The primary differences in operation are the new command line options.
There are now separate executables for different tasks. e.g. in 2.6.2
you used 'pgp -k -a <key>' to add a key and in 5.0 you use 'pgpk -a'.
pgpv is used for all verification/decryption tasks, pgpk for keyring
services, and pgpe for encrypting. Details are available in the man
pages(each new executable also has a man page).
The new version has renamed some of the files PGP uses.
config.txt is now pgp.cfg
pubring.pgp is now pubring.pkr
secring.pgp is now secring.skr
If you'd like to customize pgp with your own settings you can create
your own pgp.cfg(You can just copy your config.txt from version 2.6.2)
You can copy your keyrings to the new file names or create symbolic
links to your existing keyrings if you'd like to have both the old and
new version work.
cd ~/.pgp
ln -s pubring.pgp pubring.pkr
ln -s secring.pgp secring.skr
Doing this will insure that both versions work properly. PGP 2.6.2 can
be run by the command pgpo or pgp_old. (man pgpo for the old man page)
We've also set up a web page for faculty public keys, as pgp50 has a
feature that allows you to obtain new keys from a url.
If you have any questions or problems, please send them to
request@cs.fiu.edu
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