client install
-
- If you plan to run PGPnet on the system, you must
- also have:
-
- - Microsoft TCP/IP
- - A compatible LAN/WAN network adapter
-
- Note: PGPnet functionality is not available for
- users of Windows 95a (the original release of
- Windows 95) or Windows 2000. PGPnet supports Windows
- 95b (OSR2), Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0.
-
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- KNOWN ISSUES
-
- *PGP ISSUES*
-
- 1. Mismatching your keyring files can result in
- data loss. Your public keyring file and private
- keyring file must be kept in sync. If, for
- instance, you select a public keyring file that
- does not contain the public portion of your
- private key without also changing the private
- keyring to the corresponding file, you and
- others will not be able to encrypt to exported
- versions of your key after that time. In most
- cases, simply updating your key from a public
- copy on a keyserver will fix this. However, it
- is recommended that the keyring files always be
- kept in sync. A future version is expected
- to correct this issue.
-
- 2. Some PGP Versions 6.0 and later features are
- incompatible with previous versions of PGP, so
- we feature a "compatible" export format that
- strips incompatible features such as Photo IDs.
- Selecting "Include 6.X Extensions" in the
- Export dialog enables these features to be
- exported. By default, PGP exports in compatible
- mode. You may change the default in the Advanced
- Preferences dialog. When sending a key to a
- PGP Certificate Server Version 2.0 or above,
- Photo IDs always accompany the key. The default
- LDAP server in PGP 6.x supports this.
-
- 3. On Windows 95/98, the Free Space Wiper will
- reset every time another program writes to your
- disk while the wiping process is in progress.
- This is similar to defragmentation programs,
- and is required by the Operating System. For
- optimal wiping, make sure to close all open
- applications. On some systems with very low
- amounts of RAM, it may be advisable to also
- shut down Windows Explorer.
-
- 4. The Windows Explorer provides PGP with
- information only about the target of a shortcut
- and not the shortcut itself. If you use the
- Wipe feature in the Explorer, the shortcut
- itself will not be wiped. The actual target
- will be wiped. When using PGPtools, the shortcut
- will also be wiped.
-
- 5. Hotkeys are for use with applications that
- support general text editing. Using Hotkeys
- with some applications may result in
- unpredictable behavior.
-
- 6. The PGP Exchange/Outlook plugin does not support
- Microsoft Word as an email editor.
-
- 7. We strongly recommend that VirusScan users
- upgrade to VirusScan Version 4.0.3 or later to
- take advantage of the newest virus DAT file
- update features.
-
-
- * PGPNET ISSUES *
-
- 1. Do not attempt to manually uninstall PGPnet.
- It is very important that you use the PGP
- Uninstaller to remove PGPnet. PGPnet makes
- extensive modifications to the registry and
- changes the bindings on network adapters.
- The PGP Uninstaller can be accessed via the
- Add/Remove Programs control panel.
-
- 2. [Windows NT only]
- As a precautionary measure, in the unusual
- event that there is a incompatibility between
- your network card driver and PGPnet, you can
- create a "No Networking" hardware profile
- prior to installing PGPnet on your system.
- The "No Networking" hardware profile can be
- used later if an incompatibility occurs.
-
- To create a "No Networking" hardware profile,
- right click on "My Computer," select Properties,
- and then select the Hardware Profiles tab. Use
- the Copy button to create a copy of the Original
- Configuration. Get Properties on your copied
- configuration and click the Network tab.
- Finally, select the "Network-disabled hardware
- profile" checkbox. Click OK to both windows
- and then you are done. (Due to a Windows bug
- we recommend that you restart once and
- double-check that the "No Networking"
- configuration is working before you
- install PGPnet.)
-
- 3. [Windows 95 only]
- You may experience a loss of networking after
- resuming from standby mode. You must reboot
- your machine to resume network activity.
-
- 4. PGPnet is not compatible with the Intel
- EtherExpress 16 driver.
-
- 5. Installing virtual private network software
- such as PGPnet on the same machine as a firewall
- or another VPN client is highly likely to cause
- problems. We recommend uninstalling the other
- product prior to installing or choosing not to
- install PGPnet on such a machine.
-
- 6. You cannot use the default MSN dialer to
- connect to MSN if PGPnet is installed.
- To connect to MSN with PGPnet, use the Microsoft
- Dial-Up Networking client.
-
- ____________________
- YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
-
- Information regarding NAI products that are
- Year 2000 compliant and its Year 2000 standards
- and testing models may be obtained from NAI's
- website at http://www.nai.com/y2k.
-
- For further information, email y2k@nai.com.
-
- ______________________
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
- PGP 6.5.2a includes support for both RSA and
- Diffie-Hellman key types.
-
- _____________________________
- CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES
-
- NOTE: Network Associates does not provide technical
- support for freeware products. To purchase a retail
- or commercial version of PGP, please contact the
- Network Associates Customer Service department at:
-
- 1. Phone (408) 988-3832
- Monday-Friday, 6:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
- Pacific time
-
- 2. Fax (408) 970-9727
- 24-hour, Group III Fax
-
- 3. Email: custcare@nai.com
-
-
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