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- PGP/AMIGA Version 2.0
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-
- All rights to PGP are reserved by Phil Zimmermann. All contributed modules
- are also subject to the copyrights of their individual authors, on the same
- conditions. Certain algorithms used by PGP are subject to patent restrictions
- and this software as a whole may be subject to export control in certain
- countries. Read the PGP Guide for full copyright information and for details
- about export control.
-
- Amiga port done by Cor Bosman (bosman@fwi.uva.nl) with help from
- Risto Paasivirta (paasivir@jyu.fi).
-
- This port was done using Lattice-C version 5.10. The source is not
- included in this archive. If you want to compile the source for
- yourself, or want to view it, it is available in the standard
- pgp distribution.
-
-
- Installing PGP on amiga.
- ------------------------
-
- To install PGP on your amiga, follow the next few steps.
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- 1) copy the amiga binary 'pgp' to your C: directory.
-
- 2) make a directory where you want to keep your PGP files.
- For example DH0:PGP .
-
- 3) Copy config.txt , language.txt and pgp.hlp to that directory.
-
- 4) PGP checks the PGPPATH environment variable to find this directory.
- use: setenv PGPPATH <directory you created in step 2>
- In the example case: setenv PGPPATH DH0:pgp
- If pgp cant find the files it requires on this path, it will check
- the current directory. If it isnt found there, pgp will prompt
- for a filename. You can break all of pgp's functions at any time
- by typing a ^c (ctrl-c)
-
-
- IMPORTANT: pgp needs a stacksize of at least 16000 bytes!!!
- Any less might cause guru's
- use: stack 16000 , to set the stack.
-
- 5) There are 2 public keys in the package. You can add both
- of them to your keyring. And you can ofcourse remove them
- at any time again. If you want to do step 6 , checking the
- binary for illegal modifications, then you have to add
- these public keys. To add them do:
-
- pgp bosman.asc , and
- pgp paasivir.asc
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- 6) We have added 2 signature checks for the pgp binary file.
- With these signatures you can check if the binary has been
- tampered with, for example by a virus. You can keep these
- signatures, and check the integrity of your binary at any time.
- To check your binary with the signatures do:
- pgp bosman.sig or pgp paasivir.sig
-
- PGP will then prompt you for the pgp binary name.
-
-
- 7) Now you are ready to make your own key.
- Type: pgp -kg (pgp -h , for a small help file)
- Pgp will prompt you for a keysize. For the slower amiga
- types, like unaccelerated 500 or 2000, best would be to
- pick a size below 500 bits. Not because the keygeneration
- takes a lot of time for bigger keys, cause you only need
- to do that once. But because encryption/decryption, especially
- if you have added signatures can take a LOT of time with
- big keys.
-
- During the keygeneration process, PGP will ask you to type in
- a certain amount of characters. This is neccesairy for the
- random generator. Dont type too fast here. If you type too
- fast , pgp will show a '?' , good entries will show a '.'
- Characters that were typed too fast will be ignored.
- When you have almost entered enough keys you'll see 'o'
- Be patient, it will finish. Also take into account that
- generation of large keys takes a lot of time , even
- on accelerated machines.
-
-
- If something isnt clear, read all the supplied document files carefully.
- Most questions/problems are explained in the pgpdoc1.txt and pgpdoc2.txt
- If things still arent clear, or you have bug reports, try
- the newsgroup dedicated to pgp (for those with internet access)
- the group is called: alt.security.pgp
- If you have any patches for the amiga version ONLY, send them to
- the address below.
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- Cor Bosman , internet: bosman@fwi.uva.nl
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