Welcome to the PGP beta test program!

Before reporting any bugs, please check the pgp(1) man page to ensure
that they are not already known.

Bugs should be reported by emailing pgplinuxbeta@pgp.com

A word of warning:  The command line has changed _substantially_ since
2.6.2.  Make sure your favorite command does what you think it does
before you execute it.

INSTALLATION:

./pgpinst

This will ask you for bin and man page destinations.

CHANGES:

There are a number of large changes from the 2.6.2 distribution.
Remember, this software has been in development since immediately
after 2.6.2's release.

Most notable are that the command line has changed substantially.  See
the pgp(1) man page for a discussion of how to use the new command
line.

Also, to allow easy interoperation with older versions on the same
system, a number of filename changes have been made:

~/.pgp/pubring.pgp is now ~/.pgp/pubring.pkr
~/.pgp/secring.pgp is now ~/.pgp/secring.skr
~/.pgp/config.txt is now ~/.pgp/pgp.cfg
~/.pgp/language.txt is now ~/.pgp/language50.txt

The application will NOT automatically migrate these files for you; if
you wish to retain your existing keyrings and configuration files, you
should copy them yourself.  Note that copying language.txt to
language50.txt is a decidedly bad idea.  Also note that language50.txt
is entirely optional; US English is the only language it contains at
this time.

We do not anticipate changing these filenames in future releases.

NEW FEATURES:

PGP 5.0 contains support for new encryption methods (most notably
DSS/Diffie-Hellman), and built-in keyserver support.  Also, the
command line has been redesigned to be more Unix and scripting
friendly.

To send keys to the keyserver:

  pgpk -x quark@baz.com -o hkp://keys.pgp.com

To add a key to your keyring from the server:

  pgpk -a hkp://keys.pgp.com/quark@baz.com

HKP is the Horowitz Key Protocol.  Its default port is 11371.

We also support http and finger, but for gets only.  For example, to
add my key to your keyring, you can do:

  pgpk -a http://www.baz.com/quark/pgp.html

OR

  pgpk -a finger://baz.com/quark


EPILOGUE:

We've had a lot of fun, writing this, and hope you enjoy using it.
PGP has gotten faster, more stable, and has better features.  Happy
encrypting!

Rest assured, we WILL be releasing a source Unix distribution.
Unfortunately, licensing and export issues make this difficult; the
beta process for Linux will be completed on a binary basis.  We
understand the difficulty this causes, and will be working to find a
solution in the future.

Brett A. Thomas
bat@pgp.com, quark@baz.com

PS:  While the libraries are very stable at this time, remember -
this is beta software!  BACK UP YOUR KEYRINGS, FIRST!
