1 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.11 (2018-11-06)
2 -------------------------------------------------
4 * gpgsm: Fix CRL loading when intermediate certicates are not yet
7 * gpgsm: Fix an error message about the digest algo. [#4219]
9 * gpg: Fix a wrong warning due to new sign usage check introduced
12 * gpg: Print the "data source" even for an unsuccessful keyserver
15 * gpg: Do not store the TOFU trust model in the trustdb. This
16 allows to enable or disable a TOFO model without triggering a
17 trustdb rebuild. [#4134]
19 * scd: Fix cases of "Bad PIN" after using "forcesig". [#4177]
21 * agent: Fix possible hang in the ssh handler. [#4221]
23 * dirmngr: Tack the unmodified mail address to a WKD request. See
24 commit a2bd4a64e5b057f291a60a9499f881dd47745e2f for details.
26 * dirmngr: Tweak diagnostic about missing LDAP server file.
28 * dirmngr: In verbose mode print the OCSP responder id.
30 * dirmngr: Fix parsing of the LDAP port. [#4230]
32 * wks: Add option --directory/-C to the server. Always build the
33 server on Unix systems.
35 * wks: Add option --with-colons to the client. Support sites which
36 use the policy file instead of the submission-address file.
38 * Fix EBADF when gpg et al. are called by broken CGI scripts.
40 * Fix some minor memory leaks and bugs.
42 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4233
43 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q4/000432.html
46 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.10 (2018-08-30)
47 -------------------------------------------------
49 * gpg: Refresh expired keys originating from the WKD. [#2917]
51 * gpg: Use a 256 KiB limit for a WKD imported key.
53 * gpg: New option --known-notation. [#4060]
55 * scd: Add support for the Trustica Cryptoucan reader.
57 * agent: Speed up starting during on-demand launching. [#3490]
59 * dirmngr: Validate SRV records in WKD queries.
61 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4112
62 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q3/000428.html
65 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.9 (2018-07-12)
66 ------------------------------------------------
68 * dirmngr: Fix recursive resolver mode and other bugs in the libdns
69 code. [#3374,#3803,#3610]
71 * dirmngr: When using libgpg-error 1.32 or later a GnuPG build with
72 NTBTLS support (e.g. the standard Windows installer) does not
73 anymore block for dozens of seconds before returning data.
75 * gpg: Fix bug in --show-keys which actually imported revocation
78 * gpg: Ignore too long user-ID and comment packets. [#4022]
80 * gpg: Fix crash due to bad German translation. Improved printf
81 format compile time check.
83 * gpg: Handle missing ISSUER sub packet gracefully in the presence of
84 the new ISSUER_FPR. [#4046]
86 * gpg: Allow decryption using several passphrases in most cases.
89 * gpg: Command --show-keys now enables the list options
90 show-unusable-uids, show-unusable-subkeys, show-notations and
91 show-policy-urls by default.
93 * gpg: Command --show-keys now prints revocation certificates. [#4018]
95 * gpg: Add revocation reason to the "rev" and "rvs" records of the
96 option --with-colons. [#1173]
98 * gpg: Export option export-clean does now remove certain expired
99 subkeys; export-minimal removes all expired subkeys. [#3622]
101 * gpg: New "usage" property for the drop-subkey filters. [#4019]
103 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4036
104 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q3/000427.html
107 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.8 (2018-06-08)
108 ------------------------------------------------
110 * gpg: Decryption of messages not using the MDC mode will now lead
111 to a hard failure even if a legacy cipher algorithm was used. The
112 option --ignore-mdc-error can be used to turn this failure into a
113 warning. Take care: Never use that option unconditionally or
114 without a prior warning.
116 * gpg: The MDC encryption mode is now always used regardless of the
117 cipher algorithm or any preferences. For testing --rfc2440 can be
118 used to create a message without an MDC.
120 * gpg: Sanitize the diagnostic output of the original file name in
121 verbose mode. [#4012,CVE-2018-12020]
123 * gpg: Detect suspicious multiple plaintext packets in a more
124 reliable way. [#4000]
126 * gpg: Fix the duplicate key signature detection code. [#3994]
128 * gpg: The options --no-mdc-warn, --force-mdc, --no-force-mdc,
129 --disable-mdc and --no-disable-mdc have no more effect.
131 * gpg: New command --show-keys.
133 * agent: Add DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and a few other envvars to the
134 list of startup environment variables. [#3947]
136 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q2/000425.html
139 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.7 (2018-05-02)
140 ------------------------------------------------
142 * gpg: New option --no-symkey-cache to disable the passphrase cache
143 for symmetrical en- and decryption.
145 * gpg: The ERRSIG status now prints the fingerprint if that is part
148 * gpg: Relax emitting of FAILURE status lines
150 * gpg: Add a status flag to "sig" lines printed with --list-sigs.
152 * gpg: Fix "Too many open files" when using --multifile. [#3951]
154 * ssh: Return an error for unknown ssh-agent flags. [#3880]
156 * dirmngr: Fix a regression since 2.1.16 which caused corrupted CRL
157 caches under Windows. [#2448,#3923]
159 * dirmngr: Fix a CNAME problem with pools and TLS. Also use a fixed
160 mapping of keys.gnupg.net to sks-keyservers.net. [#3755]
162 * dirmngr: Try resurrecting dead hosts earlier (from 3 to 1.5 hours).
164 * dirmngr: Fallback to CRL if no default OCSP responder is configured.
166 * dirmngr: Implement CRL fetching via https. Here a redirection to
167 http is explictly allowed.
169 * dirmngr: Make LDAP searching and CRL fetching work under Windows.
170 This stopped working with 2.1. [#3937]
172 * agent,dirmngr: New sub-command "getenv" for "getinfo" to ease
175 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q2/000424.html
178 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.6 (2018-04-09)
179 ------------------------------------------------
181 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --request-origin to pretend requests coming
182 from a browser or a remote site.
184 * gpg: Fix race condition on trustdb.gpg updates due to too early
185 released lock. [#3839]
187 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines in almost all cases. [#3872]
189 * gpg: Implement --dry-run for --passwd to make checking a key's
190 passphrase straightforward.
192 * gpg: Make sure to only accept a certification capable key for key
195 * gpg: Better user interaction in --card-edit for the factory-reset
198 * gpg: Improve changing key attributes in --card-edit by adding an
199 explicit "key-attr" sub-command. [#3781]
201 * gpg: Print the keygrips in the --card-status.
203 * scd: Support KDF DO setup. [#3823]
205 * scd: Fix some issues with PC/SC on Windows. [#3825]
207 * scd: Fix suspend/resume handling in the CCID driver.
209 * agent: Evict cached passphrases also via a timer. [#3829]
211 * agent: Use separate passphrase caches depending on the request
214 * ssh: Support signature flags. [#3880]
216 * dirmngr: Handle failures related to missing IPv6 support
219 * Fix corner cases related to specified home directory with
220 drive letter on Windows. [#3720]
222 * Allow the use of UNC directory names as homedir. [#3818]
224 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q2/000421.html
227 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.5 (2018-02-22)
228 ------------------------------------------------
230 * gpg: Allow the use of the "cv25519" and "ed25519" short names in
231 addition to the canonical curve names in --batch --gen-key.
233 * gpg: Make sure to print all secret keys with option --list-only
234 and --decrypt. [#3718]
236 * gpg: Fix the use of future-default with --quick-add-key for
237 signing keys. [#3747]
239 * gpg: Select a secret key by checking availability under gpg-agent.
242 * gpg: Fix reversed prompt texts for --only-sign-text-ids. [#3787]
244 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix detection of bogus keybox blobs on 32 bit systems.
247 * gpgsm: Fix regression since 2.1 in --export-secret-key-raw which
248 got $d mod (q-1)$ wrong. Note that most tools automatically fixup
249 that parameter anyway.
251 * ssh: Fix a regression in getting the client'd PID on *BSD and
254 * scd: Support the KDF Data Object of the OpenPGP card 3.3. [#3152]
256 * scd: Fix a regression in the internal CCID driver for certain card
259 * scd: Fix a problem on NetBSD killing scdaemon on gpg-agent
262 * dirmngr: Improve returned error description on failure of DNS
265 * wks: Implement command --install-key for gpg-wks-server.
267 * Add option STATIC=1 to the Speedo build system to allow a build
268 with statically linked versions of the core GnuPG libraries. Also
269 use --enable-wks-tools by default by Speedo builds for Unix.
271 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q1/000420.html
274 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.4 (2017-12-20)
275 ------------------------------------------------
277 * gpg: Change default preferences to prefer SHA512.
279 * gpg: Print a warning when more than 150 MiB are encrypted using a
280 cipher with 64 bit block size.
282 * gpg: Print a warning if the MDC feature has not been used for a
285 * gpg: Fix regular expression of domain addresses in trust
288 * agent: New option --auto-expand-secmem to help with high numbers
289 of concurrent connections. Requires libgcrypt 1.8.2 for having
292 * dirmngr: Cache responses of WKD queries.
294 * gpgconf: Add option --status-fd.
296 * wks: Add commands --check and --remove-key to gpg-wks-server.
298 * Increase the backlog parameter of the daemons to 64 and add
299 option --listen-backlog.
301 * New configure option --enable-run-gnupg-user-socket to first try a
302 socket directory which is not removed by systemd at session end.
304 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q4/000419.html
307 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.3 (2017-11-20)
308 ------------------------------------------------
310 * gpgsm: Fix initial keybox creation on Windows. [#3507]
312 * dirmngr: Fix crash in case of a CRL loading error. [#3510]
314 * Fix the name of the Windows registry key. [Git#4f5afaf1fd]
316 * gpgtar: Fix wrong behaviour of --set-filename. [#3500]
318 * gpg: Silence AKL retrieval messages. [#3504]
320 * agent: Use clock or clock_gettime for calibration. [#3056]
322 * agent: Improve robustness of the shutdown pending
323 state. [Git#7ffedfab89]
325 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q4/000417.html
328 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.2 (2017-11-07)
329 ------------------------------------------------
331 * gpg: Avoid duplicate key imports by concurrently running gpg
334 * gpg: Fix creating on-disk subkey with on-card primary key. [#3280]
336 * gpg: Fix validity retrieval for multiple keyrings. [Debian#878812]
338 * gpg: Fix --dry-run and import option show-only for secret keys.
340 * gpg: Print "sec" or "sbb" for secret keys with import option
343 * gpg: Make import less verbose. [#3397]
345 * gpg: Add alias "Key-Grip" for parameter "Keygrip" and new
346 parameter "Subkey-Grip" to unattended key generation. [#3478]
348 * gpg: Improve "factory-reset" command for OpenPGP cards. [#3286]
350 * gpg: Ease switching Gnuk tokens into ECC mode by using the magic
353 * gpgsm: Fix --with-colon listing in crt records for fields > 12.
355 * gpgsm: Do not expect X.509 keyids to be unique. [#1644]
357 * agent: Fix stucked Pinentry when using --max-passphrase-days. [#3190]
359 * agent: New option --s2k-count. [#3276 (workaround)]
361 * dirmngr: Do not follow https-to-http redirects. [#3436]
363 * dirmngr: Reduce default LDAP timeout from 100 to 15 seconds. [#3487]
365 * gpgconf: Ignore non-installed components for commands
366 --apply-profile and --apply-defaults. [#3313]
368 * Add configure option --enable-werror. [#2423]
370 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q4/000416.html
373 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.1 (2017-09-19)
374 ------------------------------------------------
376 * gpg: Fix formatting of the user id in batch mode key generation
377 if only "name-email" is given.
379 * gpgv: Fix annoying "not suitable for" warnings.
381 * wks: Convey only the newest user id to the provider. This is the
382 case if different names are used with the same addr-spec.
384 * wks: Create a complying user id for provider policy mailbox-only.
386 * wks: Add workaround for posteo.de.
388 * scd: Fix the use of large ECC keys with an OpenPGP card.
390 * dirmngr: Use system provided root certificates if no specific HKP
391 certificates are configured. If build with GNUTLS, this was
394 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000415.html
397 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.0 (2017-08-28)
398 ------------------------------------------------
400 This is the new long term stable branch. This branch will only see
401 bug fixes and no new features.
403 * gpg: Reverted change in 2.1.23 so that --no-auto-key-retrieve is
406 * Fixed a few minor bugs.
408 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000413.html
411 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.23 (2017-08-09)
412 -------------------------------------------------
414 * gpg: "gpg" is now installed as "gpg" and not anymore as "gpg2".
415 If needed, the new configure option --enable-gpg-is-gpg2 can be
418 * gpg: Options --auto-key-retrieve and --auto-key-locate "local,wkd"
419 are now used by default. Note: this enables keyserver and Web Key
420 Directory operators to notice when a signature from a locally
421 non-available key is being verified for the first time or when
422 you intend to encrypt to a mail address without having the key
423 locally. This new behaviour will eventually make key discovery
424 much easier and mostly automatic. Disable this by adding
426 auto-key-locate local
429 * agent: Option --no-grab is now the default. The new option --grab
430 allows to revert this.
432 * gpg: New import option "show-only".
434 * gpg: New option --disable-dirmngr to entirely disable network
437 * gpg,gpgsm: Tweaked DE-VS compliance behaviour.
439 * New configure flag --enable-all-tests to run more extensive tests
442 * gpgsm: The keygrip is now always printed in colon mode as
443 documented in the man page.
445 * Fixed connection timeout problem under Windows.
447 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000412.html
450 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.22 (2017-07-28)
451 -------------------------------------------------
453 * gpg: Extend command --quick-set-expire to allow for setting the
454 expiration time of subkeys.
456 * gpg: By default try to repair keys during import. New sub-option
457 no-repair-keys for --import-options.
459 * gpg,gpgsm: Improved checking and reporting of DE-VS compliance.
461 * gpg: New options --key-origin and --with-key-origin. Store the
462 time of the last key update from keyservers, WKD, or DANE.
464 * agent: New option --ssh-fingerprint-digest.
466 * dimngr: Lower timeouts on keyserver connection attempts and made
469 * dirmngr: Tor will now automatically be detected and used. The
470 option --no-use-tor disables Tor detection.
472 * dirmngr: Now detects a changed /etc/resolv.conf.
474 * agent,dirmngr: Initiate shutdown on removal of the GnuPG home
477 * gpg: Avoid caching passphrase for failed symmetric encryption.
479 * agent: Support for unprotected ssh keys.
481 * dirmngr: Fixed name resolving on systems using only v6
484 * dirmngr: Allow the use of TLS over http proxies.
486 * w32: Change directory of the daemons after startup.
488 * wks: New man pages for client and server.
490 * Many other bug fixes.
492 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000411.html
495 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.21 (2017-05-15)
496 -------------------------------------------------
498 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix corruption of old style keyring.gpg files. This
499 bug was introduced with version 2.1.20. Note that the default
500 pubring.kbx format was not affected.
502 * gpg,dirmngr: Removed the skeleton config file support. The
503 system's standard methods for providing default configuration
504 files should be used instead.
506 * w32: The Windows installer now allows installation of GnuPG
507 without Administrator permissions.
509 * gpg: Fixed import filter property match bug.
511 * scd: Removed Linux support for Cardman 4040 PCMCIA reader.
513 * scd: Fixed some corner case bugs in resume/suspend handling.
515 * Many minor bug fixes and code cleanup.
517 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q2/000405.html
520 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.20 (2017-04-03)
521 -------------------------------------------------
523 * gpg: New properties 'expired', 'revoked', and 'disabled' for the
524 import and export filters.
526 * gpg: New command --quick-set-primary-uid.
528 * gpg: New compliance field for the --with-colon key listing.
530 * gpg: Changed the key parser to generalize the processing of local
533 * gpg: Fixed assertion failure in the TOFU trust model.
535 * gpg: Fixed exporting of zero length user ID packets.
537 * scd: Improved support for multiple readers.
539 * scd: Fixed timeout handling for key generation.
541 * agent: New option --enable-extended-key-format.
543 * dirmngr: Do not add a keyserver to a new dirmngr.conf. Dirmngr
544 uses a default keyserver.
546 * dimngr: Do not treat TLS warning alerts as severe error when
547 building with GNUTLS.
549 * dirmngr: Actually take /etc/hosts in account.
551 * wks: Fixed client problems on Windows. Published keys are now set
554 * tests: Fixed creation of temporary directories.
556 * A socket directory for a non standard GNUGHOME is now created on
557 the fly under /run/user. Thus "gpgconf --create-socketdir" is now
558 optional. The use of "gpgconf --remove-socketdir" to clean up
559 obsolete socket directories is however recommended to avoid
560 cluttering /run/user with useless directories.
562 * Fixed build problems on some platforms.
564 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q2/000404.html
567 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19 (2017-03-01)
568 -------------------------------------------------
570 * gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon
573 * gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private
574 key used for decryption.
576 * gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug.
578 * gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs.
580 * scd: Support for multiple card readers.
582 * scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker. Ticker is used
583 only when it is required to watch removal of device/card.
585 * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.
587 * dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4.
589 * dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of
592 * dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if
593 the option --use-tor is also used.
595 * dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully.
597 * dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools. The are only done
598 for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable".
600 * dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes
601 of certificates. Load system provided certificates on startup.
602 Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE"
605 * dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library.
607 * wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header. Fix detection of
610 * The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support.
612 * Many other bug fixes and new regression tests.
614 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q1/000402.html
617 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.18 (2017-01-23)
618 -------------------------------------------------
620 * gpg: Remove bogus subkey signature while cleaning a key (with
621 export-clean, import-clean, or --edit-key's sub-command clean)
623 * gpg: Allow freezing the clock with --faked-system-time.
625 * gpg: New --export-option flag "backup", new --import-option flag
628 * gpg-agent: Fixed long delay due to a regression in the progress
631 * scd: Lots of code cleanup and internal changes.
633 * scd: Improved the internal CCID driver.
635 * dirmngr: Fixed problem with the DNS glue code (removal of the
636 trailing dot in domain names).
638 * dirmngr: Make sure that Tor is actually enabled after changing the
639 conf file and sending SIGHUP or "gpgconf --reload dirmngr".
641 * dirmngr: Fixed Tor access to IPv6 addresses. Note that current
642 versions of Tor may require that the flag "IPv6Traffic" is used
643 with the option "SocksPort" in torrc to actually allow IPv6
646 * dirmngr: Fixed HKP for literally given IPv6 addresses.
648 * dirmngr: Enabled reverse DNS lookups via Tor.
650 * dirmngr: Added experimental SRV record lookup for WKD.
651 See commit 88dc3af3d4ae1afe1d5e136bc4c38bc4e7d4cd10 for details.
653 * dirmngr: For HKP use "pgpkey-hkps" and "pgpkey-hkp" in SRV record
654 lookups. Avoid SRV record lookup when a port is explicitly
655 specified. This fixes a regression from the 1.4 and 2.0 behavior.
657 * dirmngr: Gracefully handle a missing /etc/nsswitch.conf. Ignore
658 negation terms (e.g. "[!UNAVAIL=return]" instead of bailing out.
660 * dirmngr: Better debug output for flags "dns" and "network".
662 * dirmngr: On reload mark all known HKP servers alive.
664 * gpgconf: Allow keyword "all" for --launch, --kill, and --reload.
666 * tools: gpg-wks-client now ignores a missing policy file on the
669 * Avoid unnecessary ambiguity error message in the option parsing.
671 * Further improvements of the regression test suite.
673 * Fixed building with --disable-libdns configure option.
675 * Fixed a crash running the tests on 32 bit architectures.
677 * Fixed spurious failures on BSD system in the spawn functions.
678 This affected for example gpg-wks-client and gpgconf.
680 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q1/000401.html
683 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.17 (2016-12-20)
684 -------------------------------------------------
686 * gpg: By default new keys expire after 2 years.
688 * gpg: New command --quick-set-expire to conveniently change the
689 expiration date of keys.
691 * gpg: Option and command names have been changed for easier
692 comprehension. The old names are still available as aliases.
694 * gpg: Improved the TOFU trust model.
696 * gpg: New option --default-new-key-algo.
698 * scd: Support OpenPGP card V3 for RSA.
700 * dirmngr: Support for the ADNS library has been removed. Instead
701 William Ahern's Libdns is now source included and used on all
702 platforms. This enables Tor support on all platforms. The new
703 option --standard-resolver can be used to disable this code at
704 runtime. In case of build problems the new configure option
705 --disable-libdns can be used to build without Libdns.
707 * dirmngr: Lazily launch ldap reaper thread.
709 * tools: New options --check and --status-fd for gpg-wks-client.
711 * The UTF-8 byte order mark is now skipped when reading conf files.
713 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
715 * Major improvements to the test suite. For example it is possible
716 to run the external test suite of GPGME.
718 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000400.html
721 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
722 -------------------------------------------------
724 * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
725 using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
727 * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
728 colon formatted key listings.
730 * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
731 options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
733 * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
735 * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
737 * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
740 * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
742 * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
744 * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
746 * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
748 * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
750 * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
752 * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
755 * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
757 * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
760 * scd: Support ECC key generation.
762 * scd: Support more card readers.
764 * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
765 version database in the background.
767 * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
769 * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
771 * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
772 against an copy of an online database.
774 * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
776 * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
778 * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
780 * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
782 * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
783 socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
785 * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
788 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
790 * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
792 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000398.html
795 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
796 -------------------------------------------------
798 * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
801 * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
803 * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
805 * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
807 * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
809 * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
811 * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
813 * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
816 * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
818 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
820 * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
821 effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
823 * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
825 * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
827 * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
829 * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
831 * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
833 * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
835 * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
837 * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
839 * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
841 * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
843 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
845 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000396.html
848 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
849 -------------------------------------------------
851 * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
852 The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
853 be used with the export command.
855 * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
857 * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
859 * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
861 * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
863 * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
864 to directly specify encryption keys.
866 * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
867 part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
869 * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
870 changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
872 * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
874 * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
876 * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
878 * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
880 * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
883 * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
885 * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
887 * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
889 * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
891 * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
893 * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
894 a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
895 required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
897 * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
898 test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
899 programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
900 This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
903 * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
905 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000393.html
908 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
909 -------------------------------------------------
911 * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
914 * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
916 * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
918 * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
919 has been specified using a mail address and the new option
920 --disable-signer-uid is not used.
922 * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
924 * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
926 * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
928 * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
929 a non-breaking-space character.
931 * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
933 * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
934 status line are small enough.
936 * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
938 * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
940 * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
942 * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
943 new option --homedir.
945 * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
946 for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
947 problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
948 need for redirection files.
950 * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
951 to retrieve the default package versions.
953 * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
955 * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
957 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000390.html
960 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
961 -------------------------------------------------
963 * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
966 * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
967 and fixed by --edit-key.
969 * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
971 * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
973 * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
975 * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
977 * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
980 * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
983 * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
985 * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
986 that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
988 * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
991 * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
993 * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
994 --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
996 * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
999 * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
1001 * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
1003 * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
1005 * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
1007 * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
1008 name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
1010 * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
1012 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000387.html
1015 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
1016 -------------------------------------------------
1018 * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
1020 * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
1022 * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
1024 * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
1026 * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
1028 * gpg: Don't check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in
1029 the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
1032 * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
1034 * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
1036 * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
1038 * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
1039 remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
1041 * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
1043 * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
1044 keyservers. (bug#2147).
1046 * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
1048 * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
1050 * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
1052 * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
1054 * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
1055 Use this certiticate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
1057 * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
1060 * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
1062 * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
1063 gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
1065 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q1/000383.html
1068 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
1069 -------------------------------------------------
1071 * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
1073 * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
1074 and --tofu-db-format.
1076 * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
1077 should be considered weak.
1079 * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
1082 * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
1084 * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
1086 * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
1089 * gpg: Check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in the
1090 config file or given to --encrypt-to.
1092 * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
1094 * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
1096 * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
1098 * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
1101 * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
1102 libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
1103 (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
1105 * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
1108 * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
1110 * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
1112 * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
1113 that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
1115 * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
1117 * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
1119 * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
1121 * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
1123 * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
1125 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000381.html
1128 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
1129 ------------------------------------------------
1131 * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
1132 option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
1135 * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
1137 * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
1138 algorithm is used without a MDC.
1140 * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
1142 * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
1144 * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
1146 * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
1148 * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
1150 * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
1152 * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
1154 * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
1155 Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
1157 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000380.html
1160 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
1161 ------------------------------------------------
1163 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
1165 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
1167 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
1169 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
1171 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
1173 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
1175 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
1177 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
1179 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
1180 from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
1182 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
1184 * Various minor bug fixes.
1186 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000379.html
1189 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
1190 ------------------------------------------------
1192 * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
1194 * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
1195 how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
1197 * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
1199 * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
1201 * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
1203 * scd: Improved ECC support
1205 * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
1207 * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
1209 * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
1211 * Various other bug fixes.
1213 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000371.html
1216 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
1217 ------------------------------------------------
1219 * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
1221 * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
1224 * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
1227 * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
1229 * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
1230 the correct translations in Pinentry.
1232 * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
1234 * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
1236 * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
1238 * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
1240 * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
1241 hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
1243 * Various other bug fixes.
1245 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000370.html
1248 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
1249 ------------------------------------------------
1251 * Support for an external passphrase cache.
1253 * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
1255 * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
1257 * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
1259 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
1261 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000369.html
1264 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
1265 ------------------------------------------------
1267 * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
1268 id to an existing key.
1270 * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
1273 * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
1275 * agent: Support for external password managers.
1276 Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
1278 * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
1280 * Make HTTP proxies work again.
1282 * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
1284 * Allow building without LDAP support.
1286 * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
1288 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000366.html
1291 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
1292 ------------------------------------------------
1294 * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
1296 * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
1298 * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
1299 CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
1300 replaced in 2.1.14.]
1302 * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
1305 * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
1307 * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
1309 * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
1311 * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
1313 * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
1315 * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
1317 * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
1319 * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
1321 * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
1322 the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
1324 * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
1325 regressions, and other bugs.
1327 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000365.html
1330 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
1331 ------------------------------------------------
1333 * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
1336 * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
1337 effect on --quick-gen-key.
1339 * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
1341 * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
1344 * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
1346 * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
1347 for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
1349 * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
1351 * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
1353 * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
1355 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
1356 pinentry is not installed.
1358 * scd: Added support for ECDH.
1360 * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
1363 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q1/000361.html
1366 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
1367 ------------------------------------------------
1369 * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
1371 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
1373 * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
1375 * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
1377 * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
1379 * gpg: Fixed regresion in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
1381 * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
1383 * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
1385 * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
1387 * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
1388 use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
1390 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
1392 * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
1394 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
1397 * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
1398 command set for use with remote clients.
1400 * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
1402 * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
1404 * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
1406 * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
1408 * The Windows installer does now install development files
1410 * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
1412 * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
1413 now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
1415 * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
1417 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000360.html
1420 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
1421 ------------------------------------------------
1423 This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
1424 and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
1425 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
1426 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
1428 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
1429 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
1431 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
1432 signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
1433 removed from the keyring.
1435 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
1436 up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
1438 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
1440 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
1442 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
1443 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
1444 versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
1447 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
1449 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
1450 always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
1452 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
1453 command with less choices.
1455 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
1457 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
1459 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
1460 encryption capabilities).
1462 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
1464 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
1467 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
1469 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
1471 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
1473 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
1475 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
1477 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
1479 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
1481 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
1483 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
1484 for non-Windows platforms.
1487 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
1489 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
1491 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
1493 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
1495 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
1498 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
1499 create PGP-2 compatible messages.
1501 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
1503 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
1505 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
1507 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
1509 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
1511 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
1513 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
1515 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
1518 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
1520 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
1522 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
1525 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
1526 this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
1528 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
1530 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
1531 packet and information about the packet header.
1533 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
1535 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
1537 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
1540 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
1543 * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
1544 to build a partly working installer for Windows.
1547 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
1549 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
1550 format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
1552 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
1553 with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
1554 [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
1555 we have agreed on a suitable format.]
1557 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
1559 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
1560 allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
1562 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
1565 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
1566 new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
1568 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
1569 communication with the gpg-agent.
1571 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
1573 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
1575 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
1577 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
1580 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
1582 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
1584 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
1585 more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
1587 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
1588 decryption of the bulk message starts.
1590 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
1592 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
1594 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
1595 they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
1596 such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
1598 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
1601 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
1603 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
1605 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
1606 Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
1608 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
1610 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
1612 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
1614 * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
1615 driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
1617 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
1618 not anymore used by any site.
1620 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
1622 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
1624 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
1626 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
1628 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
1631 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
1633 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
1635 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
1637 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
1639 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
1641 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
1643 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
1644 mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
1646 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
1648 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
1651 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
1652 for "SCD HELP" commands.
1655 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
1657 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
1658 [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
1660 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
1661 little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
1662 hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
1663 algorithm name as well.
1665 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
1666 Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
1668 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
1669 the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
1671 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
1672 running in non-daemon mode.
1674 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
1676 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
1677 we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
1678 LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
1680 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
1684 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
1686 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
1687 are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
1690 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
1692 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
1693 OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
1695 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
1697 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
1699 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
1700 and --simple-sk-checksum.
1702 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
1704 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
1706 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
1708 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
1709 certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
1711 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
1713 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
1716 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
1717 tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
1718 this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
1719 configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
1720 disable this new default.
1722 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
1723 iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
1725 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
1726 expected to run as a system service and the configuration
1727 directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
1728 starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
1730 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
1733 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
1734 debug-level keywords.
1736 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000358.html
1739 Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
1740 Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
1741 Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
1742 Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
1743 Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
1744 Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
1745 Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
1746 Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
1747 Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
1748 Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
1749 Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
1750 Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
1751 Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
1752 Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
1753 Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
1756 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
1757 -------------------------------------------------
1759 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
1760 algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
1761 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
1763 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
1764 passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
1766 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
1767 all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
1769 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
1771 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
1773 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
1774 Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
1776 * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
1777 card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
1781 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q3/000294.html
1784 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
1785 -------------------------------------------------
1787 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
1788 fingerprint or keygrip.
1790 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
1791 information about smartcards.
1793 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
1794 command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
1796 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
1797 and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
1799 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
1801 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
1803 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
1805 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
1806 Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
1808 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
1810 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q2/000288.html
1813 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
1814 -------------------------------------------------
1816 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
1818 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
1820 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
1822 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
1824 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
1825 due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
1826 can't cope with AES.
1828 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000287.html
1831 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
1832 -------------------------------------------------
1834 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
1835 lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
1838 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
1839 Fixed a few problems with this option.
1841 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
1843 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
1845 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
1847 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
1849 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
1852 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
1854 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
1856 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
1858 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
1859 anymore served by ourself.
1861 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
1863 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
1865 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
1867 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
1868 the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
1870 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
1871 locale directory is now used.
1873 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
1874 temporary file names.
1876 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
1877 string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
1879 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
1881 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
1883 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
1885 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000284.html
1888 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
1889 ------------------------------------------------
1891 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
1894 * Tweaks for Windows.
1896 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
1898 * Improved certificate chain construction.
1900 * Extended the PKITS framework.
1902 * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.
1904 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
1905 introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
1911 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
1912 ------------------------------------------------
1914 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
1916 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
1918 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
1920 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
1923 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
1926 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
1928 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
1930 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
1932 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
1935 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
1938 * Windows is now a supported platform.
1940 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
1941 taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
1942 code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
1944 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q4/000267.html
1947 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
1948 ------------------------------------------------
1950 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
1953 * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
1954 is still considered Beta.
1956 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
1957 enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
1960 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
1961 installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
1964 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000259.html
1967 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
1968 ------------------------------------------------
1970 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
1972 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
1974 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
1975 various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
1977 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
1979 * Improved Windows support.
1981 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000258.html
1984 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
1985 ------------------------------------------------
1987 * Switched license to GPLv3.
1989 * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
1990 it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
1992 * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
1994 * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
1995 gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
1997 * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
1998 machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
2000 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000255.html
2003 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
2004 ------------------------------------------------
2006 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
2007 systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
2009 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
2010 was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
2012 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
2014 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q2/000254.html
2017 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
2018 ------------------------------------------------
2020 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
2021 stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
2022 did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
2023 status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
2024 such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
2025 --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
2027 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
2029 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
2030 options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
2031 tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
2033 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
2034 DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
2036 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000252.html
2039 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
2040 ------------------------------------------------
2042 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
2043 packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
2045 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
2046 prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
2047 memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
2049 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
2051 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
2052 short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
2054 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
2056 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000249.html
2059 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
2060 ------------------------------------------------
2062 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
2063 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
2064 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
2065 its authentication and decrypt keys.
2067 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
2069 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
2071 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000242.html
2074 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
2075 ------------------------------------------------
2077 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
2079 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000239.html
2082 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
2083 -------------------------------------------------
2088 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
2089 -------------------------------------------------
2091 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
2092 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
2094 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
2096 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
2097 check whether the configuration file is sane.
2100 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
2101 -------------------------------------------------
2103 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
2104 certificate should be trusted.
2106 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
2108 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
2109 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
2111 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
2113 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
2116 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
2117 -------------------------------------------------
2121 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000236.html
2124 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
2125 -------------------------------------------------
2127 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
2128 without BasicContraints.
2130 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
2131 alias for --list-keys.
2133 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
2136 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
2137 -------------------------------------------------
2139 * Made readline work for gpg.
2141 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
2143 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
2146 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
2147 -------------------------------------------------
2149 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
2152 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
2153 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
2154 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
2155 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
2156 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
2158 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
2159 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
2161 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
2163 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
2166 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
2167 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
2169 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
2171 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
2173 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
2175 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
2177 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
2181 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
2182 -------------------------------------------------
2184 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
2186 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
2187 able to import the files.
2189 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
2192 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
2193 -------------------------------------------------
2195 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
2196 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
2199 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
2201 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
2203 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
2205 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
2207 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
2210 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
2213 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
2214 -------------------------------------------------
2216 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
2219 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
2221 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
2224 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
2225 -------------------------------------------------
2227 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
2228 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
2230 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
2234 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
2235 -------------------------------------------------
2237 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
2238 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
2239 given to create a request from an existing key.
2241 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
2244 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
2245 -------------------------------------------------
2247 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
2250 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
2252 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
2254 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
2255 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
2256 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
2257 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
2259 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
2262 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
2263 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
2266 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
2267 -------------------------------------------------
2269 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
2270 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
2272 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
2274 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
2276 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
2277 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
2280 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
2281 -------------------------------------------------
2283 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
2285 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
2289 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
2290 -------------------------------------------------
2292 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
2293 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
2296 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
2298 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
2301 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
2302 -------------------------------------------------
2304 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
2306 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
2309 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
2310 -------------------------------------------------
2312 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
2314 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
2315 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
2317 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
2320 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
2321 -------------------------------------------------
2323 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
2324 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
2327 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
2329 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
2330 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
2332 * Fixed some i18n problems.
2335 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
2336 -------------------------------------------------
2338 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
2340 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
2341 install just the agent.
2343 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
2346 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
2347 ------------------------------------------------
2349 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
2350 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
2353 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
2356 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
2357 ------------------------------------------------
2359 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
2361 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
2362 written when using the internal CCID driver.
2364 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
2365 detailed view of the certificates.
2367 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
2368 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
2370 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
2371 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
2374 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
2375 ------------------------------------------------
2377 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
2379 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
2381 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
2383 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
2387 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
2388 ------------------------------------------------
2390 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
2393 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
2394 ------------------------------------------------
2396 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
2397 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
2400 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
2401 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
2402 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
2403 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
2405 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
2406 whom the passphrase is requested.
2408 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
2411 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
2412 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
2415 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
2416 ------------------------------------------------
2418 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
2420 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
2423 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
2427 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
2428 ------------------------------------------------
2430 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
2431 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
2432 Default is disabled.
2434 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
2435 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
2436 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
2437 problem with the socket.
2439 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
2440 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
2442 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
2445 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
2446 ------------------------------------------------
2448 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
2449 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
2451 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
2452 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
2454 * All kind of other internal stuff.
2457 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
2458 ------------------------------------------------
2460 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
2461 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
2464 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
2465 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
2470 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
2471 ------------------------------------------------
2473 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
2475 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
2476 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
2478 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
2481 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
2482 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
2484 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
2486 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
2488 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
2490 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
2492 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
2494 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
2496 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
2497 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
2498 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
2500 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
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2511 Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
2512 Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
2513 Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
2514 Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
2515 Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
2516 Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
2517 Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
2518 Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
2519 Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
2520 Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
2521 Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
2522 Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
2523 Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
2526 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
2527 ------------------------------------------------
2529 * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
2530 and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
2531 --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
2532 finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
2534 * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
2535 keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
2536 and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
2537 the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
2539 * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
2540 unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
2541 the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
2543 * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
2544 option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
2545 signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
2546 (identical to the --always-trust option).
2548 * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
2549 consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
2550 last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
2551 respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
2552 safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
2553 forcing them on for all messages.
2555 * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
2556 user wants new keys imported into.
2558 * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
2559 Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
2560 for passphrase mangling.
2562 * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
2563 easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
2564 GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
2566 * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
2569 * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
2570 truncated in the W32 version.
2572 * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
2573 script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
2574 version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
2576 * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
2577 encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
2578 detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
2579 change in this release.
2581 * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
2584 * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
2585 This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
2586 works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
2588 * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
2589 fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
2590 hash algorithm, and signature class.
2592 * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
2593 read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
2595 * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
2597 * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
2598 administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
2599 automatically. This is as specified in
2600 draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
2602 * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
2603 specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
2604 the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
2606 * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
2607 at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
2608 for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
2609 the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
2610 --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
2611 all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
2614 * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
2617 * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
2618 being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
2619 GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
2620 you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
2621 of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
2624 See-also: gnupg-announce/2003q2/000153.html
2627 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
2628 ------------------------------------------------
2630 * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
2631 model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
2632 signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
2633 certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
2634 regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
2635 signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
2636 The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
2637 that don't have working regexp functions available. The
2638 configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
2639 regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
2640 signature with a regular expression included.
2642 * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
2643 encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
2644 the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
2647 * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
2648 used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
2649 "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
2652 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
2653 ------------------------------------------------
2655 * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
2656 and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
2657 There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
2658 the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
2661 * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
2662 listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
2664 * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
2665 wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
2666 around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
2667 that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
2668 keyserver plugin does this as well.
2670 * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
2671 frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
2672 combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
2673 override the script and use the libraries selected.
2675 * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
2676 indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
2677 --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
2680 * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
2681 ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
2682 to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
2685 * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
2686 development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
2687 during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
2691 Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
2692 Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
2693 Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
2694 Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
2695 Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
2696 Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
2697 Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
2698 Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
2699 Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
2702 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
2703 -------------------------------------------------
2705 * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
2706 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
2707 still be used. This change is required to have a more
2708 consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
2710 * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
2711 recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
2712 AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
2713 the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
2714 (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
2716 * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
2717 processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
2718 used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
2719 resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
2720 with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
2721 that do not support MDCs.
2723 * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
2726 * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
2727 clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
2728 checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
2729 keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
2730 keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
2731 specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
2732 extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
2733 with their enclosing directories.
2735 * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
2736 with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
2737 runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
2738 linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
2739 a /dev/random device.
2741 * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
2742 it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
2743 option -vvv shows the used character set.
2745 * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
2749 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
2750 -------------------------------------------------
2752 * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
2753 option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
2754 to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
2756 * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
2757 plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
2758 version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
2760 * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
2761 key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
2764 * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
2765 exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
2766 viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
2768 * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
2769 during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
2770 which do not understand attribute packets.
2772 * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
2773 mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
2774 repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
2775 keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
2776 is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
2777 for regular --import.
2779 * The keyserver helper programs now live in
2780 /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
2781 from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
2782 /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
2783 for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
2784 to place the keyserver helpers there.
2786 * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
2787 (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
2790 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
2791 -------------------------------------------------
2793 * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
2794 --personal-digest-preferences, and
2795 --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
2796 algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
2797 using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
2798 preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
2799 just allows sorting the preferences differently.
2801 * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
2803 * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
2804 that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
2806 * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
2808 * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
2809 encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
2810 disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
2811 --personal-digest-preferences.
2813 * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
2814 to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
2815 for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
2816 understand the implications of this.
2818 * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2819 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
2821 * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
2822 contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
2824 * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
2825 self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
2826 but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
2829 * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
2832 * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
2833 old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
2835 * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
2836 generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
2837 has been added with the same restrictions.
2839 * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
2842 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
2843 ------------------------------------------------
2845 * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
2846 uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
2847 Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
2848 not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
2849 the old vulnerable format.
2851 * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
2852 default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
2853 interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
2855 * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
2856 possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
2857 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
2860 * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
2863 * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
2864 with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
2865 keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
2868 * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
2869 key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
2872 * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
2873 specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
2874 ID, etc) was checked.
2876 * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2877 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
2879 * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2880 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
2882 * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
2883 key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
2884 want their signature to expire at the same time.
2886 * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
2887 present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
2888 designated revokers.
2890 * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
2893 * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
2894 revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
2896 * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
2898 * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
2900 * New option --preserve-permissions.
2902 * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
2903 signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
2905 * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
2906 or we are in verbose mode.
2908 * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
2909 except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
2911 * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
2912 primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
2915 * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
2916 matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
2918 * RSA key generation.
2920 * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
2921 scripts/build-riscos.
2923 * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
2925 * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
2926 the "updpref" edit command.
2928 * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
2929 UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
2930 so that it should not break too much)
2932 * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
2934 * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
2936 * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
2937 signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
2938 operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
2939 --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
2941 * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
2942 See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
2943 and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
2945 * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
2946 ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
2948 * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
2950 * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
2952 See-also: gnupg-announce/2002q2/000135.html
2955 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
2956 ------------------------------------------------
2958 * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
2960 * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
2962 * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
2963 server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
2966 * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
2968 * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
2970 * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
2972 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000123.html
2975 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
2976 ------------------------------------------------
2978 * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
2979 problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
2980 signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
2981 a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
2982 check all your detached signature handling applications and make
2983 sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
2984 using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
2986 * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
2987 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
2988 some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
2991 * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
2992 --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
2993 handle it in another way.
2995 * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
2996 to understand preference listing.
2998 * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
2999 is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
3000 revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
3001 primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
3003 * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
3005 * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
3007 * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
3008 --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
3009 --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
3011 * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
3012 co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
3013 signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
3015 * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
3017 * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
3018 multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
3021 * A whole lot of bug fixes.
3023 * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
3024 increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
3025 can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
3026 cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
3027 rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
3028 Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
3030 * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
3032 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000122.html
3035 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
3036 ------------------------------------------------
3038 * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
3039 results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
3040 primary reason for releasing this version.
3042 * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
3043 be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
3045 * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
3047 * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
3049 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q4/000082.html
3052 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
3053 ------------------------------------------------
3055 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
3057 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
3059 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
3061 * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
3062 to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
3063 of this Orwellian RIP bill.
3065 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
3067 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
3069 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
3071 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
3074 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
3075 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
3076 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
3077 according to RFC2440
3079 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
3080 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
3081 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
3083 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000075.html
3086 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
3087 ----------------------------------------------
3089 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
3091 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
3093 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
3094 by the new OpenPGP draft.
3096 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
3097 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
3098 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
3099 cases were it is really required.
3100 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
3102 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
3104 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
3106 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
3107 by code derived from Cryptlib.
3109 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
3110 and 8 times for 4k keys.
3112 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
3115 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
3116 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
3117 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
3118 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
3119 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
3120 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
3121 procedure to install such secret keys.
3123 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
3124 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
3125 ignored all --keyring options.
3127 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
3128 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
3130 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
3133 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
3134 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
3135 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
3136 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
3138 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
3139 a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
3141 * Danish translation
3143 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000069.html
3146 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
3147 -----------------------------------
3149 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
3151 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
3153 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
3154 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
3156 * Add Indonesian and Portugese translations.
3158 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
3159 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
3160 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
3161 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
3163 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
3164 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
3165 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
3166 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
3167 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
3169 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
3172 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
3174 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
3175 into a separate one.
3177 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q4/000050.html
3180 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
3181 -----------------------------------
3183 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
3184 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
3186 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
3188 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000037.html
3191 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
3192 ------------------------------------
3194 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
3195 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
3197 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
3199 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
3201 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000036.html
3204 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
3205 ------------------------------------
3207 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
3209 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
3211 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000034.html
3214 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
3215 -----------------------------------
3217 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
3219 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
3221 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
3223 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
3226 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
3227 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
3229 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
3232 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
3233 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
3235 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
3237 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
3238 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
3240 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000028.html
3243 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
3244 -----------------------------------
3246 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
3248 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
3249 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
3250 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
3251 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
3253 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
3255 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
3257 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
3258 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
3259 A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
3261 * Better support for HPUX.
3263 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000016.html
3266 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
3267 -----------------------------------
3269 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
3270 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
3272 * Enhanced some status outputs.
3274 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000000.html
3277 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
3278 -----------------------------------
3280 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
3281 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
3282 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
3284 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
3286 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
3288 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
3289 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
3292 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
3293 -----------------------------------
3295 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
3296 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
3298 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
3300 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
3302 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
3305 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
3306 -----------------------------------
3308 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
3309 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
3311 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
3313 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
3316 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
3317 -----------------------------------
3319 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
3320 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
3322 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
3324 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
3325 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
3327 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
3328 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
3329 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
3331 * Changed the locking stuff.
3333 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
3336 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
3337 -----------------------------------
3339 * add some additional time warp checks.
3341 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
3343 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
3345 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
3348 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
3349 -----------------------------------
3351 * Polish language support.
3353 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
3354 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
3356 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
3357 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
3358 which looks for trusted signatures.
3360 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
3363 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
3364 better maintainable (I hope so).
3366 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
3367 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
3370 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
3371 -----------------------------------
3373 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
3374 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
3375 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
3378 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
3380 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
3381 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
3382 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
3383 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
3385 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
3386 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
3387 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
3391 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
3392 -----------------------------------
3394 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
3395 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
3396 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
3398 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
3399 to see updated preferences etc.
3401 * Import of subkeys should now work.
3403 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
3404 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
3406 * Brazilian language support.
3409 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
3410 -----------------------------------
3412 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
3413 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
3414 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
3416 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
3419 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
3420 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
3422 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
3423 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
3424 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
3425 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
3427 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
3429 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
3430 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
3432 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
3433 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
3434 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
3435 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
3436 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
3437 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
3441 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
3442 -----------------------------------
3444 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
3446 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
3447 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
3448 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
3450 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
3451 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
3452 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
3453 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
3454 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
3455 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
3457 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
3458 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
3460 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
3461 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
3463 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
3467 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
3468 -----------------------------------
3470 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
3472 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
3474 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
3475 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
3476 keyring into your trustdb
3478 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
3479 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
3480 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
3482 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
3483 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
3484 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
3487 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
3488 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
3489 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
3491 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
3494 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
3495 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
3496 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
3498 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
3499 compatible to PGP 5.
3501 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
3502 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
3504 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
3508 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
3509 -----------------------------------
3511 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
3512 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
3514 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
3515 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
3517 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
3518 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
3519 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
3520 when changing a passphrase.
3522 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
3523 a few hints about the internal structure.
3525 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
3526 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
3528 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
3529 code for the trustdb.
3532 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
3533 -----------------------------------
3535 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
3536 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
3539 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
3541 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
3542 except when --rfc1991 is used.
3544 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
3548 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
3549 -----------------------------------
3551 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
3552 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
3553 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
3554 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
3555 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
3557 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
3559 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
3561 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
3563 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
3566 * Building in another directory should now work.
3568 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
3571 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
3572 -----------------------------------
3574 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
3576 * yes/no, y/n localized.
3581 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
3582 -----------------------------------
3584 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
3585 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
3586 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
3587 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
3588 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
3589 a copy of the old program.
3590 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
3591 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
3592 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.1 or 0.3.2) and set the
3593 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
3594 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
3595 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
3596 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
3597 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
3598 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
3599 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
3600 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
3601 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
3603 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
3604 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
3605 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.1 or .2 to save your assigned ownertrusts
3606 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
3607 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
3608 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
3609 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
3610 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
3612 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
3613 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
3614 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
3615 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
3618 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
3620 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
3622 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
3623 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
3624 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
3625 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
3627 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
3629 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
3631 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
3633 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
3634 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
3636 * gpg now disables core dumps.
3638 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
3639 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
3641 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
3642 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
3643 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
3644 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
3646 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
3647 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
3649 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
3651 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
3655 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
3656 -----------------------------------
3658 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
3660 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
3662 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
3663 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
3664 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
3666 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
3669 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
3670 -----------------------------------
3672 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
3673 a key in a v4 packet is used.
3675 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
3677 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
3680 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
3681 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
3683 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
3686 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
3687 -----------------------------------
3689 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
3690 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
3693 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
3694 is set into the self signature.
3696 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
3697 interoperable with pgp5
3699 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
3700 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
3701 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
3702 prime number generator which we had used).
3704 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
3706 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
3708 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
3710 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
3713 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
3714 ------------------------------------
3716 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
3718 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
3720 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
3721 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
3723 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
3724 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
3725 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
3727 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
3729 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
3732 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
3735 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
3736 ------------------------------------
3738 * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
3739 to configure to support the development of a random source for
3740 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
3741 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
3742 without a random source).
3744 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
3745 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
3747 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
3749 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
3750 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
3753 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
3754 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
3756 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
3757 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
3758 speed measurement easier.
3761 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
3762 ------------------------------------
3764 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
3766 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
3767 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
3769 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
3772 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
3773 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
3774 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
3777 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
3778 ------------------------------------
3780 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
3781 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
3783 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
3784 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
3785 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
3786 drop support for this in the future. You should use
3787 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
3791 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
3792 ------------------------------------
3794 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
3795 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
3796 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
3797 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
3798 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
3800 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
3802 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
3804 * Some new test cases
3806 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
3807 ------------------------------------
3809 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
3811 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
3813 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
3815 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
3817 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
3818 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
3822 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
3823 ------------------------------------
3825 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
3827 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
3830 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
3831 ------------------------------------
3833 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
3834 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
3836 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
3837 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
3839 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
3840 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
3842 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
3844 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
3845 ------------------------------------
3847 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
3849 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
3850 the public keys anyway.
3852 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
3853 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
3854 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
3856 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
3857 ------------------------------------
3859 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
3860 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
3861 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
3862 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
3863 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
3865 * Changed some configure options and add an option
3866 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
3867 and to compile everything with optimization on.
3869 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
3870 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
3871 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
3873 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
3875 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
3878 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
3879 -----------------------------------
3881 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
3883 * Added a simple man page.
3885 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
3887 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
3888 -----------------------------------
3890 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
3891 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
3892 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
3893 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
3895 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
3898 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
3899 -----------------------------------
3901 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
3903 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
3904 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
3905 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
3907 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
3909 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
3910 used for internal test purposes.
3912 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
3913 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
3915 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
3917 * "make check" works.
3919 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
3920 -----------------------------------
3922 * Option "--export" works.
3925 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
3926 -----------------------------------
3928 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
3929 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
3931 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
3932 message digests into MPIs.
3934 * Enhanced the checkit script
3937 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
3938 -----------------------------------
3940 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
3942 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
3944 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
3946 * fixed a lot of bugs.
3949 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
3950 -----------------------------------
3952 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
3953 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
3954 are not any more valid.
3956 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
3958 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
3960 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
3962 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
3963 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
3964 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
3965 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
3966 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
3968 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
3970 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
3971 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
3972 which does a cleanup in very case.
3973 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
3974 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
3976 * started with internationalization support.
3978 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
3979 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
3980 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
3981 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
3982 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
3984 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
3986 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
3987 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
3988 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
3991 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
3993 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
3994 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
3995 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
3997 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
3998 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
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4008 Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
4011 Copyright (C) 1998-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4012 Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Werner Koch
4014 This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
4015 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
4016 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
4018 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
4019 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
4020 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.