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PGS -Pretty Good Shell- v0.99 public beta
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Pretty Good Shell
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authors
Eelco Cramer
&
Eric Limpens
(C)opyright 1994 BLOCK Software (tm)
This product is freeware.
Ofcourse we appreciate every donation you can afford.
Pretty Good Shell is a user-friendly sophisticated professional
shell to make working with Pretty Good Privacy(tm) a bit easier.
Disclaimer:
Although this software has been tested frequently between updates
and prior to release, we can _not_ guarantee it is 100% error or
bug free. We, Eric Limpens and Eelco Cramer will not be held
responsible to any damage in any case, although this might be due
to PGS. This version is the public-beta version, tested prior to
release by our beta-testers, who risked the loss of data...
However, we would appreciate any information about the cause of such,
even though we don't think it will occur.
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Features:
- Usage of several userids for encryption/decryption.
- Viewing key information without using any external software.
- Editing a document/file using your favorite editor, prior to
encryption of the document/file.
- Executing _any_ DOS command using an improved DOS-shell, which
claims only a few bytes of ram. (when swapping to XMS/EMS or disk)
- Internal virus/tampering protection.
- Almost every single PGP commands supported.
- Easy to intergrate into your mailer using a combination of
commandline & menus.
- Enhanced keyring features.
- Supports the maximum (1264 bits) keygrade of PGP 2.3a.
- Using a 32 Bits executable as replacement of the default MSDOS
executable. - a STUBed DJGPP coff file will work perfectly inside
the shell, as long as GO32 is in the PATH variable -
- Create quoted reply on a message.
Requirements:
- At least DOS 3.1.
- A 80286 or better.
- PGP 2.3 or up (Tested with PGP 2.3a).
- Minimal 200000 bytes of free base memory (after PGS is started)
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Usage:
The Pretty Good Shell usages a hierarchical menu set, which is divided
so the commands of PGP can be reached at most ease.
When using PGS in the command-line mode, you will only see the menus
which are essential to the procedure which you like do. For information
about the commandline options type: "PGS /H" on the commandline.
For information about PGS, please use the online help facility, which can
be used pressing F1 or F2. We could write a 300 page manual on PGS, but
as this shell is quite self explanatory, and its use is intended for the
more professional user, we don't... But if YOU want to write a PGS manual
we are willing to answer all (well, all...) your questions.
Limitations:
With PGS you can only use the first 500 userid's (that is USERID's NOT
KEYID's) in your keyring. If that's not enough for you please contact the
authors.
Remember that PGS will be slower with large keyrings.
PGS-List:
To get ask questions about PGS or discussing bugs and other stuff join
the PGS-LIST. To subscribe send the following mail:
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To: listserv@vox.hacktic.nl
Subject:
subscribe pgs-list
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Credits:
credit where credit is due, these people have encouraged us in
creating this shell, supporting us with information which was
essential to some of the functions it includes, and for fool-proof
testing and figuring out how many bugs it still contained......
(in random order)
Alex de Joode - Thanks for beta testing and supporting PGS
on a listserver!
Peter v.d. Linde - Thanks for beta testing!
Branko Lancaster - Who supplied us a copy of his key-ring
dump procedure, which was the base of the
several procedures which read the information
from the public and secret keys.
Ralph Brown - For creating a great (gigantic) database of the
DOS and BIOS services. Check out the INTERxxx.ZIP
files on the SIMTEL-20 sites.
Larry Reeve - Who donated his NBDETECT to the public audience.
With which we urge you to register this software
when used on a network based system. <grin>
The NHL - Who supplied us with enough equipment (although
a bit slow on the fileservers now and than) and
with the Borland C 3.1 environment (the BEST!)
-- This does NOT mean they get a registration
discount or whatever favour ;-) --
... and you, for using our software...
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Problems, questions or remarks???
E-Mail them to:
Eelco Cramer,
- crame001@hio.tem.nhl.nl
- 2:282/317.20@fidonet.org
- 15:700/9211@digital-net
Eric Limpens,
- limpe001@hio.tem.nhl.nl
- simpson@cyberspace.org
Snailmail:
BLOCK,
IJsselstraat 76
8303 LD Emmeloord
The Netherlands (Pays bas)
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Last Notes:
Why are governments of all countries trying to ban encryption of
your private data? Here in the Netherlands, the ministry of justice
is changing (at least they are trying really hard) the law, so that
data-encryption will be prohibited when using datacommunications.
This law will no longer permit it to transmit encrypted mail over
data-lines which run through the Netherlands. When your British
(encrypted) mail is going to Belgium, and it is routed thru
Holland, you are breaking the law, and are therefore an outlaw...
Although the public isn't allowed to use encryption for its privacy,
the Government will be able to give some people the right to us it
though. This will, in simple terms, mean that I may no longer send
encrypted mail, but police, defense and who ever is working for
the state will be able to do so.
When governments all over the world will prohibit the usage of
encryption for datacommunications, people no longer will have privacy,
unless they want to break the law.
When you think you can live with this, why don't you send your