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WHAT’S IN THIS FILE

• KNOW FUNCTIONALITY
• DOCUMENTATION
• KNOWN ISSUES
• CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES

KNOWN FUNCTIONALITY

This release of PGP Command Line v 6.5 includes the following functionality.  However, not all of the switches
are listed here in the summary.  For a complete listing please refer to the accompanying documentation.

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Usage summary

To display all of the encryption and decryption options
                     pgp -h

To display all of the key management options
                     pgp -k

To display all of the group management options
                     pgp -g

DOCUMENTATION

Also included with this release are the following manuals, which can be viewed on-line as well as printed:

• Introduction to Cryptography

• PGP Command line

To download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the World Wide Web, visit Adobe’s Web site at:

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
 

For Unix releases the following online manuals are include:

•  PGP.1

•  PGPcmdlnUNIX.ps

This is a postscript file of the Command Line Guide. This document is located in /usr/docs/pgp-6.5 (Linux) and /opt/PGPcmdln/docs (Solaris).

To download Network Associates documentation, visit the Network Associates Web site at:

Additional contact information appears in the following section.

Documentation feedback is welcome. Send email to tns_documentation@nai.com.

KNOWN ISSUES
 

1. The pgp -kv command does not identify the default key.
2. The BATCHMODE flag is not supported when used with a UNIX-style filter.
3. When the INTERACTIVE option is set to "off" in the pgp.cfg file, there is no error checking for user input.
4. The -m and -w options cannot be used together (pgp -mw <file>). Use pgp -m first.
5. The functionality to preserve a signature from within an encrypted file is not available at this release of the code.
6. The ability to use the +makerandom feature is not supported in this release of the code

CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES

On December 1, 1997, McAfee Associates merged with Network General Corporation, Pretty Good Privacy, Inc., and Helix Software, Inc. to form Network Associates, Inc. The combined Company subsequently acquired Dr Solomon’s Software and CyberMedia, Inc.

Network Associates continues to market and support the product lines from each of the former entities. You may direct all questions, comments and technical support requests to the Network Associates Customer Care department at any of the addresses or phone numbers listed below.

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FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS

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