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LOCK & KEY Windows 95 Explorer PGP Interface
Version 3.1, March 18, 1997
*** PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: <wheindl@voicenet.com> ***
LOCK & KEY is the first and foremost PGP interface to the Windows 95
Explorer, specifically designed to support key Windows 95 features:
- Right-click on any file in Explorer to encrypt it.
- Double-click on any encrypted file to decrypt it.
- Decrypt files to QuickView/QuickView Plus if present.
- Encrypt/decrypt to/from the Windows clipboard.
- Preserve Windows 95 long file names when encrypting.
**********************************************************************
Four stars - ZDNet (Ziff-Davis)
Four cows - TUCOWS (The Ultimate Collection of Windows Shareware)
1001 Best Shareware - PC/Computing Magazine
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LOCK & KEY supports most common PGP functions, extending many of them:
- Encrypt files as binary or armored.
- Include your public key when sending messages.
- Option to wipe original file after encryption.
- Sign files when encrypting.
- Choose a secret key for making signatures from a drop-down list.
- View signatures in Windows 95 when decrypting.
- View the public key ring and delete individual keys.
- Pick a recipient's public key from a drop-down list.
- Encrypt files to self.
- Use conventional or public key cryptography.
**********************************************************************
NEW!!! You can now register Lock & Key online using First VirtualÖ.
First Virtual provides secure electronic commerce using your Visa or
MasterCard. It is secure - you do not transmit your credit card
information online. Annual registration as a buyer costs $2.00 -
this fee will be deducted from all orders received before March 1,
1997! For information on registering as a First Virtual buyer,
please follow the link to First Virtual on our web page. Once
you have received your VirtualPIN, you can order LOCK & KEY online
at our web site, http://www.voicenet.com/~wheindl/order.htm.
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NEW IN VERSION 3.1:
- New module KEYCHAIN provides key management functions: view the
public and secret keyrings, extract keys to files or to the clipboard,
remove keys, check the fingerprint of a key, generate key pairs, and
choose the default secret key for making signatures.
- LOCK & KEY will handle multiple files and messages. Just select
multiple files and send to LOCK & KEY. LOCK & KEY will run KEY32 if
the input data contains encrypted files or messages; otherwise, LOCK32
will be run.
- LOCK32 permits you to compose messages for encryption using your
choice of editor and template file.
- Updated help file featuring a Lock & Key tutorial and *live* links
which you can use to access the Web or send tech support mail from the
Help file. Now learning to use PGP is easier than ever!
- For greater security, LOCK & KEY now passes the PGP pass phrase to
PGP without writing it to disk.
- KEY32 now automatically finds encrypted messages and keys in e-mail
messages, checks formatting and even strips "quoting" characters which
some mail programs add to mail messages, making it much easier to decrypt a
PGP message that has been pasted into e-mail.
- Decrypted messages can be copied to the Windows clipboard.
- LOCK32 provides for the option of preserving the original file name when
encrypting to the Clipboard. If the filename has been preserved with
LOCK32, KEY32 will offer to save the decrypted file using the original
filename.
- You can now choose the filename for saving decrypted or encrypted messages
where no filename is provided. Also, if the filename would overwrite an
existing file, you are prompted and can choose another filename.
- You may now choose to run PGP normal, minimized (default) or hidden.
Right-click on the Help button in Lock32 and choose options.
To install LOCK & KEY, follow these steps:
1. Unzip all files to a disk or directory.
2. Run INSTALL.EXE.
LOCK & KEY is written in Microsoft Visual Basic and requires the Visual
Basic 4/32 bit runtime (VB40032.DLL). If you do not have this file, see
the Installation section of the Help file which will explain how to get this
file.
LOCK & KEY supports Windows 95 automatic uninstallation.
LOCK & KEY is shareware. The shareware version is fully functional
but includes a shareware delay and registration reminder.
Registration is U.S. $19.95. To register, send U.S. $19.95 to:
Walter E. Heindl
271 Misty Patch Road
Coatesville, PA 19320
You may also register LOCK & KEY on CompuServe. Type GO SWREG.
Registration number is 12438. Registered users will receive a
password which will remove the shareware delay for this and future
versions.
Visit http://www.voicenet.com/~wheindl/order.htm to order online using your
credit card and the First Virtual Internet payment system.
You may freely distribute the shareware archive provided that all
files are intact.
For technical support, bug reports or suggestions, send email to:
Walter E. Heindl <wheindl@voicenet.com>