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[PGP]: PGP 6.0.2 Change History (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Max Inux)
Sun Feb 7 14:28:00 1999

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 14:04:05 -0500
From: Max Inux <maxinux@openpgp.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cypherpunks@openpgp.net>
Reply-To: Max Inux <maxinux@openpgp.net>

ftp://ftp.pgpi.com/pub/pgp/6.0/6.0.2i/

PGP 6.0.2 Change History


Windows & Macintosh

Added: The last PGP 2.X feature that never made it into modern PGP 
has finally been added to 6.0.2: For Your Eyes Only.  However, we 
can't call it that for legal reasons, so the name of the feature is 
Secure Viewer.  It is however compatible with the feature previously 
known as FYEO in old versions.  Secure Viewer has been written to 
handle the issues of modern OSs, and even uses a TEMPEST attack 
prevention font to display the message.

Added: Forcing the Recipient Dialog can now be accomplished by 
holding down a modifier key in the email plugin to show the recipient 
dialog even in cases where the recipients are all valid.  This key 
varies by plugin, but is either Shift or Control.

Fixed: Key pairs with implicit trust turned off could sometimes 
become default keys. [2877, Win/Mac]

Fixed: Revoked or expired sub-keys appear in the Recipient dialog. 
[2902, Win/Mac]

Fixed: PGPkeys sometimes creates RSA keys that are displayed as split 
keys. [3099, Win/Mac]

Fixed: PGPadmin has "Allow RSA key generation" enabled in 
Diffie-Hellman builds. [2976, Win/Mac]

Changed: When a signature is bad, the signing key's validity is no 
longer displayed since the green dot used for validity was 
potentially misleading. [1967, Win/Mac]

Changed: SKEP authentication error dialog re-worded. [2954, Win/Mac]


Windows

Fixed: An internal security review of PGPdisk revealed serious 
security flaws in previous versions of PGPdisk for Windows.  The 
Installer will scan for any PGPdisks you may have so that you may 
upgrade them.  PGPdisk will also automatically upgrade your disks 
when attempting to mount them.  It is strongly recommended that you 
immediately update your PGPdisks to the new version.

Fixed: Outlook 97/98 will crash if you encrypt a message to a 
"Contact." [3042, Windows]

Fixed: Eudora will crash if key rings are on an unmounted volume. 
[3061, Windows]

Fixed: Outlook 97/98 will crash if you try to sign and send a message 
that has no text (only a Subject), and then try to sign and send 
again with text in the message. [3096, Windows]

Fixed: Attempting to create a PGPdisk on a mapped network drive under 
Win95 and Win98 results in a crash. [3030, Windows]

Fixed: PGPdisk shell extension will occasionally crash the Explorer. 
[3009, Windows]

Fixed: PGP fails to continue a search if one of the servers is down. 
[2873, Windows]

Changed: Text is now wrapped when clear-signing in Eudora using the 
Message Plugins sub-menu. [1970, Windows]

Changed: User is now warned when using the "Wipe Original" feature 
while encrypting files to keys other than the user's key pair. [2003, 
Windows]

Changed: Outlook 97/98 plugin now recognizes Personal Distribution 
lists. [2809, Windows]

Fixed: PGPdisk does not support long file names the first time a disk 
is used. [3006, Windows]

Fixed: If no Trusted Introducers are on the server an empty import 
dialog will appear after doing an automatic update. [3073, Windows]

Fixed: "Wrong Version" error when using PGP with the Comctl32.dll 
from IE5. [3082, Windows]

Fixed: Outlook 97/98 plugin, "Strike-out" recipients appear when 
using Sync with Unknown Keys, even though a successful match has been 
made. [3081, Windows]

Fixed: Mouse can disappear "behind" the Recipient Dialog if Windows' 
preference "Hide Pointer When Typing" is enabled. [3002, Windows]

Changed: PGP no longer caches conventional encryption passphrases 
when the "Cache Decryption Passphrases" preference is enabled. [2959, 
Windows]

Fixed: PGPdisk "GB" radio button is sometimes disabled. [3083, Windows]

Fixed: The Free Space Wiper cancel button is enabled but doesn't work 
during the initial scanning of the hard drive. [3084, Windows]

Changed: Recipient dialog now puts the initial keyboard focus in the 
key selection list. [3088, Windows]

Changed: PGPdisk menu item in PGPtray is now disabled when PGPdisk is 
not installed. [3089, Windows]

Fixed: PGPadmin doesn't respond to Page Up and Page Down buttons in 
the options review window. [2890, Windows]

Fixed: Passphrase Quality bar is not refreshed if you go to the 
previous panel and use Next to return to the Passphrase panel. [3023, 
Windows]

Fixed: Passphrase Quality bar now displays when a passphrase does not 
meet the minimum quality score. [3038, Windows]

Fixed: Status bar still reads "connecting to server" even though a 
search has failed. [3048, Windows]

Changed: Automatic updates in configured client builds no longer show 
a dialog to the user asking them to Update or Cancel. [3090, Windows]

Fixed: Alert message text (from Use Current Window feature) is 
truncated. [2938, Windows]

Fixed: Long passphrases are sometimes reported as incorrect even 
though they are typed correctly. [3092, Windows]

Changed: Bad Signature icon in PGP Log has been changed. [3093, Windows]


Macintosh

Fixed: Word 98, Decrypt/Verify command via PGPmenu causes computer to 
freeze. [3052, MacOS]

Fixed: PGPtools doesn't accept any file type dropped onto it for 
scanning when the file is not within a folder. [3207, MacOS]

Fixed: Text files with 10 character file names are garbled upon 
decryption. [3087, MacOS]

Fixed: Key not imported when you drag and drop a text clipping into 
PGPkeys. [3057, MacOS]

Fixed: Random Seed File location can be lost from PGP Preferences 
after a System Software upgrade. [2047, MacOS]

Fixed: MacOS 8.5 File Exchange control panel doesn't recognize 
PGPkeys' file types. [3050, MacOS]

Fixed: Disabled key pairs can be enabled by selecting Implicit Trust 
but are still invalid. [2930, MacOS]

Fixed: Configured client installs shouldn't have the menu item "Send 
Group Lists" enabled. [3001, MacOS]

Fixed: PGPdisk has an extraneous registration dialog. [3051, MacOS]

Fixed: PGPadmin prompts the user to save the configured installer 
with the same name as the source installer, this could lead to the 
accidental deletion of the original installer. [3085, MacOS]

Fixed: A hidden passphrase entry box will appear if you uncheck Hide 
Typing. [2637, MacOS]

Fixed: Key pair is still enabled even after the Enabled check box is 
cleared. [2913, MacOS]

Fixed: One of PGPadmin's panels is displayed in the wrong order. [2977, MacOS]

Fixed: Incorrect icon displayed for split key pair in the Import 
dialog box. [3004, MacOS]

Changed: Error message text changed when PGP is unable to wipe files. 
[3021, MacOS]

Fixed: PGPkeys now always imports Photo IDs when keys are dragged 
from the Search window. [3035, MacOS]




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