What's New in PGP Command Line
Version 6.5.8
Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Networks Associates Technology, Inc., and its Affiliated Companies.
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Thank you for using Network Associates' products. This What's New file contains important information regarding the PGP Command Line. 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.

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WHAT'S IN THIS FILE

Fixes in this Release 
Functionality Overview
Documentation
System Requirements
Installation
Known Issues
Contacting Network Associates


FIXES IN THIS RELEASE 

  • This release corrects a security-related bug with Additional Decryption Keys (ADKs) that may allow sophisticated attackers to add unauthorized ADKs to the unhashed areas of PGP public keys.

    For more information about this bug, please review the PGP ADK Security Advisory available on www.pgp.com.


FUNCTIONALITY OVERVIEW

PGP Command Line provides a convenient way for you to integrate PGP's strong authentication and encryption features with other applications and automated processes. Examples include encrypting credit card transactions, personnel records, etc. 

The following commands provide on-line help for each of the major product areas:

  • To display all of the encryption/decryption options: pgp -h
  • To display all of the key management options: pgp -k
  • To display all of the group management options: pgp -g 

DOCUMENTATION

Also included with this release are the following manuals, which can be viewed on-line as well as printed:

  • Introduction to Cryptography (IntrotoCrypto.pdf)
  • PGP Command Line User's Guide (PGPCmdLineGuide.pdf)

  • 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.

For UNIX releases the following online documents are also included: 
  • PGP.1

  • After the PGP Command Line product has been installed, this document can be found in:
    Linux RPM: /usr/man/man1
    Solaris: /opt/PGP/man/man1/
    tar file for all platforms: install_directory/pgp-6.5.8/man/man1

    For more information on how to view the man page, type man man at the command prompt (Unix). 

  • PGPCmdLineGuide.ps 
  • IntrotoCrypto.ps 

  • These are postscript files of the PGP Command Line User's Guide and the Introduction to Cryptography. After the PGP Command Line product has been installed, these documents are located in:
    Linux RPM: /usr/doc/pgp-6.5.8 
    Solaris: /opt/PGP/docs
    tar file for all platforms: install_directory/pgp-6.5.8/docs

Documentation feedback is welcome. Send email to tns_documentation@nai.com


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

To install PGP Command Line on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system, you must have: 

  • Windows NT version 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later)

  • or
    Windows 2000 (RC2 or later) 
  • 32MB RAM minimum 
  • 6MB disk space for software 
To install PGP Command Line on a UNIX system, you must have: 
  • One of these flavors of UNIX: 
    • Sun Solaris for SPARC version 2.51 or later 
    • AIX 4.2 or later
    • HPUX 10.20 or later
    • Linux x86 Red Hat (RPM) 5.0 or later 
  • 32MB RAM minimum for Linux, AIX, and HPUX 
  • 9MB disk space for software 
  • 9MB disk space in /opt directory for Solaris 

INSTALLATION

To install PGP Command Line on a Windows machine:

  1. Start the Windows system.
  2. Download the PGP files to the system or insert the PGP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  3. Double-click SETUP.EXE to start the Setup program.

  4. Note: If you are installing from the CD-ROM, the Setup program automatically starts. If, however, the Setup program does not initiate, double-click SETUP.EXE in the Disk 1 folder on the CD-ROM. 

    The PGP Command Line Welcome screen appears.

  5. Review the information in the Welcome screen, then click Next.

  6. The Network Associates license agreement appears.

  7. Review the license agreement information, then click Yes to accept the licensing terms.
  8. Use the default destination directory or click Browse to navigate to a directory for your PGP files, then click Next.

  9. The PGP files are copied to the computer.

  10. Click Finish to complete the PGP Command Line installation. 

  11. The WhatsNew.txt file appears listing the new features and other important information regarding PGP Command Line.


To install PGP Command Line on a Sun SparcStation:
To install the software, you must have root privileges.

  1. Download the PGP package to the system or insert the PGP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  2. If this is the first time you are installing the PGP Command Line product on this system, navigate to the directory where the PGPcmdln_x.x.x_Solaris file is located, and begin installing the package by issuing the following command (where x.x.x is the release number): 
  3. pkgadd -d PGPcmdln_x.x.x_Solaris

    If a previous version of the Command Line is installed on this system, you must remove it before you can install the new package. You can remove the installed package by issuing the following command: 
    pkgrm PGP

    Note: If you install from a CD-ROM drive under Sun Solaris, you may receive a warning that tells you that the file system does not conform to ISO-9660 specifications. This is because the name of the file contains more than eight characters. Ignore this warning; the install will proceed without problems.

  4. Review the license agreement information, then type Y to accept the licensing terms. 

  5. The installer processes the package and system information, verifies disks space requirements, and installs the PGP Command Line program files. 

    Note: The program files are installed to the default installation path of /opt/PGP/.

  6. When the installation is complete, you can verify that the product was installed properly by entering the following command: 
  7. pkginfo -l PGP

    The status for the selected package should be "STATUS: completely installed."


To install PGP Command Line on AIX and HPUX systems:

  1. Download the PGP package to the system or insert the PGP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  2. Uncompress the package by issuing the following command (where x.x.x is the release number): 
  3. gzip -d < PGPcmdln_x.x.x_AIX.tar.gz | tar xvf -
    or
    gzip -d < PGPcmdln_x.x.x_HPUX.tar.gz | tar xvf -

    When the package is uncompressed, the pgp-6.5.8/ directory is created.

  4. To run the PGP Command Line application, enter the following command: 
  5. ./pgp


To install PGP Command Line on Linux RPM systems:
To install the software, you must have root privileges.

  1. Download the PGP files to the system or insert the PGP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  2. Install the package by issuing the following command (where x.x.x is the release number): 
  3. rpm -iv PGPcmdln_x.x.x_linux.i386.rpm

    The PGP program files are copied to the system.

  4. When installation is complete, verify the PGP signature file by adding the PGP signature in the SampleKeys.Asc file found in /usr/doc/pgp-x.x.x/ directory to your keyring. 

  5. Once the PGP signature is added to your keyring, issue the following command (where x.x.x is the release number): 
    rpm --checksig PGPcmdln_x.x.x_linux.i386.rpm

    If the signature is correct, the response from this command is "OK."


KNOWN ISSUES

  1. The BATCHMODE flag is not supported when used with a UNIX-style filter.
  2. The -m and -w options cannot be used together (pgp -mw file). Use pgp -m first.
  3. The functionality to preserve a signature from within an encrypted file is not available in this release.
  4. The ability to use the +makerandom feature is not supported in this release.


CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES

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For reporting problems

Network Associates prides itself on delivering a high-quality product. If you find any problems, please take a moment to review the contents of this file. If the problem you've encountered is documented, there is no need to report the problem to Network Associates.

If you find any feature that does not appear to function properly on your system, or if you believe an application would benefit greatly from enhancement, please contact Network Associates with your suggestions or concerns.

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