From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 04:52:20 -0800 (PST)
To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Is there a Win PGP?
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stewarts@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> At 10:58 PM 11/6/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >subject says it all.... Im just wondering is (and where) there is a windows
> >version of PGP.. thanks!
> 
> There are two separate issues - PGP with a Windows GUI, and 
> PGP that really runs as a Windows process, rather than needing
> to fire up a DOS window.  There are a dozen or so Windows GUIs for PGP,
> many of which are on ftp.ox.ac.uk.  I especially like Private Idaho;
> I think the path to it is www.eskimo.com/~joelm/ (also ftp.eskimo.com).
> Current version is about 2.8 ; I'm not running it because it dropped
> support for ViaCrypt (due to problems with ViaCrypt 4.0), and I like
> using ViaCrypt.  I'm also having problems getting the older versions
> to work on Windows NT (sigh...)
> 
> For a real Windows version, you can buy ViaCrypt (about $100-130?)
> At least inside the US, to use the interesting RSA methods except through the
> official external interfaces to RSAREF, you need permission from RSA.
> Basic PGP for DOS/Unix/Mac has this, but there isn't a blessed Windows 
> version except ViaCrypt, a commercial product.  For commercial applications,
> you probably also need ViaCrypt anyway.  It was a nice product before they
> added Key Escrow support.  Now that Phil has bought them, they'll presumably
> return to political correctness on that issue.

I did a port of PGP to a Windows DLL a long time back, but I never got around
to releasing it. I could bring it up to date and put it out there if there is
popular demand.

Cheers,

Ben.

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