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Box750

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Dec 6, 2008, 12:54:50 PM12/6/08
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I just found recently that there is a free open source
PGP portable edition that will run in Windows
and Linux (Java based).

If anyone else is interested:

http://ppgp.sourceforge.net/

I am downloading it right now, and that is as much as
I know about it. :)

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George Orwell

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Dec 6, 2008, 3:21:05 PM12/6/08
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> I just found recently that there is a free open source
> PGP portable edition that will run in Windows
> and Linux (Java based).
>
> If anyone else is interested:
>
> http://ppgp.sourceforge.net/
>
> I am downloading it right now, and that is as much as
> I know about it. :)

This would be nice, but I had the same problem that was mentioned
in this SourceForge comment for this product:

I have been using PGP for a very long time. I am currently using PGP
Freeware 7.0.3 as well as keys that were created in 2000 and 2001. Yes
they are old but function fine for everything I do with PGP.

The question is when I install Portable PGP 1.0.4 and attempt to import
my secret and public keys, I get an error message that says:

"secret key ring doesn't start with secret key tag: 0xffffffff"

and

"public key ring doesn't start with public key tag: 0xffffffff"

So apparently the software does not work with all keys.

Can you confirm what key versions this software uses and if I would be
forced to update my keys in order to use it?


John Smith

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Dec 7, 2008, 3:37:01 AM12/7/08
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It probably wants you to create new keys?
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Box750

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Dec 7, 2008, 10:01:30 AM12/7/08
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>> Can you confirm what key versions this software uses and if I would be
>> forced to update my keys in order to use it?
>>
>>
> It probably wants you to create new keys?

It could be, the software works fine for me but I created new keys.
I dont know what happens when importing them.

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George Orwell

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Dec 7, 2008, 11:25:30 PM12/7/08
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Box750 <n...@email.spam> wrote:

> >> Can you confirm what key versions this software uses and if I would be
> >> forced to update my keys in order to use it?
> >>
> >>
> > It probably wants you to create new keys?
>
> It could be, the software works fine for me but I created new keys.
> I dont know what happens when importing them.

It won't import perfectly good keys without a better explanation than that?

How about this, dump that shitware and get GnuPG?

It *IS* possible to run that portable, check the enigmail plugin for portable thunderbird.

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Anonymous Remailer

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Dec 8, 2008, 9:38:04 AM12/8/08
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> Box750 <n...@email.spam> wrote:
>
>>>> Can you confirm what key versions this software uses and if I
>>>> would be forced to update my keys in order to use it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It probably wants you to create new keys?
>>
>> It could be, the software works fine for me but I created new keys.
>> I dont know what happens when importing them.
>
> It won't import perfectly good keys without a better explanation than
> that?
>
> How about this, dump that shitware and get GnuPG?
>
> It *IS* possible to run that portable, check the enigmail plugin for
> portable thunderbird.
>

If you need PGP rather than GnuPG, they are free here:

http://www.pgpi.org/cgi/download.cgi?filename=PGPFW658Win32.zip
http://www.pgpi.org/cgi/download.cgi?filename=PGPFW703.zip


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