PGP.TXT 19/11/03
IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF BIG BROTHER USING PGP ENCRYPTION IS
BECOMING MORE NECESSARY
NOTES ON THE USE OF PGP ENCRYPTION VER 6.5.8 FOR WINDOWS 95
AND WINDOWS 98 DOWNLOADED FROM INTERNET SITE
THIS IS AN FTP SITE
DOWNLOAD ABOUT HALF HOUR.. ...WHICH VERSION TO USE ?
SELECT FROM SITE LIST TO SUIT YOUR O/S
MAKE A DIRECTORY C:\PGP AND COPY PGPFW658Win32.zip INTO IT
THEN UNZIP ALL FILES TO \PGP (USING UTILITY LIKE WINZIP)
THIS PLACES A PGP ICON ON THE WORKTRAY LOOKS LIKE A PADLOCK
CLICK TO OPEN
GENERATE A KEY PAIR AND COPY PUBLIC HALF OF PAIR TO OTHER MACHINE
YOU WANT TO SWAP ENCRYPTED MESSAGES WITH
PGPKEYS/MENU/KEY/NEWKEY NAME AND EMAIL@ADDRESS
FOR DIFFERING VERSIONS OF WINDOWS USE RSA AS CHOICE..
ENCRYPTION TYPE = RSA SIZE = 2048
SELECT A PASSPHRASE
THIS WILL NOW APPEAR IN PGPKeys DIALOGUE BOX ..
EXPORT PUBLIC KEY TO SECOND MACHINE YOU WISH TO SEND ENCRYPTED
MESSAGES TO
AFTER INSTALLING PGP AND EXPANDING ZIP FILE
CLICK WORKTRAY ICON OPEN PGPKeys and drag IMPORTED PUBLIC KEY ICON INTO
PGPKEYS DIALOGUE BOX
TO TEST ENCRYPT A FILE
PGP TOOLTRAY / PGPTOOLS/CLICK ENCRYPT BOX
SELECT FILE NAME TO ENCRYPT XXX.TXT
IN DIALOGUE BOX DRAG&DROP OTHER MACHINES PUBLIC ENCRYPTION KEY
TO ENCRYPT MESSAGE TO THAT RECIPIENT CLICK OK AND IT WILL WRITE AN RSA ENCRYPTED WERSION OF THE FILE TO SAME PART OF THE DISK AS THE ORIGINAL FILE... USE C:/TEMP OR SOME SCRATCHPAD DIRECTORY
COPY THIS ENCRYPTED FILE TO OTHER MACHINE
TO DECRYPT CLICK TOOLTRAY ICON/ PGPTOOLS
CLICK DECRYPT BOX /SELECTFILE XXX.PGP
ASKS FOR PASSPHRASE TO PREVENT UNATHORISED USER FROM SEEING FILE
THEN DUMPS A DECRYPTED VERSION OF XXX. TO DISK ALONGSIDE ORIGINAL FILE
XXX.PGP THIS IS THE READABLE VERSION ..
PGPTOOLS TOOLBAR OPTIONS
(1) ENCRYPT FILE WITH RSA
(2) SELECT FILE AND ATTATCH SIGNATURE
(3) ENCRYPT FILE AND SIGN
(4) DECRYPT FILE AND VERIFY
(5) SECURE ERASE FILE
(6) SECURE ERASE SPARE DISK SPACE
(7) KEY RING DIALOGUE BOX
DELETING FILES
SELECT FILE /RIGHT CLICK NAME /MENUPGP / WIPE
THIS IS A SECURE DELETE AND CAN BE USED ON ALL FILES ...
SECURE DELETE SPARE DISK SPACE /PGPTOOLS/FREESPACE WIPE...
MAKE YOUR PUBLIC KEY AVAILABLE ON FREE PGP SERVER
OPEN THIS SITE FIRST THEN DRAG AND DROP PUBLIC KEY ON TO IT..
THIS ALL WORKS OK IN WIN95 BUT HAS SOME MINOR PROBLEMS IN WIN98
WITH PASSPHRASE CHARACTERS AND IMPORTING PUBLIC KEYS OF D-H TYPE
RSA KEYS ARE OK !!!