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1                          The Windows Privacy Tray                          The Windows Privacy Tray
2                               Version 0.5.5  
                               
                         *** WARNING: this file is obsolete ***  
3    
4  Index  Index
5       1. Notice       1. Notice
# Line 26  Index Line 24  Index
24        13.2.4 Sign        13.2.4 Sign
25        13.2.5 Revoke cert        13.2.5 Revoke cert
26        13.2.6 Check sigs        13.2.6 Check sigs
       13.2.7 List trust path  
27      13.3 Keyserver      13.3 Keyserver
28       13.3.1 Keyserver searching       13.3.1 Keyserver searching
29       13.3.2 Proxy support       13.3.2 Proxy support
30      14. Debug mode      14. Debug mode
     15. Agent support  
31      16. Features of the dialogs      16. Features of the dialogs
32      16. Features of the dialogs      16. Features of the dialogs
33    
# Line 40  Index Line 36  Index
36  ---------  ---------
37    
38  This is only a quick guide for WinPT. For the moment the program is its own  This is only a quick guide for WinPT. For the moment the program is its own
39  documentation. This is subject to change. Please note, this text needs many  documentation. This is subject to change.
 improvements, because English isn't my native lanuage ;-(. Please feel free  
 to send me spelling corrections.  
40    
41    
42  2. Bugs and improvements  2. Bugs and improvements
43  ------------------------  ------------------------
44    
45  I have tried to thoroughly debug this program, but if you've found a bug,  I have tried to thoroughly debug this program, but if you've found a bug,
46  please send me a message with a full error description!  please send me a message with a full error description or go directly
47    to http://wald.intevation.org and use the WinPT bug tracking system.
48    
49  Please include as much detail as possible including OS version, WinPT  Please include as much detail as possible including OS version, WinPT
50  version, and GPG version in use. Please summarize your gpg configuration  version, and GPG version in use. Please summarize your gpg configuration
# Line 62  http://www.winpt.org Line 57  http://www.winpt.org
57  3. What is WinPT?  3. What is WinPT?
58  -----------------  -----------------
59    
60  WinPT is a tool to protect your privacy! Because I'm NOT a crypto expert,  WinPT is a front-end for the GNU Privacy Guard. It just provides
61  I use another program, the GNU Privacy Guard for the cryptographic  a convinient interface to GPG while GPG does the actual (cryptographic) work.
 functionality.  
62    
63  GnuPG was written by Werner Koch and is GNU Open Source. GnuPG contains all  GnuPG was written by Werner Koch and is Free Software. GnuPG contains all
64  of the functions WinPT uses for data encrypting and e-signatures and  of the functions WinPT uses for data encrypting and e-signatures and
65  key management.  key management.
66    
# Line 83  Together with the filemanager and the ke Line 77  Together with the filemanager and the ke
77  4. Install  4. Install
78  ----------  ----------
79    
80  First you should install the GPG binary into C:\GNUPG (Version 1.0.5 or  First you should install the GPG binary (Version 1.4.x or later.)
81  later.) (If you want to use a directory other than C:\GNUPG you must modify  (If you want to use a directory other than the default you must modify
82  the preferences in the WinPT program at Preferences->GPG Prefs.  the preferences in the WinPT program at Preferences->GPG Prefs.
83    
   
 ** GPG 1.0.5 is needed for WinPT but because of the security problem  
    with this version, it's recommend to use 1.0.6! **  
   
84  Next, download the WinPT binary package from the Internet. You can find the  Next, download the WinPT binary package from the Internet. You can find the
85  latest WinPT version at http://www.winpt.org/download.html. Create a  latest WinPT version at http://www.winpt.org. Create a directory and
86  directory and extract all WinPT releated files.  extract all WinPT releated files.
   
   
 With the 0.5.0 version of WinPT, all modules are now integrated in  
 the main package. So you don't need the wipe-ext.dll or the ldap-ext.dll!  
87    
88    
89  4.1 Keyserver config file  4.1 Keyserver config file
# Line 120  verify the package signature with GnuPG. Line 106  verify the package signature with GnuPG.
106  my OpenPGP public key. If you don't have it, please take a look at  my OpenPGP public key. If you don't have it, please take a look at
107  http://www.winpt.org/twoaday.asc  http://www.winpt.org/twoaday.asc
108    
109  # gpg --verify WinPT-x.x.x-exe.zip.asc  # gpg --verify winpt-x.x.x-exe.zip.asc
110  # gpg --verify WinPT-x.x.x-src.zip.asc  # gpg --verify winpt-x.x.x-src.zip.asc
111    
112  gpg should output that the signature was correct and that the signature  gpg should output that the signature was correct and that the signature
113  was created by me.  was created by me.
114    
115  My key ID is 0xBF3DF9B4: 'Timo Schulz <[email protected]>'.  My key ID is 0xBF3DF9B4: 'Timo Schulz <[email protected]>' or
116                 0x27F36D14: 'Timo Schulz (Laptop Key) <[email protected]>
117    
118    
119  6. Native language support  6. Native language support
# Line 150  do the following: Line 137  do the following:
137    
138  For the moment, WinPT supports these languages:  For the moment, WinPT supports these languages:
139    
     * Italian winpt-it.mo  
     * French winpt-fr.mo  
140      * German winpt-de.mo      * German winpt-de.mo
     * Spanish winpt-es.mo  
     * Russian winpt-ru.mo  
     * Portuguese (Brazilian) winpt-pt_BR.mo  
     * Portuguese winpt-pt_PT.mo  
     * Hungarian winpt-hu.mo  
     * Chinese winpt-zh_CN.mo  
     * Czech winpt-ch.mo  
141    
142  If you are interested in translating WinPT in your native language, please  If you are interested in translating WinPT in your native language, please
143  let me know :-). It's not much work and you do NOT need to be a developer!  let me know :-). It's not much work and you do NOT need to be a developer!
# Line 179  http://www.gnupg.org Line 157  http://www.gnupg.org
157  General questions (look first at the topic point), can be sent to one of the  General questions (look first at the topic point), can be sent to one of the
158  mailing lists. All GnuPG lists are in English.  mailing lists. All GnuPG lists are in English.
159    
 PGP User list (German) [email protected]  
160  GPG User list (English) [email protected]  GPG User list (English) [email protected]
161  GPG Developer list (English) [email protected]  GPG Developer list (English) [email protected]
162    
# Line 192  future releases I will include HTML docu Line 169  future releases I will include HTML docu
169    
170  If you want to get the latest information, reports, or discussions about  If you want to get the latest information, reports, or discussions about
171  WinPT you can subscribe to one of the WinPT mailing lists. There is a list  WinPT you can subscribe to one of the WinPT mailing lists. There is a list
172  for users and one for developers. Both lists are in English! To subscribe  for users and one for developers. All lists are in English! To subscribe
173  send a message to '[email protected]' with "subscribe listname" in the  visit http://wald.intevation.org and go to the WinPT project site.
 body.  
   
 Example: subscribe winpt-name_of_thelist  
   
 [email protected]    - The developer list  
 [email protected]  - The users list  
174    
175  Please, before you send a message to the list take a look at the FAQ  Please, before you send a message to the list take a look at the FAQ
176  or the README files. It's possible that your question is already answered  or the README files. It's possible that your question is already answered
# Line 221  Sign Clipboard           CTRL+ALT+s Line 192  Sign Clipboard           CTRL+ALT+s
192  Export Clipboard         CTRL+ALT+x  Export Clipboard         CTRL+ALT+x
193  Import Clipboard         CTRL+ALT+i  Import Clipboard         CTRL+ALT+i
194    
195  In the event of an error, it's possible that another program already uses  In case of an error, it's possible that another program already uses
196  some of the hotkeys. WinPT will tell you which hotkey wasn't installed properly  some of the hotkeys. WinPT will tell you which hotkey wasn't installed properly
197  so it's easier to figure out which hotkey caused the problem.  so it's easier to figure out which hotkey caused the problem.
198    
# Line 256  the value for this feature in the prefer Line 227  the value for this feature in the prefer
227  to use this feature, you only need to set the value to "0".  to use this feature, you only need to set the value to "0".
228    
229    
230  12.Default keyid for signing  12. Default keyid for signing
231  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
232    
233  There are two ways to set the default keyid. The best solution is to  There are two ways to set the default keyid. The best solution is to
234  set the "default-key" entry in the GPG options file. Alternative you can  set the "default-key" entry in the GPG options file.
 also use "encrypt-to" for the default keyid.  
235  The second solution is to let WinPT figure out it from the secret key cache,  The second solution is to let WinPT figure out it from the secret key cache,
236  the first key in this cache is the default keyid. Warning, with this method  the first key in this cache is the default keyid. Warning, with this method
237  it's possible that another keyid is chosen (because of the order in which the keyring  it's possible that another keyid is chosen (because of the order in
238  was read!).  which the keyring was read!).
239    
240    
241  13. Commands  13. Commands
# Line 320  This is an interface to sign a public ke Line 290  This is an interface to sign a public ke
290  Generate a revocation certificate for the chosen key.  Generate a revocation certificate for the chosen key.
291    
292    
 13.2.6 List trust path  
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 TODO.  
   
   
293  13.2.7 Check sigs  13.2.7 Check sigs
294  -----------------  -----------------
295    
# Line 388  Which file you'll send depends on the oc Line 352  Which file you'll send depends on the oc
352  mode for your usual work; it slows down both GPG and WinPT.  mode for your usual work; it slows down both GPG and WinPT.
353    
354    
 15. Agent support  
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 To use the Windows GPG Agent, you must start the process BEFORE running  
 WinPT. When there was no error, WinPT runs in a passphrase-less mode. All  
 passphrase requests are send to the client. As a result the sign and  
 sign & encrypt dialogs contain NO passphrase items! To force WinPT to use  
 the internal passphrase routines, you can use the "--no-agent" option on  
 the command line.  
   
   
355  16. Features of the dialogs  16. Features of the dialogs
356  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
357    
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