PGP Interactions

Version 7 and above

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PGP 7.0

On Friday, September 8, 2000, PGP, Inc. announced the release of PGP Desktop Security 7.0. Read the announcement here. Enhancements include:

Many tools to support PGP in businesses, such as the ability to easily configure PGP for users. Improved multi-user support on Windows NT/2000 systems.
Personal Firewall/Personal Intrusion Detection System/Virtual Private Networking
New RSA key format that provides support for the Additional Decryption Key (ADK) feature. (Renames old RSA keys to "RSA Legacy" key format.)
Key reconsruction--recover from lost passphrases by answering five questions only you know.
Several enhancements regarding X.509 certificates.
Improved keyring handling.
Collects random data from mouse movements and keystrokes all the time for better entropy.
Twofish support.
Encryption for ICQ, Lotus Notes 4.5.x-5.x and rich text in Outlook.
Several PGPdisk enhancements.

PGP Desktop Security 7.0.1-7.0.3

These are bugfix releases with minor improvements.

PGP Command Line 7.0.1

This is a command line version of PGP for several operating systems:

PGP Command Line for HPUX v7.0.1
PGP Command Line for Red Hat Linux v7.0.1
PGP Command Line for AIX v7.0.1
PGP Command Line for Linux v7.0.1
PGP Command Line for Solaris v7.0.1
PGP Command Line for Solaris (Package) v7.0.1
PGP Command Line for Windows NT v7.0.1

PGPfreeware 7.0.3

On Friday, February 2, 2001, PGP Security announced the release of PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for Windows and MacOS. Download it from here. Like previous PGPfreeware versions, it includes most of the enhancements of Desktop Security but does not include PGPdisk. For full details and system requirements, see the announcement.

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PGP 7.1

On Monday, June 25, 2001, PGP, Inc. announced the release of PGP Corporate Desktop 7.1. Read the announcement. This version replaces the Desktop Security version. A short summary of the improvements:

Improved firewall capabilities.
Improved VPN capabilities.
Support for file sizes larger than 2.5 gigabytes.

PGP 8.0

PGP, Inc. has released PGP 8.0, after acquiring the PGP-related assets from NAI, Inc. See the release announcement on their web site.

PGP 8.0 includes Windows and Mac versions, with four licensing schemes:

PGP Freeware
PGP Personal
PGP Desktop
PGP Enterprise

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