--- pgp/doc/pgp.1 2018/04/24 16:41:28 1.1.1.3 +++ pgp/doc/pgp.1 2018/04/24 16:45:58 1.1.1.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PGP 1 "PGP Version 2.5" +.TH PGP 1 "PGP Version 2.6.3i" .\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parms are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .SH NAME @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ useful enough to be enabled by default. .B ENCRYPTTOSELF - Add MYNAME to Recipients List -Default setting: ENCRYPTTOSELF = off +Default setting: ENCRYPTTOSELF = off If this is emabled, MYNAME will be implcitly added to the list of recipients for any message you encrypt with a public key. Since in @@ -364,13 +364,13 @@ information describing what it's doing. .B PUBRING - Public Key Ring Location -Default setting: PUBRING = $PGPPATH/pubring.pgp +Default setting: PUBRING = $PGPPATH/pubring.pgp This is the path name to the public key ring to use. .B SECRING - Secret Key Ring Location -Default setting: SECRING = $PGPPATH/secring.pgp +Default setting: SECRING = $PGPPATH/secring.pgp This is the path name to the secret key ring to use. @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ in a spoofing attack. .B RANDSEED - Random Number Seed File -Default setting: RANDSEED = $PGPPATH/randseed.bin +Default setting: RANDSEED = $PGPPATH/randseed.bin This is the path to a random seed file which is part of PGP's random number generation algorithm, used to generate session keys. @@ -396,27 +396,17 @@ process and protecting it from disclosur .B COMMENT - ASCII Armor Comment -Default setting: COMMENT = "" +Default setting: COMMENT = "" If set to a non-empty string, the value of this variable is printed in the header of ASCII armor files, preceded by "Comment: ". -.B PKCS_COMPAT - PKCS compatibility +.B LEGAL_KLUDGE - Incompatibility with PGP versions prior to 2.6 -Default setting: PKCS_COMPAT = 1 +Default setting: LEGAL_KLUDGE = on -This flag is ignored by PGP 2.5; it is always taken as 1. If -set to 1, PGP pads message digests and session keys inside -RSA-encrypted integers according to RSA Data Security, Inc.'s -Public-Key Cryptography Standards. If set to 0, earlier versions -of PGP generated an old incompatible formats. Either was accepted. - -The RSAREF public-key encryption routines used by PGP 2.5 are unable to -decode the old formats. - -There are still many areas of incompatibility with the PKCS; -in future, higher values of this flag may enable more compatibility -features. +If set, PGP will generate keys and messages in a new format that +cannot be read by PGP 2.5 and earlier versions. @@ -549,21 +539,12 @@ of thousands. .SH "LEGAL RESTRICTIONS" +PGP 2.6.3i is freeware, and may be used for non-commercial purposes +only. This version of PGP is illegal to use within the USA but is +fine elsewhere in the world. US users should get a copy of MIT PGP +2.6.2 instead, or purchase the commercial version 2.7.1 from ViaCrypt. + For detailed information on PGP licensing, distribution, copyrights, patents, trademarks, liability limitations, and export controls, see the "Legal Issues" section in the "PGP User's Guide, Volume II: -Special Topics". In particular, PGP is export restricted by the Offices -of Defense Trade Controls and Munitions Control, U.S. Department of -State, and shall not be exported or reexported from the United States, -directly or indirectly, without obtaining a U.S. Department of State -License. - -PGP uses a public key algorithm claimed by U.S. patent #4,405,829. The -exclusive rights to this patent are held by a California company called -Public Key Partners. This is explained in the PGP User's Guide, Volume II. - -PGP itself is freeware, but it inherits certain encumbrances from its -use of RSAREF to perform public-key encryption. - -Another fully licensed commercial PGP is available from ViaCrypt, 2104 West -Peoria Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85029, (602) 944-0773. +Special Topics".