ANNOUNCE: Turnpike Six v6.01 released
Paul Overell
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Announcing Turnpike Six v6.01
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Turnpike Six v6.01 is now available.
This program is freely available for existing users of Turnpike. If you
have a Universal licence it will work with other ISPs, otherwise it will
only work when you are connected to Demon.
You will need to be using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows
NT4, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
The rest of this announcement is:
1. What's new in Turnpike Six v6.01
2. Migrating to Turnpike Six from Turnpike 5 or earlier
3. Notes for Windows NT4, 2000 and XP users
4. The IP Insight Client
5. How to install and use the program
But first of all, we wish to thank all of the people who assisted us by
alpha and beta testing Turnpike Six. Without their assistance, and
timely reports of problems, Turnpike Six would be a far less useful and
stable program.
1. What's new in Turnpike Six v6.01
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PGP 7
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Turnpike Six now includes PGP Personal Security version 7.0.3.
Upgrading from PGP 6.5.3
If you have PGP 6.5.3 installed from Turnpike 5 or Six version 6.00 then
the installer will be able to replace it with PGP 7.0.3. Just tick the
box for the PGP 7 component and the PGP 7 installer will be run to
replace your PGP 6.5.3.
Please note that the installer may have to remove PGP and restart your
computer before PGP 7 can be installed. In this case you will then have
to run the installer again after the restart.
PGP 7 and Windows XP
There is not yet a released version of PGP which supports Windows XP. It
is believed that PGP Key Management does work under Windows XP, but
PGPdisk is less than satisfactory and PGPnet does not work. When the
PGP 7 installer runs it will warn you of the lack of support under
Windows XP, but you will have to untick at least PGPnet for yourself.
PGP 7 and Windows 95
PGP 7 works on Windows 95, except that PGPnet can only be installed on
OSR2.
Reinstalling PGP 7
If at any time you need to reinstall your PGP 7 installation, then just
run the Turnpike installer from the self extracting .exe. When you
choose Repair in the Turnpike installer and have PGP 7 installed, then
it will also run the PGP 7 installer.
Compatibility with other mail clients
There has always been a problem when sending encrypted mail to clients
that are not PGP/MIME compatible. There are still significant numbers
of mail clients that are in this category and so changes have been made
to enable Turnpike to be used much more effectively when encrypting to
such clients.
It is now possible to encrypt in two ways: "fully encrypt" and "encrypt
content". Address book entries can be set which will make Turnpike
"encrypt content" by default when encrypting to the associated person,
though the default will be "full encryption". The method of encrypting
can be set on a per-message basis using the standard drop-down control.
When a message is fully encrypted and sent as MIME, it will now always
be sent as PGP/MIME. This means that the MIME headers as well as the
message contents will be encrypted.
When a message is fully encrypted and sent as non-MIME, it will be sent
in the same way as it would have been by Turnpike 6.00 and Turnpike 5.
The message text and any uuencoded attachments are encrypted as one
block.
As a result, attachment filenames are fully protected in "fully
encrypted" messages, though their presence may be guessed at by the size
of the message.
When a message is only "content-encrypted", all text and forwarded
messages are sent encrypted as one block, but each attachment is sent
encrypted individually. Note that this means that attachment filenames
are NOT protected by encryption. However, almost any user should be
able to deal with "content encrypted" messages even if their mail client
has no PGP functionality at all and they are using standalone PGP.
The use of "content encryption" puts a restriction on messages that can
be sent, in that all attachments must be at the end of the message:
Turnpike will not send "content encrypted" messages which have
attachments elsewhere, including those in messages being forwarded.
Note that Turnpike 6.01 will always send MIME-enabled "fully encrypted"
messages as PGP/MIME whereas Turnpike 5 and 6.00 would send MIME-enabled
simple text messages without using PGP/MIME. This may mean that some
recipients report difficulties dealing with messages encrypted by
Turnpike 6.01 when they didn't with messages sent by earlier versions.
If so, their address book entries should be set to "content encrypt"
only.
Keyrings
It is now possible to use Turnpike 6.01 with different keyrings than
those used by PGPKeys. This may be useful on a multi-user system when
using different workstations.
PGPnet and keyring files
There is a problem with the way PGPnet handles keyring files in PGP
7.0.3. PGPnet keeps its keyring files permanently open and locked which
will prevent Turnpike (and PGPKeys) from accessing the keyrings.
Therefore, if PGPnet is installed and configured to access the same
keyring files as Turnpike, you will be unable to use Turnpike's PGP
functionality.
This should not ordinarily be a problem for Turnpike users as the
Turnpike installer will ensure that PGPnet is not set up in this way.
The Turnpike installer will ensure that keyring files called
netpubring.pkr and netsecring.skr exist in the appropriate PGP folder,
and reconfigure PGPnet to use those files if necessary. Note that if
you wish to use the VPN functionality of PGPnet, you may need to copy
the appropriate keys into these keyring files.
However, the problem may still be encountered if the PGP Options are
subsequently changed. If this happens, go to the "Files" tab in PGP
Tray "Options..." and check the locations of the two sets of keyring
files: "PGP Keyring files" and "PGPnet Keyring files". Ensure that the
"PGPnet Keyring files" are not the same as the "PGP Keyring files",
creating new files if necessary.
Turnpike
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New login screen, shown in Explorer's right hand pane.
Improved search performance, particularly for Windows 2000.
New icon and ToolTip in classification column to indicate
'unclassified'.
Search of selected messages. Right click on selected messages and click
"Search messages...". Search of selection is also available in the
"Search in" combo box when the search is invoked via the Tools menu from
a folder containing a selection.
Can now save a search over the top of an existing search. Menu item
renamed to "Modify Search" (from "Redo Search").
Added "Save Search" button to search window.
Modified behaviour of 'Next Unread'. Now, when 'Next Unread' takes you
out of a folder and up to the parent folder, the selection in the parent
folder is set to the subfolder you were viewing before clicking 'Next
Unread'.
Various list performance improvements (including stopping threading when
switching away from a newsgroup).
Messages opened from a search window can now be left open (user is
prompted) when the search window is closed.
Bcc: recipients are now shown in the default header for outgoing
messages.
The automatic marking of threads as interesting when they contain the
user's own article is inhibited if the article is marked read.
Connect
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The Edit Connection Details dialog layout has been changed and an extra
control added. A time delay can now be added to the "Redial after
remote disconnection" feature.
Access.tpk: Demon.acc corrections to international numbers
representation. Addition of new 128K ISDN PoP number. Change of Black
Romp PoP number.
Modem List for connections: The list of available modems for a
connection is built by a new method, which should now include all
available modem-like devices. Previously (and TP5 and before) certain
ISDN & NDIS WAN devices were not detected. Also some inappropriate
devices could be listed, e.g. direct cable serial or parallel
connection.
For information about changes in previous versions of Turnpike please
see:
http://www.demon.net/products/turnpike/whatsnew.shtml
2. Migrating to Turnpike Six from Turnpike 5 or earlier
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Turnpike Six is radically different from its predecessors. The user
interface has been completely redesigned and many new features added. As
far as possible, all the functionality of previous versions has either
been retained or superseded. However, the changes are such that in
many ways Turnpike Six should be regarded as an entirely new product.
The Turnpike 'Offline' application has been replaced by a Turnpike
extension to Windows Explorer (henceforth "Turnpike"). This means that
your Turnpike folders now appear in the Windows Explorer folder tree
alongside My Computer, Network Neighbourhood and the Recycle Bin,
instead of appearing within a separate application. Turnpike can still
however be launched via its desktop icon or via its entry in the Start
Menu.
The Turnpike 'Connect' application remains largely unchanged, but where
Connect and Turnpike are installed on the same machine almost all of
Connect's functionality is now available from within Turnpike. In
particular the 'Deliver' toolbar button will connect you to the
Internet, send and receive mail and news, and then disconnect all in the
background. You will be provided with a 'taskbar tray' icon (next to
the clock) to indicate that Turnpike is connected to the Internet, and
by right-clicking on this icon you can show the full Turnpike 'Connect'
application.
For further information on usage of Turnpike Six see either the
application help or the Quick Start Guide - both of which are accessible
from the Help menu. In addition we have provided a document with
specific information for users migrating to Turnpike Six from an
installation of Turnpike 5 or earlier. This document is called
Migration.rtf and is accessible from the Start Menu.
3. Notes for Windows NT4, 2000 and XP users
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Notes for Windows NT4/2000/XP users:
In order to run the Turnpike installer you must be logged in with
administrator privileges. Once the installer has been run, the user no
longer requires administrator privileges to use Turnpike.
You will also need to have administrator privileges if you wish Turnpike
Connect to install a modem. You can use installed modems without such
privileges.
Notes for Windows NT4/2000/XP users of the NTFS:
The following applies if you are using the NTFS as opposed to the FAT16
or FAT32 filing systems:
By default, the Turnpike programs are installed in the Program
Files\Turnpike folder, if not already installed somewhere else. Also by
default, Turnpike database files are created by the programs in the same
directory. If user accounts do not have permissions to modify the
database files, then they will be unable to use Turnpike. If the
installer creates your Turnpike folder, then it will add permissions for
everyone to modify it. However, if the folder already exists before
installation, then you may need to add those permissions yourself.
Notes for Windows NT4 users:
DUN is not suitable for Windows NT users, so will not be installed. NT4
users should install RAS, which will work with Turnpike in the same way
as DUN. In order to use RAS to access the Internet it is strongly
recommended that you install NT Service Pack 3 or later.
Notes for Windows 2000/XP users:
Windows 2000/XP has a new scheme for connection handling. If
connections are created in the Network and Dialup Connections by the
Turnpike Connect program while logged in with administrator privileges,
those connections can also later be used when logged in as other users.
However, when connections are created while logged in without
administrator privileges, then those connections are private to that
user and cannot be seen or used by others.
Notes for Windows XP users
If you already have a Turnpike directory in "Program Files", and you are
using the NTFS filing system, and you have Windows "limited" users then
they may not have suitable permissions for the Turnpike directory. In
this case an "Access denied" error will be reported.
For XP Pro users:
You will need to add "full" permissions to the Turnpike
directory. Untick "Use simple file sharing" from the view tab
in folder options, you will then be able to see and use the
"Security" tab to view and change permissions.
For XP Home users:
You will need to choose "computer administrator" account type
for all your Windows users. Alternatively there is a command
line utility called CACLS that can be used to edit permissions
for the Turnpike directory.
CACLS "c:\Program Files\Turnpike" /e /g Everyone:F
There are important caveats concerning PGP 7 under Windows XP. Please
see the PGP 7 section in "What's new in Turnpike Six v6.01".
4. Visual Networks' IP InSight
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This small utility monitors the performance of Windows Dial-Up
Networking call attempts. Like other "test and diagnostic" software, its
sole goal is to improve the quality of service you receive, without
impacting your service or invading your privacy.
After you have connected to the Internet, the Client uploads quality of
service metrics, detailed below, to a server at Demon, or at Visual
Networks.
To provide further statistics, the Client can be requested to perform
occasional and unobtrusive simple network tests in the background, such
as "pinging" a network location. Test results are uploaded with the
call monitoring data. The uploaded data contains no identifying
information that would violate your privacy, and does NOT monitor what
you do on the Internet, such as which Web sites you visit.
Following is a description of the IP InSight Client. For further
information please visit http://www.visualnetworks.com
* It's Small
The Visual Networks' IP InSight Client requires only about 1MB of
disk space to install and uses minimal memory in operation.
* It's Virtually Invisible
The Client is designed so that its operation, including Internet
testing, is completely unobtrusive:
* Does not interfere with dial-up operation
* Can run no more than five Internet tests per hour
* Waits for a period of inactivity on your modem before testing
* Cancels tests as soon as you need the network
* It Respects Your Privacy
The following kinds of information are never monitored, collected
nor transmitted:
* account information
* web sites visited or any other actions
* credit card information
The following kind of information relating to your Dial-Up
Networking access is uploaded after each successful Dial-Up
Networking call:
* User login ID e.g. "therobinsonfamily"
* IP InSight Client version release number (e.g., 4.0.0.27)
* Upload protocol version format of the uploaded data
* OEM ID "Demon"
* Phone number dialled i.e. the ROMP number
* Your country code e.g. "44" for the UK
* Your area code e.g. "01306" for Dorking
* Your time zone in seconds from GMT
* ISP's PPP server IP address e.g. "158.152.1.222"
* Dial-Up Networking Connection name
* Your modem name e.g. "U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT
V4.9.1"
* OS type and version e.g. "Windows 4.0.950"
* For each call attempt since last connect:
* Date and time of call
* Call result (success/failure code)
* Time taken to login
* Initial connect speed
* "Call is a redial" flag
* It can be disabled
Should you wish to disable the client do the following:
-> Start
-> Programs
-> Turnpike
-> IP InSight
-> Configure Monitor deselect Enable Data Collection
deselect Enable Dialup Monitor.
5. How to install and use the program
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Before installing *PLEASE* backup your TURNPIKE directory and all sub-
directories.
Turnpike Six's database files are not backwards compatible with Turnpike
version 5 (and earlier) database files. The only way to revert, if
necessary, is to restore from a backup, see below.
Turnpike Six v6.01 can be downloaded by FTP. Choose from one of the
following:
a. ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/turnpike/fv601.exe
This is the full download, including Turnpike Six, the Quick Start
Guide, User Manual, PGP 7.0.3, IP InSight, foreign dictionaries and
up to date DUN. This is the recommended download for new users and
for users migrating from Turnpike 5 (or earlier).
28,756,486 bytes
b. ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/turnpike/sv601.exe
This is the standard download, including Turnpike Six, PGP 7.0.3, IP
InSight and the Quick Start Guide but excluding the User Manual,
DUN and foreign dictionaries.
18,112,485 bytes
c. ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/turnpike/uv601.exe *NO PGP*
This is the update version for existing Turnpike Six users.
It will *ONLY* update an existing Turnpike Six v6.00 or a v6.01
beta to Turnpike Six v6.01. It also includes IP InSight. Please
note that this does not contain PGP 7.
6,253,923 bytes
or, just the documentation
d. ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/turnpike/manual.zip
The User Manual.
5,299,698 bytes
and
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/turnpike/qsguide.zip
The Quick Start Guide.
474,588 bytes
and
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/turnpike/announce.txt
A copy of this announcement.
Note that if you download the User Manual separately from Turnpike Six
there will be no link to it in the Start Menu.
To install Turnpike Six run the .exe you have just downloaded -- before
which you will have backed up your current Turnpike, won't you :-).
If you need a PDF viewer (the manuals require Acrobat Reader 4 or
later), these have been shipped on Demon CD-ROMs. Alternatively
consult:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
Note: File compatibility
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Turnpike Six files are not backwards compatible with previous Turnpikes.
Therefore if you wish to revert to Turnpike 5 you must have backups.
(For Turnpike 5 read Turnpike 1,3,4 or 5).
a. Export from Turnpike Six any mail or news that you wish to re-import
into your previous Turnpike 5. Mail must be exported in Berkeley
mailbox format, news must be exported in batch news format.
b. Backup your Turnpike Six files.
c. Uninstall Turnpike Six.
d. Restore the Turnpike 5 files from your backups. If you are
restoring into the same directory as Turnpike Six, ensure that all
the contents are first moved elsewhere or deleted. Do not mix
Turnpike 5 files with those from Turnpike Six.
e. Reinstall Turnpike 5 over the restored files.
f. Run Turnpike 5 and import the files exported in step a.
Please try to avoid following up this article, some people filter
ANNOUNCE: articles and do not wish to see the resultant flamewars :-)
Also, it is unlikely that we will reply to issues raised in this thread;
please start a new thread with a suitable subject. If there is hot news
about Turnpike, we will announce it in demon.ip.support.turnpike, with a
subject starting "ANNOUNCE:".
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Paul Overell T U R N P I K E
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