The ftp.pgp.net PGP download archive

The complete PGP archive once served by ftp://ftp.pgp.net/pub/pgp/ and its mirrors (ftp.uk.pgp.net, ftp.de.pgp.net, ftp.pl.pgp.net and others). Web browsers no longer speak FTP, so the same files are now here over HTTPS, at the same paths: ftp.pgp.net/pc/dos/… becomes www.pgp.net/pub/pgp/pc/dos/….

Historical software. These are 1990s versions of PGP (2.x and 5.0) and tools for them, kept unchanged for history and research. They use old algorithms (RSA keys of 1024 bits or less, IDEA, MD5) and must not be used to protect anything today. For real use, install GnuPG.

Folders

NameSizeDateDescription
amiga/7 filesPGP 2.x for the Commodore Amiga.
archimedes/2 filesPGP 2.x for Acorn Archimedes / RISC OS.
atari/5 filesPGP 2.x for the Atari ST.
doc/201 filesDocumentation: the PGP 2.x manuals, FAQs, the PGP 3 and message-format drafts, translations and reference cards.
keys/29 filesThe published public keyrings and the help files of the email keyserver in 14 languages.
language/30 filesLanguage files that translate PGP 2.x messages.
mac/17 filesPGP for the classic Mac OS (MacPGP 2.x, PGP 5.0 freeware) and front-ends.
NO-pgp-faq-nl/7 filesAn older copy of the Dutch PGP FAQ.
pc/67 filesPGP for PCs: MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT and OS/2.
pgp-faq/21 filesThe comp.security.pgp FAQ (1990s) in HTML.
pgp-faq-nl/7 filesThe Dutch PGP FAQ ("PGP: veel gestelde vragen").
unix/12 filesPGP 2.x source code for Unix and Linux.
utils/109 filesFront-ends, mail and editor integrations, and keyserver software for PGP 2.x.
vax-vms/2 filesPGP for VAX/VMS.

Files in this folder

NameSizeDateDescription
email-announce4.4 KB1997-02-19
email-announce.html5 KB1997-02-19
email-charter.html6.5 KB1996-09-03
email-charter.tex3.6 KB1996-02-27
email-help-cz6.8 KB1997-09-04Email keyserver help (cz)
email-help-cz.html12.7 KB1997-09-04Email keyserver help (cz)
email-help-de8.5 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (de)
email-help-de.html10.1 KB1997-06-12Email keyserver help (de)
email-help-dk7.2 KB1998-02-17Email keyserver help (dk)
email-help-dk.html8.7 KB1998-02-17Email keyserver help (dk)
email-help-en7.1 KB1997-09-04Email keyserver help (en)
email-help-en.html8.2 KB1997-09-04Email keyserver help (en)
email-help-es6.1 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (es)
email-help-fi5.5 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (fi)
email-help-fi.html6.1 KB1996-09-08Email keyserver help (fi)
email-help-fr5.9 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (fr)
email-help-hr5.5 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (hr)
email-help-kr6 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (kr)
email-help-kr.html6.2 KB1997-02-19Email keyserver help (kr)
email-help-no5.2 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (no)
email-help-no.html6.2 KB1998-02-08Email keyserver help (no)
email-help-pl6.8 KB1997-12-28Email keyserver help (pl)
email-help-pl.html8.5 KB1997-12-27Email keyserver help (pl)
email-help-pt5.9 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (pt)
email-help-se5.5 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (se)
email-help-se.html5.9 KB1997-02-03Email keyserver help (se)
email-help-tw7.3 KB1997-09-09Email keyserver help (tw)
email-key-server-info.html5.5 KB1998-02-17
email-list3.2 KB1995-10-04
email-sync-sites325 bytes1995-10-18
ftp-key.html2.9 KB1998-04-28
index.tmpl5.8 KB2003-06-23
ls-lR.Z10.8 KB1998-01-05
pks-commands.html5.6 KB2002-09-11
README1.3 KB1997-12-29Read me
README.html2.4 KB1997-12-29Read me
rem.html2.6 KB1995-10-04
top.pl.pgp.net5.7 KB1998-06-14
www-key.html2.5 KB1996-09-03
wwwkeys.html9 KB2003-02-20

README

ftp.pgp.net: PGP for various systems.

Sub-directories contain various PGP-related materials.  The PGP source
code and binaries for various major architectures will be found in
pc, mac and unix though the latter is a bit of a misnomer since
the generic 2.x source code distribution will be found there.
The current 5.0 code can be found in V5.0.
Under pc will be found MS-DOS, OS/2 versions and MS-Windows front-ends.

Other directories contain help-files for several languages (in language);
documentation (in doc); the published key ring (in keys) and a
number of front-ends, utility programs and the PGPTools library (in utils).
A full listing of files in the archive are held in ls-lR.Z.

This archive is mirrored at several sites.  Right now (January 1998)
there are fully functioning nodes in:
Austria,        ftp.at.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Australia,      ftp.au.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Switzerland,    ftp.ch.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Germany,        ftp.de.pgp.net/pub/pgp (three sites:
     Hamburg,   ftp.dfn.de.pgp.net/pub/pgp,
     Paderborn, ftp.uni-paderborn.de.pgp.net/pub/pgp and
     Berlin,	ftp.tu-berlin.de.pgp.net/pub/pgp)
Japan,          ftp.jp.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Norway,         ftp.no.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Poland,         ftp.pl.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Sweden,         ftp.se.pgp.net/pub/pgp
Taiwan,         ftp.tw.pgp.net/pub/pgp and the
United Kingdom, ftp.uk.pgp.net/pub/pgp

About this archive

The files are exactly as they were on the server in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with their original dates. Folders that contained an HTML document of their own, such as the comp.security.pgp FAQ, show that document. For today's answers see the PGP FAQ and the guides; for the story behind these versions, see the history of PGP.