PGP download archive: /pub/pgp/doc/

Documentation: the PGP 2.x manuals, FAQs, the PGP 3 and message-format drafts, translations and reference cards.

/pub/pgp / doc

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.

NameSizeDateDescription
../Parent folder
brazilian/4 filesPGP documentation in Brazilian Portuguese.
german/21 filesPGP documentation and FAQ in German.
HTML/149 filesThe PGP 2.x user's guide and related documents in HTML.
italian/3 filesPGP documentation in Italian.
PostScript/4 filesPGP documentation in PostScript.
spanish/2 filesPGP documentation in Spanish.
TeX/5 filesPGP documentation in TeX.
950212_pgp3spec.txt.gz23.6 KB1995-03-18
comp.security.pgp-FAQ.gz35 KB1996-08-14
draft-pgp-pgpformat-00.txt.gz14.5 KB1995-04-18
pgp-nutshell.gz12 KB1994-09-18
pgp23docA.zip86 KB1994-09-18
pgp262dc.zip163.2 KB1994-11-05
pgp263i-faq.txt.gz6 KB1996-02-13
PGP_MIME.rfc.txt.gz4.1 KB1995-04-11
pgpbg11.asc55.4 KB1996-02-13Signature
pgpfaq.txt.gz52.6 KB1996-02-13
README.html3.4 KB1996-08-14Read me
refcard4 KB1995-10-16
where_to_get.gz11.6 KB1997-08-06

README.html

ftp://ftp.pgp.net/pub/pgp/doc/

ftp://ftp.pgp.net/pub/pgp/doc

PGP documentation in a variety of formats

All documentation is in (American) English, except that stored in
sub-directories named by the language used.

HTML/
Directory containing the
 distribution kit for the PGP
documentation converted into HTML.
It also contains the expanded documentation itself:
Volume I, Essential Topics,
Volume II, Special Topics and
File Formats.

PostScript
Directory containing documentation in PostScript
TeX
Directory containing documentation in TeX and DVI formats

brazilian
Directory containing Brazilian Portuguese language documentation.
german
Directory containing German language documentation.
italian
Directory containing Italian language documentation.
spanish
Directory containing Spanish language documentation.

pgp262dc.zip  The documentation kit for
the current MIT release of PGP, Version 2.6.2.
pgp23docA.zip  The documentation kit for
the elderly but popular 2.3a version of PGP.