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- From: rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,alt.security.pgp
- Subject: Re: PGP 2.1 and HPACK 0.78 for OS/2
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <724546599rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org>
- Sender: root@jonas.gold.sub.org
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 23:56:39 MET
- References: <724280426snz@pintu.demon.co.uk>
- Organization: Private
- Lines: 40
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- In article <724280426snz@pintu.demon.co.uk> twillis@pintu.demon.co.uk (Tom Willis) writes:
- >I have posted OS/2 32-bit versions of PGP and HPACK available for
- >anonymous FTP from the UK. These are on:
- >
- > `ftp.demon.co.uk' [158.152.1.65] in ~/pub/ibmpc/pgp
- >
- >Both these were compiled from the standard shipped sources using the GNU
- >2.2.2 compiler (EMX version).
- >
- >PGP === `Pretty Good Privacy' a Public Key encryption system.
- >
- >HPACK === an archiving utility (currently in Beta) using PGP encryption
- >and authentication and supporting OS/2 EAs and HPFS long filenames.
- >
- >More information on both in NewsGroups alt.security.pgp and sci.crypt.
-
- Both programs are also available from ftp.uni-erlangen.de in Germany,
-
- pub/pc/os2/fauern/crypt/pgp21os2.zip
- pub/pc/os2/fauern/crypt/pgp21src.zip
- pub/pc/os2/fauern/archiver/hpack78os2.zip
- pub/pc/os2/fauern/archiver/hpack78src.zip
-
- Note that the standard pgp 2.1 has a very slight bug when using in
- pipe/filter mode and writing a binary file to stdout, which is then
- done in text mode and thus makes the output unusable. This version has
- the bug fixed.
-
- Note also that HPACK is VERY slow and this is (currently) normal with
- it.
-
- Kai Uwe Rommel
-
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