Re: PGP Encryption Software for AS400 iSeries

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

It should be noted that there are licensing issues with PGP
http://www.pgpi.org/doc/faq/pgpi/en/#License

GNUPG however can be used for commercial purposes without a license.
http://www.gnupg.org/

Sources for AIX binaries many of which should work in PASE
http://www.bullfreeware.com/listaix51.html
http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/


Keith



Bob Donovan wrote:
> > every version of PGP or GNU I've found doesn't run on the iSeries, which
> > is not surprising.   It needs to run under AIX, or some flavor of Unix
> > or Linux or Windoz.
> >
> > I need to do the same thing and considered using the Qshell of OS/400
> > to run some version of PGP or GNU but don't know if it will work.   If I
> > have to, I'll configure an LPAR to use AIX or Linux to run my PGP or
> > GNU.
>
>
> The AIX version should run on your iSeries.  An AIX version of PGP 
> (Command Line) can be copied to the IFS and called from applications 
> running under OS/400 and i5/OS.
>
> The following instructions can be used to install PGP to your IFS from a 
> Windows desktop.
>
> 1. Download the pre-built AIX binary from here: 
> http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgp/versions/freeware/unix/6.5.8/.   This 
> will save a compressed tar file called PGPcmdln_6.5.8.AIX_FW.tar.gz on 
> your PC.
>
> 2. To work with compressed tar files under Windows, you can download and 
> install the latest version of 7-zip (freeware) from here: 
> http://www.7-zip.org/
>
> 3. From Windows Explorer, invoke the 7-Zip file manager to perform a 
> series of conversions/extractions on the compressed tar file (the series 
> of intermediate extracted file names below look very similar, but there 
> are subtle differences):
>
>  PGPcmdln_6.5.8.AIX_FW.tar.gz
>    (-extract->)  PGPcmdln_6.5.8.AIX_FW.tar
>  PGPcmdln_6.5.8.AIX_FW.tar
>    (-extract->)  PGPcmdln_6.5.8_AIX_FW.tar.gz
>  PGPcmdln_6.5.8_AIX_FW.tar.gz
>    (-extract->)  PGPcmdln_6.5.8_AIX_FW.tar
>  PGPcmdln_6.5.8_AIX_FW.tar
>    (-extract->) pgp-6.5.8/pgp  <-- this is the PGP binary
>
> 4. Transfer the AIX binary (pgp) to your IFS using FTP (in BINary mode)
>
> 5. From a command entry screen, use QSH or Qshell to invoked the AIX 
> binary.  E.g.:
>
>     > QSH CMD('/.../pgp -h')
>
> - Bob