1995-01-19 - Where to Get PGP FAQ

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WHERE TO GET THE PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY PROGRAM (PGP)
(Last modified: 17 January 1995 by Mike Johnson)

WHAT IS THE LATEST VERSION?

 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | Platform(s)     | Latest Version      | Distribution File Names         |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | DOS, Unix,      | Viacrypt PGP 2.7    | disk sets                       |
 | Mac, Windows,   |                     |                                 |
 | or WinCIM/CSNav |                     |                                 |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | DOS, Unix,      | MIT PGP 2.6.2       | pgp262.zip  (DOS + docs)        |
 | others          |                     | pgp262s.zip (source)            |
 |                 |                     | pg262s.zip source on CompuServe |
 |                 |                     | pgp262.tar.gz (source)          |
 |                 |                     | pgp262.gz (same as above on DOS)|
 |                 |                     | pgp262.tar.Z (source)           |
 |                 |                     | pgp262dc.zip (documentation)    |
 |                 |                     | pg262d.zip (docs on CompuServe) |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | Macintosh       | MIT PGP 2.6         | MacPGP2.6.sea.hqx (binary+docs) |
 |                 |                     | macpgp26.hqx (same as above)    |
 |                 |                     | MacPGP2.6.src.sea.hqx (source)  |
 |                 |                     | macpgp26.src (same as above)    |
 |                 |                     | MacPGP2.6-68000.sea.hqx (binary)|
 |                 |                     | mcpgp268.hqx (same as above)    |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | Mac Applescript | MacPGP 2.6ui v 1.2  | MacPGP-2.6ui-v1.2.sit.hqx       |
 |                 | + some beta versions| MacPGP2.6ui_V1.2_sources.cpt.hqx|
 |                 | based on MIT PGP    | MacPGP2.6uiV1.2en.cpt.hqx       |
 |                 | 2.6.2               | MacPGP2.6uiV1.2src.cpt.hqx      |
 |                 |                     | MacPGP2.6uiV1.2.68000.hqx       |
 |                 |                     | MacPGP2.6.2.beta*.sea.hqx       |
 |                 |                     | MacPGP2.6.2.beta*.src.sea.hqx   |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | Amiga           | PGP 2.6.2 Amiga 1.4 | pgp262-a14-000.lha              |
 |                 |                     | pgp262-a14-020.lha              |
 |                 |                     | pgp262-a14-src.lha              |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | Atari           | Atari PGP 2.6.1     | pgp261st.zip                    |
 |                 |                     | pgp261b.lzh                     |
 |-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------------|
 | Non-USA version | PGP 2.6.i from      | pgp26i.zip                      |
 | to avoid RSAREF | Stale Schumacher    | pgp26is.zip                     |
 | license.        |                     | pgp26is.tar.gz                  |
 |_________________|_____________________|_________________________________|


PGP BOOKS

Protect Your Privacy:         PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
  A Guide for PGP Users
by William Stallings          by Simson Garfinkel
Prentice Hall PTR             O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ISBN 0-13-185596-4            ISBN 1-56592-098-8
US $19.95                     US $24.95

If you order Stallings' book from National Computer Security Association
(74774.1326@compuserve.com) they will donate $1 of the price to Phil
Zimmermann's legal defense fund.


WHERE CAN I GET THE PGP VERSION DIRECTLY FROM PHILIP ZIMMERMANN?

Get the MIT version.  See  http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp-form.html


WHAT IS PGP 2.6.i?

Stale Schumacher <staalesc@ifi.uio.no> released an international version of
PGP built the "right way."  By "right way," I mean that it uses the latest
MIT code, but uses a different rsaglue.c to use the mpilib instead of RSAREF
for RSA calculations, thus including all the latest bug fixes and features in
the main freeware PGP code line, but frees non-USA persons from the
limitations of the RSAREF license.  This release has been as strongly
endorsed by Philip Zimmermann as he can do without incriminating himself.

Naturally, by not using the RSAREF code for RSA calculations, this version is
not legal for use in the USA (other than limited research, etc.), but is fine
anywhere else (like Canada) were RSA patents don't hold.

Note that the latest version of Stale Schumacher's PGP is 2.6.i, 2.6i
(without the second .) was a beta test version that has been superceded.


WHAT IS PGP 2.6ui?

The "unofficial international" versions are really just PGP 2.3a, modified
just enough to make it compatible with MIT PGP 2.6, but do not include all of
the fixes in MIT PGP 2.6 and MIT PGP 2.6.1.  They have a "ui" somewhere in
their file names.


WHERE CAN I GET VIACRYPT PGP?

Contact Viacrypt in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.  The commecial version of PGP is
fully licensed to use the patented RSA and IDEA encryption algorithms in
commercial and government environments in the USA and Canada.  It is fully
compatible with, functionally the same as, and just as strong as the freeware
version of PGP. Due to limitations on ViaCrypt's RSA distribution license,
ViaCrypt only distributes executable code and documentation for it, but they
are working on making PGP available for a variety of platforms.  Call or
write to them for the latest information.  The latest version number for
Viacrypt PGP is 2.7.

Here is a brief summary of Viacrypt's currently-available products:

1. ViaCrypt PGP for MS-DOS.  Prices start at $99.98

2. ViaCrypt PGP for UNIX.  Includes executables for the following
   platforms:

     SunOS 4.1.x (SPARC)
     IBM RS/6000 AIX
     HP 9000 Series 700/800 UX
     SCO 386/486 UNIX
     SGI IRIX
     AViiON DG-UX(88/OPEN)

   Prices start at $149.98

     Executables for the following additional platforms are
     available upon request for an additional $30.00 charge.

     BSD 386
     Ultrix MIPS DECstation 4.x


3. ViaCrypt PGP for WinCIM/CSNav.  A special package for users of
   CompuServe.  Prices start at $119.98

Please contact ViaCrypt for quantity discount pricing.

Orders may be placed by calling 800-536-2664 during the hours of 8:30am to
5:00pm MST, Monday - Friday.  They accept VISA, MasterCard, AMEX and Discover
credit cards.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact:

Paul E. Uhlhorn
Director of Marketing, ViaCrypt Products
Mail:          9033 N. 24th Avenue
               Suite 7
               Phoenix AZ 85021-2847
Phone:         (602) 944-0773
Fax:           (602) 943-2601
Internet:      viacrypt@acm.org
Compuserve:    70304.41


WHERE CAN I GET THE FREEWARE PGP?

These listings are subject to change without notice.  If you find that PGP has
been removed from any of these sites, please let me know so that I can update
this list.  Likewise, if you find PGP on a good site elsewhere (especially on
any BBS that allows first time callers to access PGP for free), please let me
know so that I can update this list.  Because this list changes frequently, I
have not attempted to keep it complete, but there should be enough pointers
to let you easily find PGP.

There are several ways to get the freeware PGP:  ftp, WWW, BBS, CompuServe,
email ftp server, and sneakernet (ask a friend for a copy).  Just don't ask
Philip Zimmermann directly for a copy.


FTP SITES IN NORTH AMERICA

There are some wierd hoops to jump through, thanks to the U. S. Department of
State, at many of these sites.  This is apparently because the U. S.
Department of State wants to make it easier for people outside of North
America to develop, distribute, use, or sell strong cryptographic software
than people inside of the USA and Canada -- at least that is the effect of
their rules.

Telnet to net-dist.mit.edu, log in as getpgp, answer the questions, then ftp
to net-dist.mit.edu and change to the hidden directory named in the telnet
session to get your own copy.

MIT-PGP is for U. S. and Canadian use only, but MIT is only distributing it
within the USA (due to some archaic export control laws).

You can also get PGP from:

ftp.csn.net/mpj
    See ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/README.MPJ

ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj
    See ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/README.MPJ

ftp.netcom.com/pub/gr/grady/PGP (U. S. and Canada only).

ftp.eff.org
    Follow the instructions found in README.Dist that you get from one of:
    ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/README.Dist
    gopher.eff.org, 1/Net_info/Tools/Crypto
    gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Net_info/Tools/Crypto
    http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/

ftp.csua.berkeley.edu (for U. S. or Canadian users)
    /pub/cypherpunks/pgp/

ftp.gibbon.com
    /pub/pgp/README.PGP (OS/2 users see also /pub/gcp/gcppgp10.zip)

ftp.wimsey.bc.ca
    /pub/crypto/software/dist/README


WORLD WIDE WEB ACCESS

    http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp-form.html
    http://www.ifi.uio.no/~staalesc/PGPVersions.html
    http://www.mantis.co.uk/pgp/pgp.html
    http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/crypt.html
    http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Tools/Crypto/
    http://community.net/community/all/home/solano/sbaldwin
    http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~rknop/amiga_pgp26.html

COMPUSERVE

GO NCSAFORUM.  Follow the instructions there to gain access to Library 12: Export
Controlled.  PGP may be other places, too.

Compuserve file names are even more limited than DOS (6.3 instead of the
already lame 8.3), so the file names to look for are PGP262.ZIP, PG262S.ZIP
(source code), PGP262.GZ (Unix source code) and PG262D.ZIP (documentation
only).


BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS

Colorado Catacombs BBS
    Mike Johnson, sysop
    Mac and DOS versions of PGP, PGP shells, and some other crypto stuff.
    Also the home of some good Bible search files and some shareware written
    by Mike Johnson, including ATBASH, DLOCK, CRYPTA, CRYPTE, CRYPTMPJ, MCP,
    MDIR, DELETE, PROVERB, SPLIT, ONEPAD, QUICRYPT, etc.
    v.FAST/v.32bis/v.42bis, speeds up to 28,800 bps
    8 data bits, 1 stop, no parity, as fast as your modem will go.
    Use ANSI terminal emulation, or if you can't, try VT-100.
    Free access to PGP.  If busy or no answer, try again later.
    For free access: log in with your own name, answer the questions, then
    select [Q]uestionaire 3 from the [M]ain menu.
    (303) 772-1062  Longmont, Colorado number - 2 lines.
    (303) 938-9654  Boulder, Colorado number forwarded to Longmont number
                    intended for use by people in the Denver, Colorado area.

The Freedom Files BBS, DeLand Florida, USA  904-738-2691

Exec-Net, New York, NY, USA  (Host BBS for the ILink net)  914-667-4567

The Ferret BBS (North Little Rock, Arkansas)
    (501) 791-0124   also   (501) 791-0125
    Special PGP users account:
    login name: PGP USER
    password:   PGP

CVRC BBS  317-791-9617

CyberGold BBS 601-582-5748

Self-Governor Information Resource, 915-587-7888, El Paso, Texas, USA

In the UK, try 01273-688888

MAUS BBS (+49 781 38807) Offenburg, Germany - angeschlossen an das MausNet


OTHER FTP SITES

    ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
      /pub/virus/crypt/pgp
      This site has most, if not all, of the current PGP files.

    ftp.leo.org
      /pub/com/os/os2/crypt

    ftp.ox.ac.uk  (163.1.2.4)
      /pub/crypto/pgp
      This is a well organized site with most of the current PGP files as
      well as shells and mailer scripts.

    ftp.netcom.com
      /pub/dc/dcosenza -- Some crypto stuff, sometimes includes PGP.

    unix.hensa.ac.uk
      /pub/uunet/pub/security/virus/crypt/pgp

    ftp.ee.und.ac.za
      /pub/crypto/pgp

    ftp.csua.berkeley.edu
      /pub/cypherpunks/pgp (DOS, MAC)

    ftp.demon.co.uk
      /pub/amiga/pgp
      /pub/archimedes
      /pub/pgp
      /pub/mac/MacPGP

    ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de

    ftp.funet.fi

    ftp.dsi.unimi.it
      /pub/security/crypt/PGP

    atari.archive.umich.edu
      /pub/atari/Utilities/pgp261st.zip (Atari)

    ftp.tu-clausthal.de (139.174.2.10) (Atari ST/E,TT,Falcon)
      /pub/atari/misc/pgp/pgp261b.lzh

    wuarchive.wustl.edu
      /pub/aminet/util/crypt

    src.doc.ic.ac.uk (Amiga)
      /aminet
      /amiga-boing

    ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
      /pub/comp/os/os2/crypt/pgp23os2A.zip (OS/2)

    iswuarchive.wustl.edu
      pub/aminet/util/crypt (Amiga)

    nic.funet.fi  (128.214.6.100)
      /pub/crypt

    ftp.uni-kl.de (131.246.9.95)
      /pub/aminet/util/crypt

    qiclab.scn.rain.com (147.28.0.97)

    pc.usl.edu (130.70.40.3)

    leif.thep.lu.se (130.235.92.55)

    goya.dit.upm.es (138.4.2.2)

    tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (137.226.112.31)

    ftp.etsu.edu (192.43.199.20)

    pencil.cs.missouri.edu (128.206.100.207)

    ftp.csua.berkeley.edu

    kauri.vuw.ac.nz

    nctuccca.edu.tw
      /PC/wuarchive/pgp/

    ftp.fu-berlin.de:/mac/sys/init/MacPGP2.6uiV1.2en.cpt.hqx.gz

Also, try an archie search for PGP.


FTPMAIL

For those individuals who do not have access to FTP, but do have access
to e-mail, you can get FTP files mailed to you.  For information on
this service, send a message saying "help" to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com.

Another e-mail service is from nic.funet.fi. Send mail to mailserv@nic.funet.fi
with the word HELP.

For the ftp sites on netcom, send mail to ftp-request@netcom.com containing
the word HELP in the body of the message.

To get pgp 2.6.i by email:
  Send a message to hypnotech-request@ifi.uio.no with your request in the
  Subject: field.

  Subject             What you will get

  GET pgp26i.zip      MS-DOS executable (uuencoded)
  GET pgp26is.zip     MS-DOS source code (uuencoded)
  GET pgp26is.tar.gz  UNIX source code (uuencoded)

For FAQ information, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with
      send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq
in the body of the message.


MACPGP OPTIONS

There are multiple parallel efforts to write an up-to-date MacPGP.  See the
following for the latest MacPGP beta stuff. Zbigniew Fiedorowicz
<fiedorow@math.ohio-state.edu> has updated his MacPGP to support Apple
events, and his distribution comes with complete source code. Grady's netcom
directory contains a different version, about which he says "This latest bug
release beta 1.23 fixes several relatively minor bugs.  Source to this
version is NOT available, so its use should be restricted to experimentation
only."

ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/README.MPJ
ftp://ataxia.res.wpi.edu/pub/mac-pgp/README
ftp://highway.alinc.com/users/jordyn/mac-pgp/README
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gr/grady/PGP/MacPGP262b1.23.seq.hqx.asc


PGP FOR WINDOWS, WINDOWS NT, AND WINDOWS 95

There isn't one, yet, that I know of (at least not a true native Windows
application).  There are several good shells that call the DOS PGP for the
actual work, though.  I use Viacrypt's, but there are others available as
shareware or freeware at most of the sites listed above for PGP itself.


IS MY COPY OF PGP GOOD?

If you find a version of the PGP package that does not include the PGP User's
Guide, something is wrong.  The manual should always be included in the
package.  PGP should be signed by one of the developers (Philip Zimmermann,
Jeff Schiller, Viacrypt, Stale Schumacher, etc.).


OTHER PGP DOCUMENTATION

   For more information on the "time bomb" in PGP, see
   ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/pgpbomb.asc

   More PGP details are at
   http://www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html

   Windows shells documentation
   http://www.LCS.com/winpgp.html

   Watch for the full PGP FAQ on alt.security.pgp.

LANGUAGE MODULES

   These are suitable for most PGP versions.  I am not aware of any
   export/import restrictions on these files.

    German
     * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_german.txt
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp_german.txt
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/PGP_german_docs.lha

    Italian
     * _IT:_
     ftp://ftp.dsi.unimi.it/pub/security/crypt/PGP/pgp-lang.italian.tar.gz
     * _FI:_
     ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/ghost.dsi.unimi.it/PGP/pgp-lang.italian.tar.gz
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp-lang.italian.tar.gz

    Japanese
     * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_japanese.tar.gz
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp-msgs-japanese.tar.gz

    Lithuanian
     * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_lithuanian.zip
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp23ltk.zip

    Russian
     * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp26_russian.zip
     * _RU:_ ftp://ftp.kiae.su/unix/crypto/pgp/pgp26ru.zip
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp26ru.zip

    Spanish
     * _IT:_
     ftp://ftp.dsi.unimi.it/pub/security/crypt/PGP/pgp-lang.spanish.tar.gz
     * _FI:_
       ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/ghost.dsi.unimi.it/pgp-lang.spanish.tar.gz
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp-lang.spanish.tar.gz

    Swedish
     * _UK:_ ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/language/pgp23_swedish.txt
     * _US:_ ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/public/pgp/pgp_swedish.txt


MAILINGLISTE FUER PGP UND VERWANDTES  (PGP MAILING LIST IN GERMAN)

Die Listenadresse:

        pgp-friends@fiction.pb.owl.de

Die *Request*adresse (fuer subscribe/unsubscribe und andere Administra-
tiva):

        pgp-friends-request@fiction.pb.owl.de


WHAT IS ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT EXPORT CONTROLS?

For a detailed rant, get ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj/cryptusa.zip


WHAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS EXIST IN THE USA?

MIT PGP is only for personal, noncommercial use because of restrictions on
the licensing of both the RSA algorithm (attached to RSAREF) and the IDEA
algorithm.  PKP/RSADSI insist that we use RSAREF instead of the mpi library
for reasons that make sense to them.

For commercial use, use Viacrypt PGP, which is fully licensed to use both the
RSA and IDEA algorithms in commercial and corporate environments (as well as
personal use, of course).

Another restriction is due to an exclusive marketing agreement between Philip
Zimmermann and Viacrypt that applies to the USA and Canada only.  Viacrypt
has exclusive rights to market PGP commercialy in this area of the world.
This means that if you want to market PGP commercially in competition with
Viacrypt in the USA or Canada, you would have to create a new implementation
of the functions of PGP containing none of Philip Zimmermann's copyrighted
code.  You are free to modify existing PGP code for your own use, as long as
you don't sell it.  Phil would also appreciate your checking with him before
you distribute any modified versions of PGP as freeware.

"PGP", "Pretty Good Privacy" and "Phil's Pretty Good Software" are trademarks
owned by Philip Zimmermann.  This means that if you modify an older version of
PGP that was issued under the copyleft license and distribute it without
Phil's permission, you have to call it something else.  This avoids confusing
all of us and protects Phil's good name.


WHAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS EXIST IN CANADA?

MIT PGP is only for noncommercial use because of restrictions on the
licensing of the IDEA algorithm.  Because the RSA algorithm isn't patented in
Canada, you are free to use the mpi library instead of RSAREF, if you want
to, thus freeing yourself of the RSAREF license associated with the RSAREF
copyright, which is valid in Canada.

For commercial use, use Viacrypt PGP, which is fully licensed to use the IDEA
algorithm in commercial and corporate environments.

The exclusive marketing agreement with Viacrypt also applies in Canada.  See
the section on USA intellectual property restrictions for more details.


WHAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS EXIST OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA?

MIT PGP is only for noncommercial in areas where there is a patent on
software implementations of the IDEA algorithm.  Because the RSA algorithm
isn't patented outside of the USA, you are free to use the mpi library
instead of RSAREF, if you want to, thus freeing yourself of the RSAREF
license restrictions.  The RSAREF copyright holds outside of the USA, even
though the RSA patent does not.

The IDEA conventional block cipher is covered by US Patent 5,214,703 and
European patent EP 0 482 154 B1.  IDEA is a trademark of Ascom-Tech AG.
Commercial users of IDEA (including commercial use of PGP) may obtain
licensing details from

Ph. Baumann, IDEA Lizenz
Ascom Tech AG
Postfach 151
CH-4502 Solothurn
Switzerland

Tel ++41 65 242828, Fax ++41 65 242847.


WHAT IS COMMERCIAL USE?

Use some common sense.  If you are running a business and using PGP to
protect credit card numbers sent to you electronically, then you are using
PGP commercially.  Your customers, however, need not buy the commercial
version of PGP just to buy something from you, if that is the only commercial
use they make of PGP (since they are spending, not making, money with PGP).

If you are just encrypting love letters or other personal mail (for which you
don't get paid) on your own personal computer, that is not commercial.  If
you are encrypting official business mail on your for-profit corporation's
computer with PGP, that is commercial use.

Note that there are some gray areas not covered above, and the patent owners
of RSA and IDEA may differ from my interpretation in the areas not covered
above, so if you are in doubt, you should consider the licensing of Viacrypt
PGP (or outside of North America, direct licensing of IDEA) to be cheap legal
insurance.  Indeed, the license fee is probably a lot cheaper than a legal
opinion from a lawyer qualified to make such a judgement.  Note that I am not
a lawyer and the above is not legal advise.  Use it at your own risk.


ARE MY KEYS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER PGP VERSIONS?

If your RSA key modulus length is less than or equal to 1024 bits (I don't
recommend less, unless you have a really slow computer and little patience),
and if your key was generated in the PKCS format, then it will work with any
of the current PGP versions (MIT PGP 2.6, PGP 2.6ui, or Viacrypt PGP 2.7). If
this is not the case, you really should generate a new key that qualifies.

MIT PGP 2.6.2 should be able to use 2048 bit keys.  Generation of 2048 bit
keys was supposed to automatically be enabled in PGP 2.6.2 in December, 1994,
but a bug caused the actual key limit to be 2047 bits.


MORE WORLD WIDE WEB URLs

  http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/pgp/pgp-mac-faq-hinely.html
  http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/pgp/pgp.html
  http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/crypto/cryptography.html
  http://www.pegasus.esprit.ec.org/people/arne/pgp.html
  http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/crypt.html
  http://ibd.ar.com/PublicKeys.html
  http://www.ifi.uio.no/~staalesc/PGPversions.html

WINDOWS SHELLS

Several shells for running PGP with Microsoft Windows are available at the
same places PGP can be found.


MACPGP KIT

ftp://duke.bwh.harvard.edu:/pub/adam/mcip/MacPGP_icons.sit.hqx
ftp://duke.bwh.harvard.edu:/pub/adam/mcip/MacPGPkit.hqx
ftp://duke.bwh.harvard.edu:/pub/adam/mcip/MacPGPkitSources.sit.hqx


BUGS

See the documentation that comes with PGP in the latest versions for bugs in
the older versions.

The latest versions of PGP may not fully wipe all traces of plain text from a
file when given the -w option.

For more information, see http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/pgp-faq.html


BETSI - BELLCORE'S TRUSTED SOFTWARE INTEGRITY SYSTEM

For information on this service, send mail to certify@bellcore.com with the
subject help, or check http://info.bellcore.com/BETSI/betsi.html


INTEGRATING PGP AND PINE

Send blank e-mail to slutsky@lipschitz.sfasu.edu with Subject: mkpgp to get a
c-shell script to interface PGP and Pine.  Send a second message with
Subject: addtomkpgplist
if you want updates sent you automatically.


HOW DO I PUBLISH MY PGP PUBLIC KEY?

There are lots of ways.  One way is to use a key server.  Send mail to one of
these addresses with the single word "help" in the subject line to find out
how to use a key server.

        pgp-public-keys@pgp.iastate.edu
        pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu
        pgp-public-keys@pgp.ai.mit.edu
        public-key-server@pgp.ai.mit.edu
        pgp-public-keys@cs.tamu.edu
        pgp-public-keys@chao.sw.oz.au
        pgp-public-keys@jpunix.com
        pgp-public-keys@dsi.unimi.it
        pgp-public-keys@kiae.su
        pgp-public-keys@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

        There is also an experimental public key server at
        http://ibd.ar.com/PublicKeys.html

There is an excellent commercial key certification and publication service,
too.  For $20/year or so, you can have your key officially certified and
published in a "clean" key database that is much less susceptible to
denial-of-service attacks than the other key servers.  People need not pay
any fees to retrieve keys so published.  Send mail to info-pgp@Four11.com for
information, or look at http://www.Four11.com/

You can also mail your key to pgp-public-keys@c2.org, and it will be posted
to the subscribers of that mailing list, sent to the keyservers, and posted
to alt.security.keydist.  To subscribe to the mailing list, send a message to
majordomo@c2.org with "subscribe pgp-public-keys" in the body of the message.

Another way is to upload it to the PGP public keys area of the Colorado
Catacombs BBS (303-772-1062).  Another way is to just send it to your
correspondents.  You could add it to your .plan file so that finger returns
your key.  You could add it to some of your postings.  No matter which way you
do it, you should have your key signed by someone who verifies that your key
belongs to you, so that you don't have someone else generating a key that has
your name on it, but that isn't yours.

Here is my public key:

- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.7
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=htAN
- -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----


TIME STAMP SERVICES

Mail sent to Time S. Tamp <timestamp@lorax.mv.com> will be returned, signed
with its own private key.


REPRODUCING THIS FAQ

Permission is granted to distribute unmodified copies of this FAQ.

To get the latest version of this FAQ, get
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mp/mpj/getpgp.asc or send mail to
ftp-request@netcom.com with the line
SEND mp/mpj/getpgp.asc
in the body of the message, or send blank mail to mpjohnso@nyx.cs.du.edu.
This FAQ is also archived at rtfm.mit.edu with a very long file name.

There are many other frequently asked questions.  Most of them are covered in
the documentation that comes with PGP or in one of the books about PGP.

Send corrections to mpj@netcom.com.  I regret that I lost some of the
corrections people sent me on the last round of this FAQ, so if I missed
yours, please send it again.  Thanks.

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