1 Noteworthy changes in version 2.3.0 (2021-04-07)
2 ------------------------------------------------
4 * A new experimental key database daemon is provided. To enable it
5 put "use-keyboxd" into gpg.conf and gpgsm.conf. Keys are stored
6 in a SQLite database and make key lookup much faster.
8 * New tool gpg-card as a flexible frontend for all types of
11 * New option --chuid for gpg, gpgsm, gpgconf, gpg-card, and
14 * The gpg-wks-client tool is now installed under bin; a wrapper for
15 its old location at libexec is also installed.
17 * tpm2d: New daemon to physically bind keys to the local machine.
19 * gpg: Switch to ed25519/cv25519 as default public key algorithms.
21 * gpg: Verification results now depend on the --sender option and
22 the signer's UID subpacket. [T4735]
24 * gpg: Do not use any 64-bit block size cipher algorithm for
25 encryption. Use AES as last resort cipher preference instead of
26 3DES. This can be reverted using --allow-old-cipher-algos.
28 * gpg: Support AEAD encryption mode using OCB or EAX.
30 * gpg: Support v5 keys and signatures.
32 * gpg: Support curve X448 (ed448, cv448).
34 * gpg: Allow use of group names in key listings. [e825aea2ba]
36 * gpg: New option --full-timestrings to print date and time.
38 * gpg: New option --force-sign-key. [#4584]
40 * gpg: New option --no-auto-trust-new-key.
42 * gpg: The legacy key discovery method PKA is no longer supported.
43 The command --print-pka-records and the PKA related import and
44 export options have been removed.
46 * gpg: Support export of Ed448 Secure Shell keys.
48 * gpgsm: Add basic ECC support.
50 * gpgsm: Support creation of EdDSA certificates. [#4888]
52 * agent: Allow the use of "Label:" in a key file to customize the
53 pinentry prompt. [5388537806]
55 * agent: Support ssh-agent extensions for environment variables.
56 With a patched version of OpenSSH this avoids the need for the
57 "updatestartuptty" kludge. [224e26cf7b]
59 * scd: Improve support for multiple card readers and tokens.
61 * scd: Support PIV cards.
63 * scd: Support for Rohde&Schwarz Cybersecurity cards.
65 * scd: Support Telesec Signature Cards v2.0
67 * scd: Support multiple application on certain smartcard.
69 * scd: New option --application-priority.
71 * scd: New option --pcsc-shared; see man page for important notes.
73 * dirmngr: Support a gpgNtds parameter in LDAP keyserver URLs.
75 * The symcryptrun tool, a wrapper for the now obsolete external
76 Chiasmus tool, has been removed.
78 * Full Unicode support for the command line. [#4398]
80 Changes also found in 2.2.27:
82 * gpg: Fix regression in 2.2.24 for gnupg_remove function under
85 * gpgconf: Fix case with neither local nor global gpg.conf. [9f37d3e6f3]
87 * gpgconf: Fix description of two new options. [#5221]
89 * Build Windows installer without timestamps. Note that the
90 Authenticode signatures still carry a timestamp.
92 Changes also found in 2.2.26:
94 * gpg: New AKL method "ntds". [559efd23e9]
96 * gpg: Fix --trusted-key with fingerprint arg. [8a2e5025eb]
98 * scd: Fix writing of ECC keys to an OpenPGP card. [#5163]
100 * scd: Make an USB error fix specific to SPR532 readers. [#5167]
102 * dirmngr: With new LDAP keyservers store the new attributes. Never
103 store the useless pgpSignerID. Fix a long standing bug storing
104 some keys on an ldap server. [0e88c73bc9,e47de85382]
106 * dirmngr: Support the new Active Direcory LDAP schema for
107 keyservers. [ac8ece9266]
109 * dirmngr: Allow LDAP OpenPGP searches via fingerprint.
112 * dirmngr: Do not block other threads during keyserver LDAP calls.
115 * Support global configuration files. [#4788,a028f24136]
117 * Fix the iconv fallback handling to UTF-8. [#5038]
119 Changes also found in 2.2.25:
121 * scd: Fix regression in 2.2.24 requiring gpg --card-status before
122 signing or decrypting. [#5065]
124 * gpgsm: Using Libksba 1.5.0 signatures with a rarely used
125 combination of attributes can now be verified. [#5146]
127 Changes also found in 2.2.24:
129 * Allow Unicode file names on Windows almost everywhere. Note that
130 it is still not possible to use Unicode strings on the command
131 line. This change also fixes a regression in 2.2.22 related to
132 non-ascii file names. [#5098]
134 * Fix localized time printing on Windows. [#5073]
136 * gpg: New command --quick-revoke-sig. [#5093]
138 * gpg: Do not use weak digest algos if selected by recipient
139 preference during sign+encrypt. [4c181d51a6]
141 * gpg: Switch to AES256 for symmetric encryption in de-vs mode.
144 * gpg: Silence weak digest warnings with --quiet. [#4893]
146 * gpg: Print new status line CANCELED_BY_USER for a cancel during
147 symmetric encryption. [f05d1772c4]
149 * gpg: Fix the encrypt+sign hash algo preference selection for
150 ECDSA. This is in particular needed for keys created from
151 existing smartcard based keys. [aeed0b93ff]
153 * agent: Keep some permissions of private-keys-v1.d. [#2312]
155 * dirmngr: Align sks-keyservers.netCA.pem use between ntbtls and
156 gnutls builds. [e4f3b74c91]
158 * dirmngr: Fix the pool keyserver case for a single host in the
161 * scd: Fix the use case of verify_chv2 by CHECKPIN. [61aea64b3c]
163 * scd: Various improvements to the ccid-driver. [#4616,#5065]
165 * scd: Minor fixes for Yubikey [25bec16d0b]
167 * gpgconf: New option --show-versions.
169 * w32: Install gpg-check-pattern and example profiles. Install
170 Windows subsystem variant of gpgconf (gpgconf-w32).
172 Changes also found in 2.2.23:
174 * gpg: Fix a possible segv in the key cleaning code.
176 * gpgsm: Fix a minor RFC2253 parser bug. [#5037]
178 * scdaemon: Fix a PIN verify failure on certain OpenPGP card
179 implementations. Regression in 2.2.22. [#5039]
181 Changes also found in 2.2.22:
183 * gpg: Change the default key algorithm to rsa3072.
185 * gpg: Add regular expression support for Trust Signatures on all
188 * gpg: Fix regression in 2.2.21 with non-default --passphrase-repeat
191 * gpg: Ignore --personal-digest-prefs for ECDSA keys. [#5021]
193 * gpgsm: Make rsaPSS a de-vs compliant scheme.
195 * gpgsm: Show also the SHA256 fingerprint in key listings.
197 * gpgsm: Do not require a default keyring for --gpgconf-list. [#4867]
199 * gpg-agent: Default to extended key format and record the creation
200 time of keys. Add new option --disable-extended-key-format.
202 * gpg-agent: Support the WAYLAND_DISPLAY envvar. [#5016]
204 * gpg-agent: Allow using --gpgconf-list even if HOME does not
207 * gpg-agent: Make the Pinentry work even if the envvar TERM is set
208 to the empty string. [#4137]
210 * scdaemon: Add a workaround for Gnuk tokens <= 2.15 which wrongly
211 incremented the error counter when using the "verify" command of
212 "gpg --edit-key" with only the signature key being present.
214 * dirmngr: Better handle systems with disabled IPv6. [#4977]
216 * gpgpslit: Install tool. It was not installed in the past to avoid
217 conflicts with the version installed by GnuPG 1.4. [#5023]
219 * gpgtar: Handle Unicode file names on Windows correctly. [#4083]
221 * gpgtar: Make --files-from and --null work as documented. [#5027]
223 * Build the Windows installer with the new Ntbtls 0.2.0 so that TLS
224 connections succeed for servers demanding GCM.
226 Changes also found in 2.2.21:
228 * gpg: Add option --no-include-key-block. [#4856]
230 * gpg: Allow for extra padding in ECDH. [#4908]
232 * gpg: Only a single pinentry is shown for symmetric encryption if
233 the pinentry supports this. [#4971]
235 * gpg: Print a note if no keys are given to --delete-key. [#4959]
237 * gpg,gpgsm: The ridiculous passphrase quality bar is not anymore
240 * gpgsm: Certificates without a CRL distribution point are now
241 considered valid without looking up a CRL. The new option
242 --enable-issuer-based-crl-check can be used to revert to the
245 * gpgsm: Support rsaPSS signature verification. [#4538]
247 * gpgsm: Unless CRL checking is disabled lookup a missing issuer
248 certificate using the certificate's authorityInfoAccess. [#4898]
250 * gpgsm: Print the certificate's serial number also in decimal
253 * gpgsm: Fix possible NULL-deref in messages of --gen-key. [#4895]
255 * scd: Support the CardOS 5 based D-Trust Card 3.1.
257 * dirmngr: Allow http URLs with "LOOKUP --url".
259 * wkd: Take name of sendmail from configure. Fixes an OpenBSD
260 specific bug. [#4886]
262 * Support a command history file in gpg-card and gpg-connect-agent.
264 Changes also found in 2.2.20:
266 * In constrast to 2.2 no explicit protection against overflow of the
267 error counter is needed because libgpg-error takes care of this.
269 * gpg: Make really sure that --verify-files always returns an error.
271 * gpg: Fix key listing --with-secret if a pattern is given. [#4061]
273 * gpg: Fix detection of certain keys used as default-key. [#4810]
275 * gpg: Fix default-key selection when a card is available. [#4850]
277 * gpg: Fix key expiration and key usage for keys created with a
278 creation date of zero. [4670]
280 * gpgsm: Fix import of some CR,LF terminated certificates. [#4847]
282 * gpg: New options --include-key-block and --auto-key-import to
283 allow encrypted replies after an initial signed message. [#4856]
285 * gpg: Allow the use of a fingerprint with --trusted-key. [#4855]
287 * gpg: New property "fpr" for use by --export-filter.
289 * scdaemon: Disable the pinpad if a KDF DO is used. [#4832]
291 * dirmngr: Improve finding OCSP certificates. [#4536]
293 * Avoid build problems with LTO or gcc-10. [#4831]
295 Changes also found in 2.2.19:
297 * gpg: Only in 2.2.19; not requird in master: Fix double free when
298 decrypting for hidden recipients. Regression in 2.2.18. [#4762].
300 * gpg: Use auto-key-locate for encryption even for mail addresses
301 given with angle brackets. [#4726]
303 * gpgsm: Add special case for certain expired intermediate
304 certificates. [#4696]
306 Changes also found in 2.2.18:
308 * gpg: Changed the way keys are detected on a smartcards; this
309 allows the use of non-OpenPGP cards. In the case of a not very
310 likely regression the new option --use-only-openpgp-card is
313 * gpg: The commands --full-gen-key and --quick-gen-key now allow
314 direct key generation from supported cards. [#4681]
316 * gpg: Prepare against chosen-prefix SHA-1 collisions in key
317 signatures. This change removes all SHA-1 based key signature
318 from the web-of-trust. Note that this includes all key signature
319 created with dsa1024 keys. (Version 2.2.18 limits this to key
320 signatures newer than 2019-01-19.) The new option
321 --allow-weak-key-signatues can be used to override the new and
322 safer behaviour. [#4755,CVE-2019-14855]
324 * gpg: Improve performance for import of large keyblocks. [#4592]
326 * gpg: Implement a keybox compression run. [#4644]
328 * gpg: Show warnings from dirmngr about redirect and certificate
329 problems (details require --verbose as usual).
331 * gpg: Allow to pass the empty string for the passphrase if the
332 '--passphase=' syntax is used. [#4633]
334 * gpg: Fix printing of the KDF object attributes.
336 * gpg: Avoid surprises with --locate-external-key and certain
337 --auto-key-locate settings. [#4662]
339 * gpg: Improve selection of best matching key. [#4713]
341 * gpg: Delete key binding signature when deleting a subkey.
344 * gpg: Fix a potential loss of key signatures during import with
345 self-sigs-only active. [#4628]
347 * gpg: Silence "marked as ultimately trusted" diagnostics if
348 option --quiet is used. [#4634]
350 * gpg: Silence some diagnostics during in key listsing even with
351 option --verbose. [#4627]
353 * gpg, gpgsm: Change parsing of agent's pkdecrypt results. [#4652]
355 * gpgsm: Support AES-256 keys.
357 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in triggering a keybox compression run if
358 --faked-system-time is used.
360 * dirmngr: System CA certificates are no longer used for the SKS
361 pool if GNUTLS instead of NTBTLS is used as TLS library. [#4594]
363 * dirmngr: On Windows detect usability of IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces
364 to avoid long timeouts. [#4165]
366 * scd: Fix BWI value for APDU level transfers to make Gemalto Ezio
367 Shield and Trustica Cryptoucan work. [#4654,#4566]
369 * wkd: gpg-wks-client --install-key now installs the required policy
372 Changes also found in 2.2.17:
374 * gpg: Ignore all key-signatures received from keyservers. This
375 change is required to mitigate a DoS due to keys flooded with
376 faked key-signatures. The old behaviour can be achieved by adding
377 keyserver-options no-self-sigs-only,no-import-clean
378 to your gpg.conf. [#4607]
380 * gpg: If an imported keyblocks is too large to be stored in the
381 keybox (pubring.kbx) do not error out but fallback to an import
382 using the options "self-sigs-only,import-clean". [#4591]
384 * gpg: New command --locate-external-key which can be used to
385 refresh keys from the Web Key Directory or via other methods
386 configured with --auto-key-locate.
388 * gpg: New import option "self-sigs-only".
390 * gpg: In --auto-key-retrieve prefer WKD over keyservers. [#4595]
392 * dirmngr: Support the "openpgpkey" subdomain feature from
393 draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service-07. [#4590].
395 * dirmngr: Add an exception for the "openpgpkey" subdomain to the
396 CSRF protection. [#4603]
398 * dirmngr: Fix endless loop due to http errors 503 and 504. [#4600]
400 * dirmngr: Fix TLS bug during redirection of HKP requests. [#4566]
402 * gpgconf: Fix a race condition when killing components. [#4577]
404 Changes also found in 2.2.16:
406 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix deadlock on Windows due to a keybox sharing
409 * gpg: Allow deletion of subkeys with --delete-key. This finally
410 makes the bang-suffix work as expected for that command. [#4457]
412 * gpg: Replace SHA-1 by SHA-256 in self-signatures when updating
413 them with --quick-set-expire or --quick-set-primary-uid. [#4508]
415 * gpg: Improve the photo image viewer selection. [#4334]
417 * gpg: Fix decryption with --use-embedded-filename. [#4500]
419 * gpg: Remove hints on using the --keyserver option. [#4512]
421 * gpg: Fix export of certain secret keys with comments. [#4490]
423 * gpg: Reject too long user-ids in --quick-gen-key. [#4532]
425 * gpg: Fix a double free in the best key selection code. [#4462]
427 * gpg: Fix the key generation dialog for switching back from EdDSA
430 * gpg: Use AES-192 with SHA-384 to comply with RFC-6637.
432 * gpg: Use only the addrspec from the Signer's UID subpacket to
433 mitigate a problem with another implementation.
435 * gpg: Skip invalid packets during a keyring listing and sync
436 diagnostics with the output.
438 * gpgsm: Avoid confusing diagnostic when signing with the default
441 * agent: Do not delete any secret key in --dry-run mode.
443 * agent: Fix failures on 64 bit big-endian boxes related to URIs in
446 * agent: Stop scdaemon after a reload with disable-scdaemon newly
449 * dirmngr: Improve caching algorithm for WKD domains.
451 * dirmngr: Support other hash algorithms than SHA-1 for OCSP. [#3966]
453 * gpgconf: Make --homedir work for --launch. [#4496]
455 * gpgconf: Before --launch check for a valid config file. [#4497]
457 * wkd: Do not import more than 5 keys from one WKD address.
459 * wkd: Accept keys which are stored in armored format in the
462 * The installer for Windows now comes with signed binaries.
464 Changes also found in 2.2.15:
466 * sm: Fix --logger-fd and --status-fd on Windows for non-standard
469 * sm: Allow decryption even if expired keys are configured. [#4431]
471 * agent: Change command KEYINFO to print ssh fingerprints with other
474 * dirmngr: Fix build problems on Solaris due to the use of reserved
475 symbol names. [#4420]
477 * wkd: New commands --print-wkd-hash and --print-wkd-url for
480 Changes also found in 2.2.14:
482 * gpg: Allow import of PGP desktop exported secret keys. Also avoid
483 importing secret keys if the secret keyblock is not valid. [#4392]
485 * gpg: Make invalid primary key algo obvious in key listings.
487 * sm: Do not mark a certificate in a key listing as de-vs compliant
488 if its use for a signature will not be possible.
490 * sm: Fix certificate creation with key on card.
492 * sm: Create rsa3072 bit certificates by default.
494 * sm: Print Yubikey attestation extensions with --dump-cert.
496 * agent: Fix cancellation handling for scdaemon.
498 * agent: Support --mode=ssh option for CLEAR_PASSPHRASE. [#4340]
500 * scd: Fix flushing of the CA-FPR DOs in app-openpgp.
502 * scd: Avoid a conflict error with the "undefined" app.
504 * dirmngr: Add CSRF protection exception for protonmail.
506 * dirmngr: Fix build problems with gcc 9 in libdns.
508 * gpgconf: New option --show-socket for use with --launch.
510 * gpgtar: Make option -C work for archive creation.
512 Changes also found in 2.2.13:
514 * gpg: Implement key lookup via keygrip (using the & prefix).
516 * gpg: Allow generating Ed25519 key from existing key.
518 * gpg: Emit an ERROR status line if no key was found with -k.
520 * gpg: Stop early when trying to create a primary Elgamal key. [#4329]
522 * gpgsm: Print the card's key algorithms along with their keygrips
523 in interactive key generation.
525 * agent: Clear bogus pinentry cache in the error case. [#4348]
527 * scd: Support "acknowledge button" feature.
529 * scd: Fix for USB INTERRUPT transfer. [#4308]
531 * wks: Do no use compression for the the encrypted challenge and
534 Changes also found in 2.2.12:
536 * tools: New commands --install-key and --remove-key for
537 gpg-wks-client. This allows to prepare a Web Key Directory on a
538 local file system for later upload to a web server.
540 * gpg: New --list-option "show-only-fpr-mbox". This makes the use
541 of the new gpg-wks-client --install-key command easier on Windows.
543 * gpg: Improve processing speed when --skip-verify is used.
545 * gpg: Fix a bug where a LF was accidentally written to the console.
547 * gpg: --card-status now shows whether a card has the new KDF
550 * agent: New runtime option --s2k-calibration=MSEC. New configure
551 option --with-agent-s2k-calibration=MSEC. [#3399]
553 * dirmngr: Try another keyserver from the pool on receiving a 502,
554 503, or 504 error. [#4175]
556 * dirmngr: Avoid possible CSRF attacks via http redirects. A HTTP
557 query will not anymore follow a 3xx redirect unless the Location
558 header gives the same host. If the host is different only the
559 host and port is taken from the Location header and the original
560 path and query parts are kept.
562 * dirmngr: New command FLUSHCRL to flush all CRLS from disk and
565 * New simplified Chinese translation (zh_CN).
567 Changes also found in 2.2.11:
569 * gpgsm: Fix CRL loading when intermediate certificates are not yet
572 * gpgsm: Fix an error message about the digest algo. [#4219]
574 * gpg: Fix a wrong warning due to new sign usage check introduced
577 * gpg: Print the "data source" even for an unsuccessful keyserver
580 * gpg: Do not store the TOFU trust model in the trustdb. This
581 allows to enable or disable a TOFO model without triggering a
582 trustdb rebuild. [#4134]
584 * scd: Fix cases of "Bad PIN" after using "forcesig". [#4177]
586 * agent: Fix possible hang in the ssh handler. [#4221]
588 * dirmngr: Tack the unmodified mail address to a WKD request. See
589 commit a2bd4a64e5b057f291a60a9499f881dd47745e2f for details.
591 * dirmngr: Tweak diagnostic about missing LDAP server file.
593 * dirmngr: In verbose mode print the OCSP responder id.
595 * dirmngr: Fix parsing of the LDAP port. [#4230]
597 * wks: Add option --directory/-C to the server. Always build the
598 server on Unix systems.
600 * wks: Add option --with-colons to the client. Support sites which
601 use the policy file instead of the submission-address file.
603 * Fix EBADF when gpg et al. are called by broken CGI scripts.
605 * Fix some minor memory leaks and bugs.
607 Changes also found in 2.2.10:
609 * gpg: Refresh expired keys originating from the WKD. [#2917]
611 * gpg: Use a 256 KiB limit for a WKD imported key.
613 * gpg: New option --known-notation. [#4060]
615 * scd: Add support for the Trustica Cryptoucan reader.
617 * agent: Speed up starting during on-demand launching. [#3490]
619 * dirmngr: Validate SRV records in WKD queries.
621 Changes also found in 2.2.9:
623 * dirmngr: Fix recursive resolver mode and other bugs in the libdns
624 code. [#3374,#3803,#3610]
626 * dirmngr: When using libgpg-error 1.32 or later a GnuPG build with
627 NTBTLS support (e.g. the standard Windows installer) does not
628 anymore block for dozens of seconds before returning data.
630 * gpg: Fix bug in --show-keys which actually imported revocation
631 certificates. [#4017]
633 * gpg: Ignore too long user-ID and comment packets. [#4022]
635 * gpg: Fix crash due to bad German translation. Improved printf
636 format compile time check.
638 * gpg: Handle missing ISSUER sub packet gracefully in the presence of
639 the new ISSUER_FPR. [#4046]
641 * gpg: Allow decryption using several passphrases in most cases.
644 * gpg: Command --show-keys now enables the list options
645 show-unusable-uids, show-unusable-subkeys, show-notations and
646 show-policy-urls by default.
648 * gpg: Command --show-keys now prints revocation certificates. [#4018]
650 * gpg: Add revocation reason to the "rev" and "rvs" records of the
651 option --with-colons. [#1173]
653 * gpg: Export option export-clean does now remove certain expired
654 subkeys; export-minimal removes all expired subkeys. [#3622]
656 * gpg: New "usage" property for the drop-subkey filters. [#4019]
658 Changes also found in 2.2.8:
660 * gpg: Decryption of messages not using the MDC mode will now lead
661 to a hard failure even if a legacy cipher algorithm was used. The
662 option --ignore-mdc-error can be used to turn this failure into a
663 warning. Take care: Never use that option unconditionally or
664 without a prior warning.
666 * gpg: The MDC encryption mode is now always used regardless of the
667 cipher algorithm or any preferences. For testing --rfc2440 can be
668 used to create a message without an MDC.
670 * gpg: Sanitize the diagnostic output of the original file name in
671 verbose mode. [#4012,CVE-2018-12020]
673 * gpg: Detect suspicious multiple plaintext packets in a more
674 reliable way. [#4000]
676 * gpg: Fix the duplicate key signature detection code. [#3994]
678 * gpg: The options --no-mdc-warn, --force-mdc, --no-force-mdc,
679 --disable-mdc and --no-disable-mdc have no more effect.
681 * gpg: New command --show-keys.
683 * agent: Add DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and a few other envvars to the
684 list of startup environment variables. [#3947]
686 Changes also found in 2.2.7:
688 * gpg: New option --no-symkey-cache to disable the passphrase cache
689 for symmetrical en- and decryption.
691 * gpg: The ERRSIG status now prints the fingerprint if that is part
694 * gpg: Relax emitting of FAILURE status lines
696 * gpg: Add a status flag to "sig" lines printed with --list-sigs.
698 * gpg: Fix "Too many open files" when using --multifile. [#3951]
700 * ssh: Return an error for unknown ssh-agent flags. [#3880]
702 * dirmngr: Fix a regression since 2.1.16 which caused corrupted CRL
703 caches under Windows. [#2448,#3923]
705 * dirmngr: Fix a CNAME problem with pools and TLS. Also use a fixed
706 mapping of keys.gnupg.net to sks-keyservers.net. [#3755]
708 * dirmngr: Try resurrecting dead hosts earlier (from 3 to 1.5 hours).
710 * dirmngr: Fallback to CRL if no default OCSP responder is configured.
712 * dirmngr: Implement CRL fetching via https. Here a redirection to
713 http is explicitly allowed.
715 * dirmngr: Make LDAP searching and CRL fetching work under Windows.
716 This stopped working with 2.1. [#3937]
718 * agent,dirmngr: New sub-command "getenv" for "getinfo" to ease
721 Changes also found in 2.2.6:
723 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --request-origin to pretend requests coming
724 from a browser or a remote site.
726 * gpg: Fix race condition on trustdb.gpg updates due to too early
727 released lock. [#3839]
729 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines in almost all cases. [#3872]
731 * gpg: Implement --dry-run for --passwd to make checking a key's
732 passphrase straightforward.
734 * gpg: Make sure to only accept a certification capable key for key
737 * gpg: Better user interaction in --card-edit for the factory-reset
740 * gpg: Improve changing key attributes in --card-edit by adding an
741 explicit "key-attr" sub-command. [#3781]
743 * gpg: Print the keygrips in the --card-status.
745 * scd: Support KDF DO setup. [#3823]
747 * scd: Fix some issues with PC/SC on Windows. [#3825]
749 * scd: Fix suspend/resume handling in the CCID driver.
751 * agent: Evict cached passphrases also via a timer. [#3829]
753 * agent: Use separate passphrase caches depending on the request
756 * ssh: Support signature flags. [#3880]
758 * dirmngr: Handle failures related to missing IPv6 support
761 * Fix corner cases related to specified home directory with
762 drive letter on Windows. [#3720]
764 * Allow the use of UNC directory names as homedir. [#3818]
766 Changes also found in 2.2.5:
768 * gpg: Allow the use of the "cv25519" and "ed25519" short names in
769 addition to the canonical curve names in --batch --gen-key.
771 * gpg: Make sure to print all secret keys with option --list-only
772 and --decrypt. [#3718]
774 * gpg: Fix the use of future-default with --quick-add-key for
775 signing keys. [#3747]
777 * gpg: Select a secret key by checking availability under gpg-agent.
780 * gpg: Fix reversed prompt texts for --only-sign-text-ids. [#3787]
782 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix detection of bogus keybox blobs on 32 bit systems.
785 * gpgsm: Fix regression since 2.1 in --export-secret-key-raw which
786 got $d mod (q-1)$ wrong. Note that most tools automatically fixup
787 that parameter anyway.
789 * ssh: Fix a regression in getting the client'd PID on *BSD and
792 * scd: Support the KDF Data Object of the OpenPGP card 3.3. [#3152]
794 * scd: Fix a regression in the internal CCID driver for certain card
797 * scd: Fix a problem on NetBSD killing scdaemon on gpg-agent
800 * dirmngr: Improve returned error description on failure of DNS
803 * wks: Implement command --install-key for gpg-wks-server.
805 * Add option STATIC=1 to the Speedo build system to allow a build
806 with statically linked versions of the core GnuPG libraries. Also
807 use --enable-wks-tools by default by Speedo builds for Unix.
809 Changes also found in 2.2.4:
811 * gpg: Change default preferences to prefer SHA512.
813 * gpg: Print a warning when more than 150 MiB are encrypted using a
814 cipher with 64 bit block size.
816 * gpg: Print a warning if the MDC feature has not been used for a
819 * gpg: Fix regular expression of domain addresses in trust
822 * agent: New option --auto-expand-secmem to help with high numbers
823 of concurrent connections. Requires libgcrypt 1.8.2 for having
826 * dirmngr: Cache responses of WKD queries.
828 * gpgconf: Add option --status-fd.
830 * wks: Add commands --check and --remove-key to gpg-wks-server.
832 * Increase the backlog parameter of the daemons to 64 and add
833 option --listen-backlog.
835 * New configure option --enable-run-gnupg-user-socket to first try a
836 socket directory which is not removed by systemd at session end.
838 Changes also found in 2.2.3:
840 * gpgsm: Fix initial keybox creation on Windows. [#3507]
842 * dirmngr: Fix crash in case of a CRL loading error. [#3510]
844 * Fix the name of the Windows registry key. [Git#4f5afaf1fd]
846 * gpgtar: Fix wrong behaviour of --set-filename. [#3500]
848 * gpg: Silence AKL retrieval messages. [#3504]
850 * agent: Use clock or clock_gettime for calibration. [#3056]
852 * agent: Improve robustness of the shutdown pending
853 state. [Git#7ffedfab89]
855 Changes also found in 2.2.2:
857 * gpg: Avoid duplicate key imports by concurrently running gpg
860 * gpg: Fix creating on-disk subkey with on-card primary key. [#3280]
862 * gpg: Fix validity retrieval for multiple keyrings. [Debian#878812]
864 * gpg: Fix --dry-run and import option show-only for secret keys.
866 * gpg: Print "sec" or "sbb" for secret keys with import option
869 * gpg: Make import less verbose. [#3397]
871 * gpg: Add alias "Key-Grip" for parameter "Keygrip" and new
872 parameter "Subkey-Grip" to unattended key generation. [#3478]
874 * gpg: Improve "factory-reset" command for OpenPGP cards. [#3286]
876 * gpg: Ease switching Gnuk tokens into ECC mode by using the magic
879 * gpgsm: Fix --with-colon listing in crt records for fields > 12.
881 * gpgsm: Do not expect X.509 keyids to be unique. [#1644]
883 * agent: Fix stuck Pinentry when using --max-passphrase-days. [#3190]
885 * agent: New option --s2k-count. [#3276 (workaround)]
887 * dirmngr: Do not follow https-to-http redirects. [#3436]
889 * dirmngr: Reduce default LDAP timeout from 100 to 15 seconds. [#3487]
891 * gpgconf: Ignore non-installed components for commands
892 --apply-profile and --apply-defaults. [#3313]
894 * Add configure option --enable-werror. [#2423]
896 Changes also found in 2.2.1:
898 * gpg: Fix formatting of the user id in batch mode key generation
899 if only "name-email" is given.
901 * gpgv: Fix annoying "not suitable for" warnings.
903 * wks: Convey only the newest user id to the provider. This is the
904 case if different names are used with the same addr-spec.
906 * wks: Create a complying user id for provider policy mailbox-only.
908 * wks: Add workaround for posteo.de.
910 * scd: Fix the use of large ECC keys with an OpenPGP card.
912 * dirmngr: Use system provided root certificates if no specific HKP
913 certificates are configured. If build with GNUTLS, this was
916 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5343
917 See-also: gnupg-announce/2021q2/000458.html
920 Release dates of 2.2 versions
921 -----------------------------
923 Version 2.2.27 (2021-01-11) https://dev.gnupg.org/T5234
924 Version 2.2.26 (2020-12-21) https://dev.gnupg.org/T5153
925 Version 2.2.25 (2020-11-23) https://dev.gnupg.org/T5140
926 Version 2.2.24 (2020-11-17) https://dev.gnupg.org/T5052
927 Version 2.2.23 (2020-09-03) https://dev.gnupg.org/T5045
928 Version 2.2.22 (2020-08-27) https://dev.gnupg.org/T5030
929 Version 2.2.21 (2020-07-09) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4897
930 Version 2.2.20 (2020-03-20) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4860
931 Version 2.2.19 (2019-12-07) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4768
932 Version 2.2.18 (2019-11-25) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4684
933 Version 2.2.17 (2019-07-09) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4606
934 Version 2.2.16 (2019-05-28) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4509
935 Version 2.2.15 (2019-03-26) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4434
936 Version 2.2.14 (2019-03-19) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4412
937 Version 2.2.13 (2019-02-12) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4290
938 Version 2.2.12 (2018-12-14) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4289
939 Version 2.2.11 (2018-11-06) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4233
940 Version 2.2.10 (2018-08-30) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4112
941 Version 2.2.9 (2018-07-12) https://dev.gnupg.org/T4036
942 Version 2.2.8 (2018-06-08)
943 Version 2.2.7 (2018-05-02)
944 Version 2.2.6 (2018-04-09)
945 Version 2.2.5 (2018-02-22)
946 Version 2.2.4 (2017-12-20)
947 Version 2.2.3 (2017-11-20)
948 Version 2.2.2 (2017-11-07)
949 Version 2.2.1 (2017-09-19)
952 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.0 (2017-08-28)
953 ------------------------------------------------
955 This is the new long term stable branch. This branch will only see
956 bug fixes and no new features.
958 * gpg: Reverted change in 2.1.23 so that --no-auto-key-retrieve is
961 * Fixed a few minor bugs.
963 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000413.html
966 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.23 (2017-08-09)
967 -------------------------------------------------
969 * gpg: "gpg" is now installed as "gpg" and not anymore as "gpg2".
970 If needed, the new configure option --enable-gpg-is-gpg2 can be
973 * gpg: Options --auto-key-retrieve and --auto-key-locate "local,wkd"
974 are now used by default. Note: this enables keyserver and Web Key
975 Directory operators to notice when a signature from a locally
976 non-available key is being verified for the first time or when
977 you intend to encrypt to a mail address without having the key
978 locally. This new behaviour will eventually make key discovery
979 much easier and mostly automatic. Disable this by adding
981 auto-key-locate local
984 * agent: Option --no-grab is now the default. The new option --grab
985 allows to revert this.
987 * gpg: New import option "show-only".
989 * gpg: New option --disable-dirmngr to entirely disable network
992 * gpg,gpgsm: Tweaked DE-VS compliance behaviour.
994 * New configure flag --enable-all-tests to run more extensive tests
997 * gpgsm: The keygrip is now always printed in colon mode as
998 documented in the man page.
1000 * Fixed connection timeout problem under Windows.
1002 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000412.html
1005 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.22 (2017-07-28)
1006 -------------------------------------------------
1008 * gpg: Extend command --quick-set-expire to allow for setting the
1009 expiration time of subkeys.
1011 * gpg: By default try to repair keys during import. New sub-option
1012 no-repair-keys for --import-options.
1014 * gpg,gpgsm: Improved checking and reporting of DE-VS compliance.
1016 * gpg: New options --key-origin and --with-key-origin. Store the
1017 time of the last key update from keyservers, WKD, or DANE.
1019 * agent: New option --ssh-fingerprint-digest.
1021 * dimngr: Lower timeouts on keyserver connection attempts and made
1024 * dirmngr: Tor will now automatically be detected and used. The
1025 option --no-use-tor disables Tor detection.
1027 * dirmngr: Now detects a changed /etc/resolv.conf.
1029 * agent,dirmngr: Initiate shutdown on removal of the GnuPG home
1032 * gpg: Avoid caching passphrase for failed symmetric encryption.
1034 * agent: Support for unprotected ssh keys.
1036 * dirmngr: Fixed name resolving on systems using only v6
1039 * dirmngr: Allow the use of TLS over http proxies.
1041 * w32: Change directory of the daemons after startup.
1043 * wks: New man pages for client and server.
1045 * Many other bug fixes.
1047 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000411.html
1050 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.21 (2017-05-15)
1051 -------------------------------------------------
1053 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix corruption of old style keyring.gpg files. This
1054 bug was introduced with version 2.1.20. Note that the default
1055 pubring.kbx format was not affected.
1057 * gpg,dirmngr: Removed the skeleton config file support. The
1058 system's standard methods for providing default configuration
1059 files should be used instead.
1061 * w32: The Windows installer now allows installation of GnuPG
1062 without Administrator permissions.
1064 * gpg: Fixed import filter property match bug.
1066 * scd: Removed Linux support for Cardman 4040 PCMCIA reader.
1068 * scd: Fixed some corner case bugs in resume/suspend handling.
1070 * Many minor bug fixes and code cleanup.
1072 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q2/000405.html
1075 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.20 (2017-04-03)
1076 -------------------------------------------------
1078 * gpg: New properties 'expired', 'revoked', and 'disabled' for the
1079 import and export filters.
1081 * gpg: New command --quick-set-primary-uid.
1083 * gpg: New compliance field for the --with-colon key listing.
1085 * gpg: Changed the key parser to generalize the processing of local
1088 * gpg: Fixed assertion failure in the TOFU trust model.
1090 * gpg: Fixed exporting of zero length user ID packets.
1092 * scd: Improved support for multiple readers.
1094 * scd: Fixed timeout handling for key generation.
1096 * agent: New option --enable-extended-key-format.
1098 * dirmngr: Do not add a keyserver to a new dirmngr.conf. Dirmngr
1099 uses a default keyserver.
1101 * dimngr: Do not treat TLS warning alerts as severe error when
1102 building with GNUTLS.
1104 * dirmngr: Actually take /etc/hosts in account.
1106 * wks: Fixed client problems on Windows. Published keys are now set
1109 * tests: Fixed creation of temporary directories.
1111 * A socket directory for a non standard GNUGHOME is now created on
1112 the fly under /run/user. Thus "gpgconf --create-socketdir" is now
1113 optional. The use of "gpgconf --remove-socketdir" to clean up
1114 obsolete socket directories is however recommended to avoid
1115 cluttering /run/user with useless directories.
1117 * Fixed build problems on some platforms.
1119 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q2/000404.html
1122 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19 (2017-03-01)
1123 -------------------------------------------------
1125 * gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon
1128 * gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private
1129 key used for decryption.
1131 * gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug.
1133 * gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs.
1135 * scd: Support for multiple card readers.
1137 * scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker. Ticker is used
1138 only when it is required to watch removal of device/card.
1140 * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.
1142 * dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4.
1144 * dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of
1147 * dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if
1148 the option --use-tor is also used.
1150 * dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully.
1152 * dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools. The are only done
1153 for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable".
1155 * dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes
1156 of certificates. Load system provided certificates on startup.
1157 Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE"
1160 * dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library.
1162 * wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header. Fix detection of
1165 * The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support.
1167 * Many other bug fixes and new regression tests.
1169 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q1/000402.html
1172 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.18 (2017-01-23)
1173 -------------------------------------------------
1175 * gpg: Remove bogus subkey signature while cleaning a key (with
1176 export-clean, import-clean, or --edit-key's sub-command clean)
1178 * gpg: Allow freezing the clock with --faked-system-time.
1180 * gpg: New --export-option flag "backup", new --import-option flag
1183 * gpg-agent: Fixed long delay due to a regression in the progress
1186 * scd: Lots of code cleanup and internal changes.
1188 * scd: Improved the internal CCID driver.
1190 * dirmngr: Fixed problem with the DNS glue code (removal of the
1191 trailing dot in domain names).
1193 * dirmngr: Make sure that Tor is actually enabled after changing the
1194 conf file and sending SIGHUP or "gpgconf --reload dirmngr".
1196 * dirmngr: Fixed Tor access to IPv6 addresses. Note that current
1197 versions of Tor may require that the flag "IPv6Traffic" is used
1198 with the option "SocksPort" in torrc to actually allow IPv6
1201 * dirmngr: Fixed HKP for literally given IPv6 addresses.
1203 * dirmngr: Enabled reverse DNS lookups via Tor.
1205 * dirmngr: Added experimental SRV record lookup for WKD.
1206 See commit 88dc3af3d4ae1afe1d5e136bc4c38bc4e7d4cd10 for details.
1208 * dirmngr: For HKP use "pgpkey-hkps" and "pgpkey-hkp" in SRV record
1209 lookups. Avoid SRV record lookup when a port is explicitly
1210 specified. This fixes a regression from the 1.4 and 2.0 behavior.
1212 * dirmngr: Gracefully handle a missing /etc/nsswitch.conf. Ignore
1213 negation terms (e.g. "[!UNAVAIL=return]" instead of bailing out.
1215 * dirmngr: Better debug output for flags "dns" and "network".
1217 * dirmngr: On reload mark all known HKP servers alive.
1219 * gpgconf: Allow keyword "all" for --launch, --kill, and --reload.
1221 * tools: gpg-wks-client now ignores a missing policy file on the
1224 * Avoid unnecessary ambiguity error message in the option parsing.
1226 * Further improvements of the regression test suite.
1228 * Fixed building with --disable-libdns configure option.
1230 * Fixed a crash running the tests on 32 bit architectures.
1232 * Fixed spurious failures on BSD system in the spawn functions.
1233 This affected for example gpg-wks-client and gpgconf.
1235 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q1/000401.html
1238 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.17 (2016-12-20)
1239 -------------------------------------------------
1241 * gpg: By default new keys expire after 2 years.
1243 * gpg: New command --quick-set-expire to conveniently change the
1244 expiration date of keys.
1246 * gpg: Option and command names have been changed for easier
1247 comprehension. The old names are still available as aliases.
1249 * gpg: Improved the TOFU trust model.
1251 * gpg: New option --default-new-key-algo.
1253 * scd: Support OpenPGP card V3 for RSA.
1255 * dirmngr: Support for the ADNS library has been removed. Instead
1256 William Ahern's Libdns is now source included and used on all
1257 platforms. This enables Tor support on all platforms. The new
1258 option --standard-resolver can be used to disable this code at
1259 runtime. In case of build problems the new configure option
1260 --disable-libdns can be used to build without Libdns.
1262 * dirmngr: Lazily launch ldap reaper thread.
1264 * tools: New options --check and --status-fd for gpg-wks-client.
1266 * The UTF-8 byte order mark is now skipped when reading conf files.
1268 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
1270 * Major improvements to the test suite. For example it is possible
1271 to run the external test suite of GPGME.
1273 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000400.html
1276 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
1277 -------------------------------------------------
1279 * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
1280 using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
1282 * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
1283 colon formatted key listings.
1285 * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
1286 options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
1288 * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
1290 * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
1292 * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
1295 * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
1297 * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
1299 * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
1301 * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
1303 * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
1305 * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
1307 * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
1310 * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
1312 * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
1315 * scd: Support ECC key generation.
1317 * scd: Support more card readers.
1319 * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
1320 version database in the background.
1322 * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
1324 * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
1326 * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
1327 against an copy of an online database.
1329 * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
1331 * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
1333 * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
1335 * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
1337 * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
1338 socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
1340 * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
1343 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
1345 * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
1347 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000398.html
1350 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
1351 -------------------------------------------------
1353 * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
1356 * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
1358 * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
1360 * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
1362 * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
1364 * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
1366 * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
1368 * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
1371 * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
1373 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
1375 * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
1376 effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
1378 * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
1380 * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
1382 * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
1384 * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
1386 * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
1388 * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
1390 * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
1392 * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
1394 * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
1396 * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
1398 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1400 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000396.html
1403 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
1404 -------------------------------------------------
1406 * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
1407 The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
1408 be used with the export command.
1410 * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
1412 * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
1414 * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
1416 * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
1418 * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
1419 to directly specify encryption keys.
1421 * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
1422 part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
1424 * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
1425 changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
1427 * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
1429 * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
1431 * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
1433 * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
1435 * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
1438 * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
1440 * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
1442 * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
1444 * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
1446 * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
1448 * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
1449 a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
1450 required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
1452 * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
1453 test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
1454 programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
1455 This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
1458 * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
1460 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000393.html
1463 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
1464 -------------------------------------------------
1466 * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
1469 * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
1471 * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
1473 * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
1474 has been specified using a mail address and the new option
1475 --disable-signer-uid is not used.
1477 * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
1479 * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
1481 * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
1483 * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
1484 a non-breaking-space character.
1486 * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
1488 * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
1489 status line are small enough.
1491 * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
1493 * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
1495 * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
1497 * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
1498 new option --homedir.
1500 * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
1501 for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
1502 problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
1503 need for redirection files.
1505 * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
1506 to retrieve the default package versions.
1508 * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
1510 * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
1512 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000390.html
1515 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
1516 -------------------------------------------------
1518 * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
1521 * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
1522 and fixed by --edit-key.
1524 * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
1526 * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
1528 * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
1530 * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
1532 * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
1535 * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
1538 * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
1540 * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
1541 that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
1543 * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
1544 openpgp-s2k-ocb-aes.
1546 * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
1548 * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
1549 --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
1551 * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
1554 * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
1556 * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
1558 * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
1560 * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
1562 * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
1563 name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
1565 * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
1567 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000387.html
1570 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
1571 -------------------------------------------------
1573 * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
1575 * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
1577 * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
1579 * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
1581 * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
1583 * gpg: Don't check for ambiguous or non-matching key specification in
1584 the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
1587 * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
1589 * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
1591 * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
1593 * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
1594 remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
1596 * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
1598 * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
1599 keyservers. (bug#2147).
1601 * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
1603 * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
1605 * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
1607 * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
1609 * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
1610 Use this certificate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
1612 * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
1615 * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
1617 * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
1618 gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
1620 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q1/000383.html
1623 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
1624 -------------------------------------------------
1626 * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
1628 * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
1629 and --tofu-db-format.
1631 * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
1632 should be considered weak.
1634 * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
1637 * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
1639 * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
1641 * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
1644 * gpg: Check for ambiguous or non-matching key specification in the
1645 config file or given to --encrypt-to.
1647 * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
1649 * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
1651 * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
1653 * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
1656 * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
1657 libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
1658 (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
1660 * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
1663 * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
1665 * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
1667 * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
1668 that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
1670 * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
1672 * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
1674 * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
1676 * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
1678 * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
1680 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000381.html
1683 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
1684 ------------------------------------------------
1686 * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
1687 option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
1690 * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
1692 * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
1693 algorithm is used without a MDC.
1695 * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
1697 * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
1699 * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
1701 * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
1703 * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
1705 * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
1707 * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
1709 * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
1710 Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
1712 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000380.html
1715 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
1716 ------------------------------------------------
1718 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
1720 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
1722 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
1724 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
1726 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
1728 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
1730 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
1732 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
1734 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
1735 from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
1737 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
1739 * Various minor bug fixes.
1741 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000379.html
1744 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
1745 ------------------------------------------------
1747 * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
1749 * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
1750 how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
1752 * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
1754 * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
1756 * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
1758 * scd: Improved ECC support
1760 * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
1762 * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
1764 * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
1766 * Various other bug fixes.
1768 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000371.html
1771 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
1772 ------------------------------------------------
1774 * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
1776 * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
1779 * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
1782 * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
1784 * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
1785 the correct translations in Pinentry.
1787 * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
1789 * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
1791 * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
1793 * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
1795 * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
1796 hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
1798 * Various other bug fixes.
1800 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000370.html
1803 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
1804 ------------------------------------------------
1806 * Support for an external passphrase cache.
1808 * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
1810 * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
1812 * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
1814 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
1816 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000369.html
1819 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
1820 ------------------------------------------------
1822 * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
1823 id to an existing key.
1825 * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
1828 * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
1830 * agent: Support for external password managers.
1831 Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
1833 * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
1835 * Make HTTP proxies work again.
1837 * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
1839 * Allow building without LDAP support.
1841 * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
1843 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000366.html
1846 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
1847 ------------------------------------------------
1849 * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
1851 * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
1853 * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
1854 CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
1855 replaced in 2.1.14.]
1857 * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
1860 * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
1862 * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
1864 * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
1866 * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
1868 * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
1870 * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
1872 * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
1874 * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
1876 * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
1877 the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
1879 * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
1880 regressions, and other bugs.
1882 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000365.html
1885 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
1886 ------------------------------------------------
1888 * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
1891 * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
1892 effect on --quick-gen-key.
1894 * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
1896 * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
1899 * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
1901 * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
1902 for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
1904 * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
1906 * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
1908 * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
1910 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
1911 pinentry is not installed.
1913 * scd: Added support for ECDH.
1915 * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
1918 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q1/000361.html
1921 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
1922 ------------------------------------------------
1924 * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
1926 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
1928 * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
1930 * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
1932 * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
1934 * gpg: Fixed regression in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
1936 * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
1938 * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
1940 * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
1942 * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
1943 use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
1945 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
1947 * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
1949 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
1952 * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
1953 command set for use with remote clients.
1955 * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
1957 * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
1959 * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
1961 * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
1963 * The Windows installer does now install development files
1965 * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
1967 * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
1968 now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
1970 * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
1972 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000360.html
1975 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
1976 ------------------------------------------------
1978 This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
1979 and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
1980 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
1981 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
1983 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
1984 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
1986 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
1987 signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
1988 removed from the keyring.
1990 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
1991 up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
1993 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
1995 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
1997 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
1998 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
1999 versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
2002 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
2004 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
2005 always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
2007 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
2008 command with less choices.
2010 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
2012 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
2014 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilities menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
2015 encryption capabilities).
2017 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
2019 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
2022 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
2024 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
2026 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
2028 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
2030 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
2032 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
2034 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
2036 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
2038 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
2039 for non-Windows platforms.
2042 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
2044 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
2046 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
2048 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
2050 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
2053 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
2054 create PGP-2 compatible messages.
2056 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
2058 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
2060 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
2062 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
2064 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
2066 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
2068 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
2070 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
2073 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
2075 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
2077 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
2080 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
2081 this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
2083 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
2085 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
2086 packet and information about the packet header.
2088 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
2090 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
2092 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
2095 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
2098 * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
2099 to build a partly working installer for Windows.
2102 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
2104 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
2105 format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
2107 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
2108 with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
2109 [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
2110 we have agreed on a suitable format.]
2112 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
2114 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
2115 allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
2117 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
2120 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
2121 new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
2123 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
2124 communication with the gpg-agent.
2126 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
2128 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
2130 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
2132 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
2135 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
2137 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
2139 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
2140 more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
2142 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
2143 decryption of the bulk message starts.
2145 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
2147 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
2149 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
2150 they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
2151 such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
2153 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
2156 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
2158 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
2160 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
2161 Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
2163 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
2165 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
2167 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
2169 * scdaemon: Better support for CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
2170 driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
2172 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
2173 not anymore used by any site.
2175 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
2177 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
2179 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
2181 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
2183 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
2186 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
2188 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
2190 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
2192 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
2194 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
2196 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
2198 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
2199 mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
2201 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
2203 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
2206 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now properly display the help output
2207 for "SCD HELP" commands.
2210 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
2212 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
2213 [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
2215 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
2216 little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
2217 hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
2218 algorithm name as well.
2220 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
2221 Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
2223 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
2224 the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
2226 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
2227 running in non-daemon mode.
2229 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
2231 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
2232 we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
2233 LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
2235 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
2239 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
2241 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
2242 are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
2245 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
2247 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
2248 OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
2250 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
2252 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
2254 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
2255 and --simple-sk-checksum.
2257 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
2259 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
2261 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
2263 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
2264 certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
2266 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
2268 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
2271 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
2272 tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
2273 this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
2274 configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
2275 disable this new default.
2277 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
2278 iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
2280 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
2281 expected to run as a system service and the configuration
2282 directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
2283 starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
2285 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
2288 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
2289 debug-level keywords.
2291 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000358.html
2294 Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
2295 Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
2296 Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
2297 Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
2298 Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
2299 Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
2300 Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
2301 Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
2302 Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
2303 Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
2304 Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
2305 Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
2306 Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
2307 Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
2308 Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
2311 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
2312 -------------------------------------------------
2314 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
2315 algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
2316 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
2318 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
2319 passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
2321 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
2322 all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
2324 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
2326 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
2328 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
2329 Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
2331 * GPG now repeatedly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
2332 card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
2336 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q3/000294.html
2339 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
2340 -------------------------------------------------
2342 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
2343 fingerprint or keygrip.
2345 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
2346 information about smartcards.
2348 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
2349 command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
2351 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
2352 and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
2354 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
2356 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
2358 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
2360 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
2361 Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
2363 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
2365 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q2/000288.html
2368 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
2369 -------------------------------------------------
2371 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
2373 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
2375 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
2377 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
2379 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
2380 due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
2381 can't cope with AES.
2383 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000287.html
2386 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
2387 -------------------------------------------------
2389 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
2390 lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
2393 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
2394 Fixed a few problems with this option.
2396 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
2398 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
2400 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
2402 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
2404 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
2407 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
2409 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
2411 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
2413 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
2414 anymore served by ourself.
2416 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
2418 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
2420 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
2422 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
2423 the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
2425 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
2426 locale directory is now used.
2428 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
2429 temporary file names.
2431 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
2432 string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
2434 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
2436 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
2438 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
2440 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000284.html
2443 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
2444 ------------------------------------------------
2446 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
2449 * Tweaks for Windows.
2451 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
2453 * Improved certificate chain construction.
2455 * Extended the PKITS framework.
2457 * Fixed a bug in the ambiguous name detection.
2459 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
2460 introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
2466 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
2467 ------------------------------------------------
2469 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
2471 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
2473 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
2475 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
2478 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
2481 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
2483 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
2485 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
2487 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
2490 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
2493 * Windows is now a supported platform.
2495 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
2496 taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
2497 code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
2499 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q4/000267.html
2502 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
2503 ------------------------------------------------
2505 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
2508 * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
2509 is still considered Beta.
2511 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
2512 enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
2515 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
2516 installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
2519 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000259.html
2522 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
2523 ------------------------------------------------
2525 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
2527 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
2529 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
2530 various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
2532 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
2534 * Improved Windows support.
2536 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000258.html
2539 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
2540 ------------------------------------------------
2542 * Switched license to GPLv3.
2544 * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
2545 it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
2547 * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
2549 * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
2550 gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
2552 * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
2553 machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
2555 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000255.html
2558 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
2559 ------------------------------------------------
2561 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
2562 systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
2564 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
2565 was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
2567 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
2569 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q2/000254.html
2572 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
2573 ------------------------------------------------
2575 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
2576 stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
2577 did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
2578 status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
2579 such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
2580 --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
2582 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
2584 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
2585 options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
2586 tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
2588 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
2589 DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
2591 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000252.html
2594 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
2595 ------------------------------------------------
2597 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
2598 packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
2600 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
2601 prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
2602 memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
2604 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
2606 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
2607 short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
2609 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
2611 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000249.html
2614 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
2615 ------------------------------------------------
2617 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
2618 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
2619 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
2620 its authentication and decrypt keys.
2622 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
2624 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
2626 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000242.html
2629 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
2630 ------------------------------------------------
2632 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
2634 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000239.html
2637 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
2638 -------------------------------------------------
2643 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
2644 -------------------------------------------------
2646 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
2647 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
2649 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
2651 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
2652 check whether the configuration file is sane.
2655 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
2656 -------------------------------------------------
2658 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
2659 certificate should be trusted.
2661 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
2663 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
2664 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
2666 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
2668 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
2671 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
2672 -------------------------------------------------
2676 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000236.html
2679 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
2680 -------------------------------------------------
2682 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
2683 without BasicContraints.
2685 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
2686 alias for --list-keys.
2688 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
2691 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
2692 -------------------------------------------------
2694 * Made readline work for gpg.
2696 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
2698 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
2701 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
2702 -------------------------------------------------
2704 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
2707 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
2708 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
2709 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
2710 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
2711 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
2713 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
2714 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
2716 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
2718 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
2721 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
2722 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
2724 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
2726 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
2728 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
2730 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
2732 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
2736 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
2737 -------------------------------------------------
2739 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
2741 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
2742 able to import the files.
2744 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
2747 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
2748 -------------------------------------------------
2750 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
2751 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
2754 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
2756 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
2758 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
2760 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
2762 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
2765 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
2768 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
2769 -------------------------------------------------
2771 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
2774 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
2776 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
2779 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
2780 -------------------------------------------------
2782 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
2783 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
2785 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
2789 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
2790 -------------------------------------------------
2792 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
2793 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
2794 given to create a request from an existing key.
2796 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
2799 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
2800 -------------------------------------------------
2802 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
2805 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
2807 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
2809 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
2810 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
2811 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
2812 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
2814 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
2817 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
2818 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
2821 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
2822 -------------------------------------------------
2824 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
2825 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
2827 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
2829 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
2831 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
2832 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
2835 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
2836 -------------------------------------------------
2838 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
2840 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
2844 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
2845 -------------------------------------------------
2847 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
2848 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
2851 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
2853 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
2856 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
2857 -------------------------------------------------
2859 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
2861 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
2864 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
2865 -------------------------------------------------
2867 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
2869 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
2870 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
2872 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
2875 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
2876 -------------------------------------------------
2878 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
2879 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
2882 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
2884 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
2885 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
2887 * Fixed some i18n problems.
2890 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
2891 -------------------------------------------------
2893 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
2895 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
2896 install just the agent.
2898 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
2901 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
2902 ------------------------------------------------
2904 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
2905 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
2908 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
2911 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
2912 ------------------------------------------------
2914 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
2916 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
2917 written when using the internal CCID driver.
2919 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
2920 detailed view of the certificates.
2922 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
2923 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
2925 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
2926 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
2929 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
2930 ------------------------------------------------
2932 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
2934 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
2936 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
2938 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
2942 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
2943 ------------------------------------------------
2945 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
2948 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
2949 ------------------------------------------------
2951 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
2952 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
2955 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
2956 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
2957 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
2958 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
2960 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
2961 whom the passphrase is requested.
2963 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
2966 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
2967 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
2970 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
2971 ------------------------------------------------
2973 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
2975 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
2978 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
2982 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
2983 ------------------------------------------------
2985 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
2986 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
2987 Default is disabled.
2989 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
2990 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
2991 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
2992 problem with the socket.
2994 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
2995 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
2997 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
3000 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
3001 ------------------------------------------------
3003 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
3004 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
3006 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
3007 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally synchronized with the regular PIN.
3009 * All kind of other internal stuff.
3012 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
3013 ------------------------------------------------
3015 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
3016 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
3019 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
3020 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
3025 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
3026 ------------------------------------------------
3028 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
3030 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
3031 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
3033 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
3036 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
3037 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
3039 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
3041 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
3043 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
3045 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
3047 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
3049 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
3051 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
3052 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
3053 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
3055 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
3059 Version 1.4.19 (2015-02-27)
3060 Version 1.4.18 (2014-06-30)
3061 Version 1.4.17 (2014-06-23)
3062 Version 1.4.16 (2013-12-18)
3063 Version 1.4.15 (2013-10-04)
3064 Version 1.4.14 (2013-07-25)
3065 Version 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)
3066 Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
3067 Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
3068 Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
3069 Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
3070 Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
3071 Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
3072 Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
3073 Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
3074 Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
3075 Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
3076 Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
3077 Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
3078 Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
3081 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
3082 ------------------------------------------------
3084 * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
3085 and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
3086 --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
3087 finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
3089 * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
3090 keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
3091 and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
3092 the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
3094 * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
3095 unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
3096 the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
3098 * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
3099 option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
3100 signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
3101 (identical to the --always-trust option).
3103 * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
3104 consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
3105 last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
3106 respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
3107 safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
3108 forcing them on for all messages.
3110 * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
3111 user wants new keys imported into.
3113 * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
3114 Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
3115 for passphrase mangling.
3117 * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
3118 easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
3119 GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
3121 * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
3124 * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
3125 truncated in the W32 version.
3127 * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
3128 script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
3129 version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
3131 * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
3132 encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
3133 detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
3134 change in this release.
3136 * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
3139 * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
3140 This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
3141 works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
3143 * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
3144 fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
3145 hash algorithm, and signature class.
3147 * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
3148 read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
3150 * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
3152 * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
3153 administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
3154 automatically. This is as specified in
3155 draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
3157 * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
3158 specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
3159 the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
3161 * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
3162 at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
3163 for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
3164 the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
3165 --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
3166 all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
3169 * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
3172 * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
3173 being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
3174 GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
3175 you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
3176 of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
3179 See-also: gnupg-announce/2003q2/000153.html
3182 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
3183 ------------------------------------------------
3185 * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
3186 model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
3187 signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
3188 certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
3189 regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
3190 signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
3191 The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
3192 that don't have working regexp functions available. The
3193 configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
3194 regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
3195 signature with a regular expression included.
3197 * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
3198 encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
3199 the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
3202 * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
3203 used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
3204 "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
3207 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
3208 ------------------------------------------------
3210 * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
3211 and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
3212 There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
3213 the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
3216 * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
3217 listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
3219 * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
3220 wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
3221 around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
3222 that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
3223 keyserver plugin does this as well.
3225 * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
3226 frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
3227 combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
3228 override the script and use the libraries selected.
3230 * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
3231 indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
3232 --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
3235 * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
3236 ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
3237 to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
3240 * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
3241 development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
3242 during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
3246 Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
3247 Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
3248 Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
3249 Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
3250 Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
3251 Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
3252 Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
3253 Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
3254 Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
3257 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
3258 -------------------------------------------------
3260 * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
3261 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
3262 still be used. This change is required to have a more
3263 consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
3265 * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
3266 recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
3267 AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
3268 the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
3269 (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
3271 * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
3272 processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
3273 used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
3274 resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
3275 with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
3276 that do not support MDCs.
3278 * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
3281 * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
3282 clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
3283 checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
3284 keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
3285 keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
3286 specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
3287 extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
3288 with their enclosing directories.
3290 * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
3291 with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
3292 runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
3293 linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
3294 a /dev/random device.
3296 * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
3297 it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
3298 option -vvv shows the used character set.
3300 * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
3304 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
3305 -------------------------------------------------
3307 * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
3308 option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
3309 to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
3311 * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
3312 plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
3313 version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
3315 * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
3316 key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
3319 * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
3320 exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
3321 viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
3323 * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
3324 during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
3325 which do not understand attribute packets.
3327 * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
3328 mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
3329 repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
3330 keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
3331 is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
3332 for regular --import.
3334 * The keyserver helper programs now live in
3335 /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
3336 from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
3337 /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
3338 for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
3339 to place the keyserver helpers there.
3341 * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
3342 (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
3345 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
3346 -------------------------------------------------
3348 * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
3349 --personal-digest-preferences, and
3350 --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
3351 algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
3352 using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
3353 preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
3354 just allows sorting the preferences differently.
3356 * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
3358 * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
3359 that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
3361 * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
3363 * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
3364 encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
3365 disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
3366 --personal-digest-preferences.
3368 * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
3369 to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
3370 for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
3371 understand the implications of this.
3373 * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
3374 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
3376 * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
3377 contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
3379 * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
3380 self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
3381 but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
3384 * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
3387 * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
3388 old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
3390 * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
3391 generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
3392 has been added with the same restrictions.
3394 * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
3397 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
3398 ------------------------------------------------
3400 * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
3401 uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
3402 Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
3403 not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
3404 the old vulnerable format.
3406 * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
3407 default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
3408 interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
3410 * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
3411 possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
3412 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
3415 * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
3418 * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
3419 with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
3420 keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
3423 * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
3424 key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
3427 * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
3428 specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
3429 ID, etc) was checked.
3431 * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
3432 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
3434 * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
3435 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
3437 * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
3438 key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
3439 want their signature to expire at the same time.
3441 * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
3442 present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
3443 designated revokers.
3445 * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
3448 * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
3449 revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
3451 * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
3453 * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
3455 * New option --preserve-permissions.
3457 * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
3458 signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
3460 * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
3461 or we are in verbose mode.
3463 * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
3464 except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
3466 * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
3467 primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
3470 * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
3471 matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
3473 * RSA key generation.
3475 * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
3476 scripts/build-riscos.
3478 * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
3480 * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
3481 the "updpref" edit command.
3483 * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
3484 UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
3485 so that it should not break too much)
3487 * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
3489 * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
3491 * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
3492 signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
3493 operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
3494 --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
3496 * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
3497 See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
3498 and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
3500 * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
3501 ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
3503 * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
3505 * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
3507 See-also: gnupg-announce/2002q2/000135.html
3510 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
3511 ------------------------------------------------
3513 * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
3515 * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
3517 * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
3518 server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
3521 * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
3523 * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
3525 * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
3527 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000123.html
3530 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
3531 ------------------------------------------------
3533 * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
3534 problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
3535 signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
3536 a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
3537 check all your detached signature handling applications and make
3538 sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
3539 using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
3541 * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
3542 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
3543 some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
3546 * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
3547 --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
3548 handle it in another way.
3550 * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
3551 to understand preference listing.
3553 * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
3554 is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
3555 revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
3556 primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
3558 * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
3560 * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
3562 * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
3563 --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
3564 --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
3566 * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
3567 co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
3568 signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
3570 * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
3572 * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
3573 multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
3576 * A whole lot of bug fixes.
3578 * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
3579 increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
3580 can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
3581 cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
3582 rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
3583 Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
3585 * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
3587 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000122.html
3590 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
3591 ------------------------------------------------
3593 * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
3594 results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
3595 primary reason for releasing this version.
3597 * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
3598 be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
3600 * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
3602 * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
3604 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q4/000082.html
3607 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
3608 ------------------------------------------------
3610 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
3612 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
3614 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
3616 * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
3617 to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
3618 of this Orwellian RIP bill.
3620 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
3622 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
3624 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
3626 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
3629 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
3630 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
3631 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
3632 according to RFC2440
3634 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
3635 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
3636 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
3638 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000075.html
3641 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
3642 ----------------------------------------------
3644 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
3646 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
3648 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
3649 by the new OpenPGP draft.
3651 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
3652 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
3653 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
3654 cases were it is really required.
3655 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
3657 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
3659 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
3661 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
3662 by code derived from Cryptlib.
3664 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
3665 and 8 times for 4k keys.
3667 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
3670 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
3671 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
3672 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
3673 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
3674 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
3675 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
3676 procedure to install such secret keys.
3678 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
3679 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
3680 ignored all --keyring options.
3682 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
3683 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
3685 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
3688 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
3689 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
3690 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
3691 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
3693 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
3694 a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
3696 * Danish translation
3698 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000069.html
3701 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
3702 -----------------------------------
3704 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
3706 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
3708 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
3709 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
3711 * Add Indonesian and Portuguese translations.
3713 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
3714 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
3715 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
3716 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
3718 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
3719 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
3720 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
3721 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
3722 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
3724 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
3727 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
3729 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
3730 into a separate one.
3732 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q4/000050.html
3735 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
3736 -----------------------------------
3738 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
3739 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
3741 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
3743 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000037.html
3746 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
3747 ------------------------------------
3749 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
3750 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
3752 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
3754 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
3756 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000036.html
3759 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
3760 ------------------------------------
3762 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
3764 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
3766 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000034.html
3769 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
3770 -----------------------------------
3772 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
3774 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
3776 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
3778 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
3781 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
3782 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
3784 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
3787 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
3788 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
3790 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
3792 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
3793 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
3795 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000028.html
3798 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
3799 -----------------------------------
3801 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
3803 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
3804 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
3805 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
3806 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
3808 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
3810 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
3812 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
3813 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
3814 A couple of other options to allow resetting of options.
3816 * Better support for HPUX.
3818 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000016.html
3821 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
3822 -----------------------------------
3824 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
3825 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
3827 * Enhanced some status outputs.
3829 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000000.html
3832 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
3833 -----------------------------------
3835 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
3836 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
3837 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
3839 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
3841 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
3843 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
3844 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
3847 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
3848 -----------------------------------
3850 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
3851 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
3853 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
3855 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
3857 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
3860 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
3861 -----------------------------------
3863 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
3864 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
3866 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
3868 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
3871 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
3872 -----------------------------------
3874 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
3875 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
3877 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
3879 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
3880 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
3882 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
3883 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
3884 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
3886 * Changed the locking stuff.
3888 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
3891 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
3892 -----------------------------------
3894 * add some additional time warp checks.
3896 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
3898 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
3900 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
3903 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
3904 -----------------------------------
3906 * Polish language support.
3908 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
3909 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
3911 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
3912 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
3913 which looks for trusted signatures.
3915 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
3918 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
3919 better maintainable (I hope so).
3921 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
3922 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
3925 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
3926 -----------------------------------
3928 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
3929 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
3930 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
3933 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
3935 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
3936 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
3937 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
3938 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
3940 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
3941 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
3942 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
3946 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
3947 -----------------------------------
3949 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
3950 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
3951 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
3953 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
3954 to see updated preferences etc.
3956 * Import of subkeys should now work.
3958 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
3959 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
3961 * Brazilian language support.
3964 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
3965 -----------------------------------
3967 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
3968 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
3969 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
3971 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
3974 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
3975 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
3977 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
3978 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
3979 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
3980 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
3982 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
3984 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
3985 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
3987 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
3988 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
3989 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
3990 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
3991 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
3992 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
3996 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
3997 -----------------------------------
3999 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
4001 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
4002 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
4003 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
4005 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
4006 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
4007 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
4008 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
4009 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
4010 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
4012 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
4013 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
4015 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
4016 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
4018 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
4022 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
4023 -----------------------------------
4025 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
4027 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
4029 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
4030 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
4031 keyring into your trustdb
4033 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
4034 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
4035 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
4037 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
4038 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
4039 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
4042 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
4043 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
4044 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
4046 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
4049 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
4050 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
4051 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
4053 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
4054 compatible to PGP 5.
4056 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
4057 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
4059 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
4063 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
4064 -----------------------------------
4066 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
4067 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
4069 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
4070 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
4072 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
4073 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
4074 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
4075 when changing a passphrase.
4077 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
4078 a few hints about the internal structure.
4080 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
4081 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
4083 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
4084 code for the trustdb.
4087 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
4088 -----------------------------------
4090 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
4091 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
4094 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
4096 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
4097 except when --rfc1991 is used.
4099 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
4103 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
4104 -----------------------------------
4106 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
4107 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
4108 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
4109 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
4110 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
4112 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
4114 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
4116 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
4118 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
4121 * Building in another directory should now work.
4123 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
4126 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
4127 -----------------------------------
4129 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
4131 * yes/no, y/n localized.
4136 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
4137 -----------------------------------
4139 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
4140 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
4141 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
4142 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
4143 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
4144 a copy of the old program.
4145 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
4146 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
4147 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.1 or 0.3.2) and set the
4148 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
4149 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
4150 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
4151 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
4152 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
4153 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
4154 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
4155 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
4156 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
4158 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
4159 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
4160 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.1 or .2 to save your assigned ownertrusts
4161 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
4162 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
4163 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
4164 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
4165 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
4167 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
4168 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
4169 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
4170 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
4173 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
4175 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
4177 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
4178 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
4179 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
4180 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
4182 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
4184 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
4186 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
4188 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
4189 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
4191 * gpg now disables core dumps.
4193 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
4194 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
4196 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
4197 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
4198 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
4199 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
4201 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
4202 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
4204 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
4206 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
4210 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
4211 -----------------------------------
4213 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
4215 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
4217 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
4218 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
4219 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
4221 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
4224 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
4225 -----------------------------------
4227 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
4228 a key in a v4 packet is used.
4230 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
4232 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
4235 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
4236 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
4238 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
4241 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
4242 -----------------------------------
4244 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
4245 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
4248 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
4249 is set into the self signature.
4251 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
4252 interoperable with pgp5
4254 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
4255 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
4256 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
4257 prime number generator which we had used).
4259 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
4261 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
4263 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
4265 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
4268 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
4269 ------------------------------------
4271 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
4273 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
4275 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
4276 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
4278 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
4279 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
4280 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
4282 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
4284 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
4287 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
4290 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
4291 ------------------------------------
4293 * Split cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
4294 to configure to support the development of a random source for
4295 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
4296 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
4297 without a random source).
4299 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
4300 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
4302 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
4304 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
4305 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
4308 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
4309 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
4311 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
4312 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
4313 speed measurement easier.
4316 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
4317 ------------------------------------
4319 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
4321 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
4322 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
4324 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
4327 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
4328 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
4329 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
4332 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
4333 ------------------------------------
4335 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
4336 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
4338 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
4339 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
4340 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
4341 drop support for this in the future. You should use
4342 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
4346 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
4347 ------------------------------------
4349 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
4350 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
4351 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
4352 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
4353 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
4355 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
4357 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
4359 * Some new test cases
4361 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
4362 ------------------------------------
4364 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
4366 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
4368 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
4370 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
4372 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
4373 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
4377 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
4378 ------------------------------------
4380 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
4382 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
4385 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
4386 ------------------------------------
4388 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
4389 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
4391 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
4392 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
4394 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
4395 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
4397 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
4399 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
4400 ------------------------------------
4402 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
4404 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
4405 the public keys anyway.
4407 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
4408 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
4409 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
4411 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
4412 ------------------------------------
4414 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
4415 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
4416 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
4417 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
4418 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
4420 * Changed some configure options and add an option
4421 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
4422 and to compile everything with optimization on.
4424 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
4425 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
4426 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
4428 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
4430 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
4433 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
4434 -----------------------------------
4436 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
4438 * Added a simple man page.
4440 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
4442 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
4443 -----------------------------------
4445 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
4446 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
4447 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
4448 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
4450 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
4453 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
4454 -----------------------------------
4456 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
4458 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
4459 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
4460 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
4462 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
4464 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
4465 used for internal test purposes.
4467 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
4468 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
4470 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
4472 * "make check" works.
4474 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
4475 -----------------------------------
4477 * Option "--export" works.
4480 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
4481 -----------------------------------
4483 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
4484 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
4486 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
4487 message digests into MPIs.
4489 * Enhanced the checkit script
4492 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
4493 -----------------------------------
4495 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
4497 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
4499 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
4501 * fixed a lot of bugs.
4504 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
4505 -----------------------------------
4507 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
4508 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
4509 are not any more valid.
4511 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
4513 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
4515 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
4517 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
4518 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
4519 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
4520 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
4521 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
4523 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
4525 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
4526 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
4527 which does a cleanup in very case.
4528 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
4529 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
4531 * started with internationalization support.
4533 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
4534 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
4535 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
4536 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
4537 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
4539 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
4541 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
4542 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
4543 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
4546 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
4548 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
4549 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
4550 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
4552 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
4553 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
4556 Version 0.2.2 (1998-02-09)
4557 Version 0.2.1 (1998-01-28)
4558 Version 0.2.0 (1998-01-25)
4559 Version 0.1.3 (1998-01-12)
4560 Version 0.1.2 (1998-01-07)
4561 Version 0.1.1 (1998-01-07)
4562 Version 0.1.0 (1998-01-05)
4563 Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
4566 Copyright (C) 1998-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4567 Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Werner Koch
4569 This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
4570 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
4571 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
4573 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
4574 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
4575 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.