Security Info and Links
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PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy. It is encrytion software
that allows people to put digital signatures on each piece of
e-email thus enabling people to securely exchange messages.
It is also possible to secure files, disk volumes and network
connections with both privacy and strong authentication.
Philip R. Zimmermann is the creator of PGP, and also of the
program called PGPfone. PGPfone allows conversations to be
digitally encrypted.
If you are a user that is concerned with security and
privacy, then PGP is for you. If your use PGP and want to
practice safe computing, you can check the PGP signed
message or file - whereby you will see if the message or
file is indeed legitimate.
MIT distributes PGP Freeware without cost for personal, non-
commercial use, only to U.S. citizens in the United States,
or to Canadian citizens in Canada. Currently they distribute
for the following platforms: Windows 95/98/NT/2000, DOS,
MacOS, AIX, HPUX, Linux, and Solaris. The Amiga versions are
not carried at MIT.
Thanks to Robert 'Rob' Knop, Amiga users have a port of PGP.
Rob ceased development of AmigaPGP after version 2.6.3, due to
the restrictions at the time. AmigaPGP 2.6.3 is much easier
to work with and much smaller in size than AmigaPGP5.
AmigaPGP is a legal port, as long as it is used for non-
commercial purposes. There are seperate USA/Canadian and
International versions available. The International versions
are referred to as PGPi. If you run into compatibility
problems when checking signatures that have been signed with
version 5, you could ask the sender to use their PGP5 in
backward compatible mode for your 2.6.3.
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PGP In The News
December 13, 1999 - The US Government granted Network
Associates, Inc. (NAI) an export license for PGP. Read more
about this news on the PGPi project's news page.
May 30, 2000 - CERT issued Advisory CA-2000-09, titled
Flaw in PGP 5.0 Key Generation. This advisory has to do with
the UNIX platform. In part this advisory states:
UNIX systems having a /dev/random device running any version
of PGP 5.0, including U.S. Commercial, U.S. Freeware, and
International versions. Under certain circumstances, PGP v5.0
generates keys that are not sufficiently random, which may
allow an attacker to predict keys and, hence, recover
information encrypted with that key. Read the full story
about the Flaw in PGP 5.0 Key Generation.
Aug 24, 2000 - CERT issued Advisory CA-2000-18, titled
PGP May Encrypt Data With Unauthorized ADKs. This advisory has
to do with PGP versions 5.5.x through 6.5.3, domestic and
international. In part this advisory states:
Additional Decryption Keys (ADKs) is a feature introduced into
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) versions 5.5.x through 6.5.3 that
allows authorized extra decryption keys to be added to a user's
public key certificate. However, an implementation flaw in PGP
allows unsigned ADKs which have been maliciously added to a
certificate to be used for encryption. Philip Zimmermann,
author of PGP, says in part "The MIT web site should have a new
PGP 6.5.x freeware release early Friday, and the NAI/PGP web
site should have patches out for the commercial releases at
about the same time." Read the full story about how
PGP May Encrypt Data With Unauthorized ADKs.
19 September 2000 - CryptoRights Benefit - The RSA
Expiration Party! A major party to celebrate the RSA patent
expiration will be held on Thursday, September 21, at the Great
American Music Hall in San Francisco. Admission is free, but
donations to benefit the CryptoRights Foundation are appreciated.
To read CryptoRights Foundation's particlulars, visit
The Big RSA Patent Expiration Party.
07 November 2000 - PGPwireless For Wireless Phone and PDA Users
Network Associates, Inc. (NAI), introduced the product PGPwireless, to
protect wireless phone and PDA users. PGPwireless provides encryption,
decryption, digital signature and authentication capabilities based on
world's most widely used encryption technology. (Added Jan 19, 2001)
11 January 2001 - PGP Security Wins Macworld Eddy Award
Network Associates, Inc. (NAI), announced that PGP Desktop Security 7.0
received Macworld's Eddy Award for Best Utility at the 16th annual awards
ceremony that kicked off the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. PGP Desktop
Security 7.0 defeated Connectix's Copy Agent 1.0 and Intego's NetBarrier
1.6 for the award. (Added Jan 19, 2001)
21 February 2001 - Legendary Cryptographer Phil Zimmerman Joins Hush
Dublin, Ireland - 19 February, 2001-Hush Communications Corporation
(www.hush.com) today announced the appointment of Philip R. Zimmermann as
a Chief Cryptographer for the Company. Zimmermann has been asked to lead
Hush's efforts to fully integrate support for the OpenPGP standard into
Hush's core technology by President and Chief Executive Officer, Jon
Matonis, and Chief Technology Officer, David Bowman. Read more about
OpenPGP here.
22 March 2001 - PGP Inventor Says Encryption Flaw Minor
Story at CNet News by Robert Lemos, says that a flaw found by two Czech
researchers in the popular OpenPGP digital signature standard is real but
relatively minor, Phil Zimmermann, chairman of the open-source group,
said Wednesday. "This is not a practical attack," he said. "Your
adversary has to be able to modify your private key. That means they have
to have access to your computer." Once an attacker has access, there are
many other ways they can monitor the system. That makes the attack
largely irrelevant, Zimmermann said. You can also read the article by
James Middleton of vnunet titled OpenPGP Flaw Confirmed.
25 April 2001 - PGPi News: PGP 7.0.3 Hotfix 1 Available
Pretty Good Privacy International, (PGPi) says this hotfix corrects a
bug in the Windows version of PGP 7.0.3 which made it possible for an
attacker to create a .sig file containing a DLL and trick PGP into
loading this DLL instead of the system DLL. This hotfix will force the
PGP component DLLs to always load from the directory they were installed
in. Additionally, it will force a "Save As" dialog for any extracted
files with a .dll, .sys, or .vxd extension.
* Hotfix .zip file: PGPfreeware703Hotfix1.zip
07 June 2001 - GnuPG 1.0.6 Released
Pretty Good Privacy International, (PGPi) says version 1.0.6 of the
GNU Privacy Guard is now available for download. This is a maintenance
release that fixes a number of bugs. The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a
free, GPLed RFC2440 (OpenPGP) implementation. It is being developed by
Werner Koch in Germany. Currently it is only available as a command line
program (Unix, Windows and DOS), but a GUI version is planned.
07 June 2001 - PGP Marked 10th Anniversary On 5th of June 2001
Phil Zimmermann starts off with "It was on this day in 1991 that I sent
the first release of PGP to a couple of my friends for uploading to the
Internet." He goes on to mention that it was ported to other platforms,
including Commodore Amiga.
* Click here for a PGP signed version of this announcement
25 September 2001 - NAI Releases Source Code For PGPsdk
Pretty Good Privacy International, (PGPi) says NAI has released the
source code for PGPsdk 2.1.1 for peer review. It can be downloaded here.
25 September 2001 - PGP Multiple User ID Vulnerability
Pretty Good Privacy International, (PGPi) says a vulnerability in PGP's
display of key validity has been discovered that could allow an attacker
to fool users into thinking that a valid signature was created by what is
actually an invalid user ID. The attack was discovered by Sieuwert van
Otterloo, and works on all PGP 5.x, 6.x and 7.x versions. NAI has already
released a hotfix that corrects the problem for the latest freeware and
commercial PGP versions. See the original report and NAI's advisory.
27 September 2001 - PRZ Says: No Regrets About Developing PGP
Phil Zimmermann says "The Friday September 21st Washington Post carried
an article by Ariana Cha that I feel misrepresents my views on the role
of PGP encryption software in the September 11th terrorist attacks."
(Zimmerman notes: This letter may be widely circulated)
* Click here for Signed version of announcement
* Click here for local Signed version at VHT-Canada
* Click here for Washington Post article in question
25 October 2001 - Network Associates Selling PGP Division
Pretty Good Privacy International, (PGPi) says NAI has announced that
it will discontinue PGP development and sell its PGP Security division.
Read more in WiredNews and ExtremeTech
18 November 2001 - Zimmermann Inducted into CRN Industry Hall of Fame
Marcia Savage of CMP Media, has a write-up on Philip Zimmermann's
accomplishments over the years.
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COMMERCIAL PGP Versions
PGP Home Page Has Trialware version
FREEWARE PGP Versions
USA/Canadian:
PGP at MIT n/a anymore
AmigaPGP 2.6.3
AmigaPGP 5.1
International:
PGP at PGPi Project
AmigaPGP 2.6.3i
AmigaPGP 5.1i
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PGP LINKS
PGP Home Page
PGP creator Phil R. Zimmermann
FAQ about PGP from PGPi Project
FAQ about PGP from MIT
Crypto-Gram: Computer and Network Security
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PGP FREEWARE AMIGA DOWNLOADS
USA/CANADIAN:
PGP 2.6.3 is only legal to use inside of the USA and Canada.
IF you are in any other country, use PGP 2.6.3i.
The following files (that are actually external links to the
webpage that the binarys are on), may only be downloaded by
residents of the United States of America or Canada.
Program Name: AmigaPGP 2.6.3
Programmer: Robert A. Knop Jr.
Notice: This archive is for USA or Canada only.
Released Version Archive Name
19-Jan-1996 2.6.3 PGPAmiga-000.lha Webpage
PGPAmiga-000 Read Me
* Requirements: All Amigas
* AmigaPGP 2.6.3 Home Page for further information
Program Name: AmigaPGP 2.6.3 [020]
Programmer: Robert A. Knop Jr.
Notice: This archive is for USA or Canada only.
Released Version Archive Name
15-Jan-1996 2.6.3 PGPAmiga-020.lha Webpage
PGPAmiga-020 Read Me
* Requirements: All Amigas
* AmigaPGP 2.6.3 [020] Home Page for further information
Program Name: AmigaPGP 5.1
Programmer: Stefan Zakarias
Notice: This archive is for USA or Canada only.
Released Version Archive Name
25-Mar-1998 5.1 amiga-pgp51-bin.lha Webpage
amiga-pgp51-bin Read Me
* Requirements: Details are in the readme file.
Bug-fixed version of language50.txt
* AmigaPGP 5.1 Start Page at PGPi for further information
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INTERNATIONAL:
PGP 2.6.3i is only legal to use outside of the USA and Canada.
IF you are in the USA or Canada, use PGP 2.6.3.
The following files (that are actually external links to the
webpage that the binarys are on), may only be downloaded by users
outside of the USA, and Canada. The PGPi Project's International
site, is located in Norway.
Program Name: AmigaPGP 2.6.3i
Programmer: Peter Simons
Notice: This archive is for International users only.
Released Version Archive Name
15-Jan-1996 2.6.3i PGPAmiga-2.6.3is.lha Webpage
PGPAmiga-2.6.3is Read Me
* Requirements: All Amigas
* AmigaPGPi 2.6.3i Home Page for further information
* Webmaster Note: If you have a hard time getting on the Norway
server, then you can try one of the mirror sites.
Click here for the AmigaPGP 2.6.3i mirror list.
Program Name: AmigaPGP 5.1i
Programmer: Stefan Zakarias
Notice: This archive is for International users only.
Released Version Archive Name
22-Mar-1998 5.1i amiga-pgp51i-bin.lha Webpage
amiga-pgp51i-bin Read Me
* Requirements: Details are in the readme file.
Bug-fixed version of language50.txt
* AmigaPGP 5.1i Start Page at PGPi for further information
Program Name: AmigaPGP 5.1i [060]
Notice: This archive is for International users only.
Programmer: Stefan Zakarias
Released Version Archive Name
22-Mar-1998 5.1i amiga-pgp51i-bin060.lha Webpage
amiga-pgp51i-bin060 Read Me
* Requirements: Details are in the readme file.
Bug-fixed version of language50.txt
* AmigaPGP 5.1i [060] Start Page at PGPi for further information
Program Name: AmigaPGP 5.1i Source Code
Programmer: Stefan Zakarias
Released Version Archive Name
21-Mar-1998 5.1i amiga-pgp51i-src.lha Webpage
amiga-pgp51i-src Read Me
* Requirements: Details are in the readme file.
Bug-fixed version of language50.txt
* AmigaPGP 5.1i Source Code Start Page at PGPi for further
information
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MISCELLANEOUS
Program Name: language50.txt
Author: Stefan Zakarias
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
07-Apr-1998 5.0 lang50.lha 21.027
lang50.lha.sig
lang50 Read Me
* Program Note: language50.txt is a bug-fixed version of the one
normally supplied with Amiga PGP5
Program Name: PGP5 Docs as AmigaGuides
Author: Chris Page
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
03-Apr-1998 1.0 PGP5Guides.lha 42.363
PGP5Guides.lha.sig
PGP5Guides Read Me
Program Name: ixemul & ixnet Librarys [000]
Programmer: GeekGadgets
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
01-Jan-1990 48.0 ixemul-48.0-000.lha 154.890
ixemul-48.0-000.lha.sig
ixemul-48.0-000 Read Me
* Includes IXPrefs for ixemul v48.0
Program Name: ixemul & ixnet Librarys [020]
Programmer: GeekGadgets
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
01-Jan-1990 48.0 ixemul-48.0-020.lha 249.337
ixemul-48.0-020.lha.sig
ixemul-48.0-020 Read Me
* Includes IXPrefs for ixemul v48.0
Program Name: ixemul & ixnet Librarys [040]
Programmer: GeekGadgets
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
01-Jan-1990 48.0 ixemul-48.0-040.lha 249.416
ixemul-48.0-040.lha.sig
ixemul-48.0-040 Read Me
* Includes IXPrefs for ixemul v48.0
Program Name: ixemul & ixnet Librarys [060]
Programmer: GeekGadgets
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
01-Jan-1990 48.0 ixemul-48.0-060.lha 151.651
ixemul-48.0-060.lha.sig
ixemul-48.0-060 Read Me
* Includes IXPrefs for ixemul v48.0
Program Name: IXPrefs for ixemul v48.0 Librarys
Programmer: Kriton Kyrimis
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
01-Jun-1999 2.7 / 48.0 ixprefs-v48.0.lha 31.325
ixprefs-v48.0.lha.sig
ixprefs-v48.0 Read Me
Program Name: IXPrefs for ixemul v47.2 Librarys
Programmer: Kriton Kyrimis
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
24-Nov-1997 2.7 / 47.2 ixprefs-v47lha 22.908
ixprefs-v47.lha.sig
ixprefs-v47 Read Me
* Does not include the GNU General Public License
Program Name: GNU General Public License v2
Programmer: Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
Jun-1991 2 GNULicense.lha 9.174
GNULicense.lha.sig
GNULicense Read Me
Program Name: MUI GUI for Amiga PGP5
Programmer: Stefan Zakarias
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
15-Apr-1998 1.6 pgp5gui-16.lha 28.148
pgp5gui-16.lha.sig
pgp5gui-16 Read Me
Program Name: MUI GUI for Amiga PGP5 (beta)
Programmer: Stefan Zakarias
Released Version Archive Name Byte Size
14-May-1998 1.7.4b pgp5gui-174b.lha 66.337
pgp5gui-174b.lha.sig
pgp5gui-174b Read Me
* Program Note: Full 'C' Source Included!
PGP-KEYS AVAILABLE
Alex van Niel key_avn-pgp.txt VHT-NL CEO and Programmer
Charlene key_clm-pgp.txt VHT-CAN + VHT-NL Member
Dirk Stöcker key_ds-pgp.txt Amiga Programmer
Georg Hörmann key_georg-pgp.txt Amiga Programmer
Jan Erik Olausen key_jeo-pgp.txt Amiga Programmer
Martin Zemblowski key_mz-pgp.txt VirusSlayer II
Peter Simons key_pgpkeys.txt AmigaPGP 2.6.3i port
PGP People key_pgpkeys.txt
Phil Zimmermann key_phil-key.txt PGP creator
Robert A. Knop key_rknop_key.txt AmigaPGP 2.6.3 port
Simone Tellini key_wiz-pgp.txt MCC Classes
Stef Zakarias key_stefanskey.txt AmigaPGP 5 ports
Zeeball Trzcionkowski key_zeeball-pgp.txt Safe
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