1 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.30 (2021-08-26)
2 -------------------------------------------------
4 * gpg: Extended gpg-check-pattern to support accept rules,
5 conjunctions, and case-sensitive matching. [5ca15e58b2]
7 * agent: New option --pinentry-formatted-passphrase. [#5553]
9 * agent: New option --check-sym-passphrase-pattern. [#5517]
11 * agent: Use the sysconfdir for the pattern files. [5ed8e598fa]
13 * agent: Add "checkpin" inquiry for use by pinentry. [#5532]
15 * wkd: Fix client issue with leading or trailing spaces in
16 user-ids. [576e429d41]
18 * Pass XDG_SESSION_TYPE and QT_QPA_PLATFORM envvars to Pinentry.
21 * Under Windows use LOCAL_APPDATA for the socket directory. [#5537]
23 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5519
24 See-also: gnupg-announce/2021q3/000462.html
27 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.29 (2021-07-04)
28 -------------------------------------------------
30 * Fix regression in 2.2.28 for Yubikey NEO. [#5487]
32 * Change the default keyserver to keyserver.ubuntu.com. This is a
33 temporary change due to the shutdown of the SKS keyserver pools.
36 * gpg: Let --fetch-key return an exit code on failure. [#5376]
38 * dirmngr: Fix regression in KS_GET for mail address pattern.
41 * Add fallback in case the Windows console can't cope with Unicode.
44 * Improve initialization of SPR532 in the CCID driver and make the
45 driver more robust. [#5297,b90c55fa66db]
47 * Make test suite work in presence of a broken Libgcrypt
50 * Make configure option --disable-ldap work again.
52 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5498
53 See-also: gnupg-announce/2021q3/000461.html
56 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.28 (2021-06-10)
57 -------------------------------------------------
59 * gpg: Auto import keys specified with --trusted-keys.
62 * gpg: Allow decryption w/o public key but with correct card
63 inserted. [e53f6037283e]
65 * gpg: Allow fingerprint based lookup with --locate-external-key.
68 * gpg: Lookup a missing public key of the current card via LDAP.
71 * gpg: New option --force-sign-key. [#4584]
73 * gpg: Use a more descriptive password prompt for symmetric
74 decryption. [03f83bcda5d1]
76 * gpg: Do not use the self-sigs-only option for LDAP keyserver
79 * gpg: Keep temp files when opening images via xdg-open.
82 * gpg: Fix mailbox based search via AKL keyserver method.
85 * gpg: Fix sending an OpenPGP key with umlaut to an LDAP keyserver.
88 * gpg: Allow ECDH with a smartcard returning only the x-coordinate.
91 * gpgsm: New option --ldapserver as an alias for --keyserver. Note
92 that configuring servers in gpgsm and gpg is deprecated; please
93 use the dirmngr configuration options.
95 * gpgsm: Support AES-GCM decryption. [b722fd755c77]
97 * gpgsm: Support decryption of password protected files.
100 * gpgsm: Lock keyboxes also during a search to fix lockups on
103 * agent: Skip unknown unknown ssh curves seen on
104 cards. [bbf4bd3bfcb5]
106 * scdaemon: New option --pcsc-shared. [5eec40f3d827]
108 * scdaemon: Backport PKCS#15 card support from GnuPG 2.3
111 * scdaemon: Fix CCID driver for SCM SPR332/SPR532. [#5297]
113 * scdaemon: Fix possible PC/SC removed card problem. [9d83bfb63968]
115 * scdaemon: Fix unblock PIN by a Reset Code with KDF. [#5413]
117 * scdaemon: Support compressed points. [96577e2e46e4]
119 * scdaemon: Prettify S/N for Yubikeys and fix reading for early
120 Yubikey 5 tokens. [f8588369bcb0,#5442]
122 * dirmngr: New option --ldapserver to avoid the need for the
123 separate dirmngr_ldapservers.conf file.
125 * dirmngr: The dirmngr_ldap wrapper has been rewritten to properly
126 support ldap-over-tls and starttls for X.509 certificates and
129 * dirmngr: OpenPGP LDAP keyservers may now also be configured using
130 the same syntax as used for X.509 and CRL LDAP servers. This
131 avoids the former cumbersome quoting rules and adds a flexible set
132 of flags to control the connection. [2b4cddf9086f]
134 * dirmngr: The "ldaps" scheme of an OpenPGP keyserver URL is now
135 interpreted as ldap-with-starttls on port 389. To use the
136 non-standardized ldap-over-tls the new LDAP configuration method
137 of the new attribute "gpgNtds" needs to be used. [55f46b33df08]
139 * dirmngr: Return the fingerprint as search result also for LDAP
140 OpenPGP keyservers. This requires the modernized LDAP schema.
143 * dirmngr: An OpenPGP LDAP search by a mailbox now ignores revoked
146 * gpgconf: Make runtime changes with non-default homedir work.
149 * gpgconf: Do not translate an empty string to the PO file's meta
152 * gpgconf: Fix argv overflow if --homedir is used. [#5366]
154 * gpgconf: Return a new pseudo option "compliance_de_vs".
157 * gpgtar: Fix file size computation under Windows. [198b240b1955]
159 * Full Unicode support for the Windows command line. [#4398]
161 * Fix problem with Windows Job objects and auto start of our
164 * i18n: In German always use "Passwort" instead of "Passphrase" in
167 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5482
168 See-also: gnupg-announce/2021q2/000460.html
171 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.27 (2021-01-11)
172 -------------------------------------------------
174 * gpg: Fix regression in 2.2.24 for gnupg_remove function under
177 * gpgconf: Fix case with neither local nor global gpg.conf. [9f37d3e6f3]
179 * gpgconf: Fix description of two new options. [#5221]
181 * Build Windows installer without timestamps. Note that the
182 Authenticode signatures still carry a timestamp.
184 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5234
185 See-also: gnupg-announce/2021q1/000452.html
188 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.26 (2020-12-21)
189 -------------------------------------------------
191 * gpg: New AKL method "ntds". [559efd23e9]
193 * gpg: Fix --trusted-key with fingerprint arg. [8a2e5025eb]
195 * scd: Fix writing of ECC keys to an OpenPGP card. [#5163]
197 * scd: Make an USB error fix specific to SPR532 readers. [#5167]
199 * dirmngr: With new LDAP keyservers store the new attributes. Never
200 store the useless pgpSignerID. Fix a long standing bug storing
201 some keys on an ldap server. [0e88c73bc9,e47de85382]
203 * dirmngr: Support the new Active Direcory LDAP schema for
204 keyservers. [ac8ece9266]
206 * dirmngr: Allow LDAP OpenPGP searches via fingerprint.
209 * dirmngr: Do not block other threads during keyserver LDAP calls.
212 * Support global configuration files. [#4788,a028f24136]
214 * Fix the iconv fallback handling to UTF-8. [#5038]
216 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5153
217 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q4/000451.html
220 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.25 (2020-11-23)
221 -------------------------------------------------
223 * scd: Fix regression in 2.2.24 requiring gpg --card-status before
224 signing or decrypting. [#5065]
226 * gpgsm: Using Libksba 1.5.0 signatures with a rarely used
227 combination of attributes can now be verified. [#5146]
229 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5140
230 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q4/000450.html
233 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.24 (2020-11-17)
234 -------------------------------------------------
236 * Allow Unicode file names on Windows almost everywhere. Note that
237 it is still not possible to use Unicode strings on the command
238 line. This change also fixes a regression in 2.2.22 related to
239 non-ascii file names. [#5098]
241 * Fix localized time printing on Windows. [#5073]
243 * gpg: New command --quick-revoke-sig. [#5093]
245 * gpg: Do not use weak digest algos if selected by recipient
246 preference during sign+encrypt. [4c181d51a6]
248 * gpg: Switch to AES256 for symmetric encryption in de-vs mode.
251 * gpg: Silence weak digest warnings with --quiet. [#4893]
253 * gpg: Print new status line CANCELED_BY_USER for a cancel during
254 symmetric encryption. [f05d1772c4]
256 * gpg: Fix the encrypt+sign hash algo preference selection for
257 ECDSA. This is in particular needed for keys created from
258 existing smartcard based keys. [aeed0b93ff]
260 * agent: Fix secret key import of GnuPG 2.3 generated Ed25519 keys.
263 * agent: Keep some permissions of private-keys-v1.d. [#2312]
265 * dirmngr: Align sks-keyservers.netCA.pem use between ntbtls and
266 gnutls builds. [e4f3b74c91]
268 * dirmngr: Fix the pool keyserver case for a single host in the
271 * scd: Fix the use case of verify_chv2 by CHECKPIN. [61aea64b3c]
273 * scd: Various improvements to the ccid-driver. [#4616,#5065]
275 * scd: Minor fixes for Yubikey [25bec16d0b]
277 * gpgconf: New option --show-versions.
279 * w32: Install gpg-check-pattern and example profiles. Install
280 Windows subsystem variant of gpgconf (gpgconf-w32).
282 * i18n: Complete overhaul and completion of the Italian translation.
283 Thanks to Denis Renzi.
285 * Require Libgcrypt 1.8 because 1.7 has long reached end-of-life.
287 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5052
288 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q4/000449.html
291 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.23 (2020-09-03)
292 -------------------------------------------------
294 * gpg: Fix AEAD preference list overflow. [#5050]
296 * gpg: Fix a possible segv in the key cleaning code.
298 * gpgsm: Fix a minor RFC2253 parser bug. [#5037]
300 * scdaemon: Fix a PIN verify failure on certain OpenPGP card
301 implementations. Regression in 2.2.22. [#5039]
303 * po: Fix bug in the Hungarian translation. Updates for the Czech,
304 Polish, and Ukrainian translations.
306 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5045
307 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q3/000448.html
310 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.22 (2020-08-27)
311 -------------------------------------------------
313 * gpg: Change the default key algorithm to rsa3072.
315 * gpg: Add regular expression support for Trust Signatures on all
318 * gpg: Fix regression in 2.2.21 with non-default --passphrase-repeat
321 * gpg: Ignore --personal-digest-prefs for ECDSA keys. [#5021]
323 * gpgsm: Make rsaPSS a de-vs compliant scheme.
325 * gpgsm: Show also the SHA256 fingerprint in key listings.
327 * gpgsm: Do not require a default keyring for --gpgconf-list. [#4867]
329 * gpg-agent: Default to extended key format and record the creation
330 time of keys. Add new option --disable-extended-key-format.
332 * gpg-agent: Support the WAYLAND_DISPLAY envvar. [#5016]
334 * gpg-agent: Allow using --gpgconf-list even if HOME does not
337 * gpg-agent: Make the Pinentry work even if the envvar TERM is set
338 to the empty string. [#4137]
340 * scdaemon: Add a workaround for Gnuk tokens <= 2.15 which wrongly
341 incremented the error counter when using the "verify" command of
342 "gpg --edit-key" with only the signature key being present.
344 * dirmngr: Better handle systems with disabled IPv6. [#4977]
346 * gpgpslit: Install tool. It was not installed in the past to avoid
347 conflicts with the version installed by GnuPG 1.4. [#5023]
349 * gpgtar: Handle Unicode file names on Windows correctly (requires
350 libgpg-error 1.39). [#4083]
352 * gpgtar: Make --files-from and --null work as documented. [#5027]
354 * Build the Windows installer with the new Ntbtls 0.2.0 so that TLS
355 connections succeed for servers demanding GCM.
357 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5030
358 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q3/000447.html
361 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.21 (2020-07-09)
362 -------------------------------------------------
364 * gpg: Improve symmetric decryption speed by about 25%.
365 See commit 144b95cc9d.
367 * gpg: Support decryption of AEAD encrypted data packets.
369 * gpg: Add option --no-include-key-block. [#4856]
371 * gpg: Allow for extra padding in ECDH. [#4908]
373 * gpg: Only a single pinentry is shown for symmetric encryption if
374 the pinentry supports this. [#4971]
376 * gpg: Print a note if no keys are given to --delete-key. [#4959]
378 * gpg,gpgsm: The ridiculous passphrase quality bar is not anymore
381 * gpgsm: Certificates without a CRL distribution point are now
382 considered valid without looking up a CRL. The new option
383 --enable-issuer-based-crl-check can be used to revert to the
386 * gpgsm: Support rsaPSS signature verification. [#4538]
388 * gpgsm: Unless CRL checking is disabled lookup a missing issuer
389 certificate using the certificate's authorityInfoAccess. [#4898]
391 * gpgsm: Print the certificate's serial number also in decimal
394 * gpgsm: Fix possible NULL-deref in messages of --gen-key. [#4895]
396 * scd: Support the CardOS 5 based D-Trust Card 3.1.
398 * dirmngr: Allow http URLs with "LOOKUP --url".
400 * wkd: Take name of sendmail from configure. Fixes an OpenBSD
401 specific bug. [#4886]
403 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4897
404 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q3/000446.html
407 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.20 (2020-03-20)
408 -------------------------------------------------
410 * Protect the error counter against overflow to guarantee that the
411 tools can't be tricked into returning success after an error.
413 * gpg: Make really sure that --verify-files always returns an error.
415 * gpg: Fix key listing --with-secret if a pattern is given. [#4061]
417 * gpg: Fix detection of certain keys used as default-key. [#4810]
419 * gpg: Fix default-key selection when a card is available. [#4850]
421 * gpg: Fix key expiration and key usage for keys created with a
422 creation date of zero. [4670]
424 * gpgsm: Fix import of some CR,LF terminated certificates. [#4847]
426 * gpg: New options --include-key-block and --auto-key-import to
427 allow encrypted replies after an initial signed message. [#4856]
429 * gpg: Allow the use of a fingerprint with --trusted-key. [#4855]
431 * gpg: New property "fpr" for use by --export-filter.
433 * scdaemon: Disable the pinpad if a KDF DO is used. [#4832]
435 * dirmngr: Improve finding OCSP certificates. [#4536]
437 * Avoid build problems with LTO or gcc-10. [#4831]
439 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4860
440 See-also: gnupg-announce/2020q1/000444.html
443 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.19 (2019-12-07)
444 -------------------------------------------------
446 * gpg: Fix double free when decrypting for hidden recipients.
447 Regression in 2.2.18. [#4762].
449 * gpg: Use auto-key-locate for encryption even for mail addressed
450 given with angle brackets. [#4726]
452 * gpgsm: Add special case for certain expired intermediate
453 certificates. [#4696]
455 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4768
456 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q4/000443.html
459 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.18 (2019-11-25)
460 -------------------------------------------------
462 * gpg: Changed the way keys are detected on a smartcards; this
463 allows the use of non-OpenPGP cards. In the case of a not very
464 likely regression the new option --use-only-openpgp-card is
467 * gpg: The commands --full-gen-key and --quick-gen-key now allow
468 direct key generation from supported cards. [#4681]
470 * gpg: Prepare against chosen-prefix SHA-1 collisions in key
471 signatures. This change removes all SHA-1 based key signature
472 newer than 2019-01-19 from the web-of-trust. Note that this
473 includes all key signature created with dsa1024 keys. The new
474 option --allow-weak-key-signatues can be used to override the new
475 and safer behaviour. [#4755,CVE-2019-14855]
477 * gpg: Improve performance for import of large keyblocks. [#4592]
479 * gpg: Implement a keybox compression run. [#4644]
481 * gpg: Show warnings from dirmngr about redirect and certificate
482 problems (details require --verbose as usual).
484 * gpg: Allow to pass the empty string for the passphrase if the
485 '--passphase=' syntax is used. [#4633]
487 * gpg: Fix printing of the KDF object attributes.
489 * gpg: Avoid surprises with --locate-external-key and certain
490 --auto-key-locate settings. [#4662]
492 * gpg: Improve selection of best matching key. [#4713]
494 * gpg: Delete key binding signature when deleting a subkey.
497 * gpg: Fix a potential loss of key signatures during import with
498 self-sigs-only active. [#4628]
500 * gpg: Silence "marked as ultimately trusted" diagnostics if
501 option --quiet is used. [#4634]
503 * gpg: Silence some diagnostics during in key listsing even with
504 option --verbose. [#4627]
506 * gpg, gpgsm: Change parsing of agent's pkdecrypt results. [#4652]
508 * gpgsm: Support AES-256 keys.
510 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in triggering a keybox compression run if
511 --faked-system-time is used.
513 * dirmngr: System CA certificates are no longer used for the SKS
514 pool if GNUTLS instead of NTBTLS is used as TLS library. [#4594]
516 * dirmngr: On Windows detect usability of IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces
517 to avoid long timeouts. [#4165]
519 * scd: Fix BWI value for APDU level transfers to make Gemalto Ezio
520 Shield and Trustica Cryptoucan work. [#4654,#4566]
522 * wkd: gpg-wks-client --install-key now installs the required policy
525 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4684
526 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q4/000442.html
529 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.17 (2019-07-09)
530 -------------------------------------------------
532 * gpg: Ignore all key-signatures received from keyservers. This
533 change is required to mitigate a DoS due to keys flooded with
534 faked key-signatures. The old behaviour can be achieved by adding
535 keyserver-options no-self-sigs-only,no-import-clean
536 to your gpg.conf. [#4607]
538 * gpg: If an imported keyblocks is too large to be stored in the
539 keybox (pubring.kbx) do not error out but fallback to an import
540 using the options "self-sigs-only,import-clean". [#4591]
542 * gpg: New command --locate-external-key which can be used to
543 refresh keys from the Web Key Directory or via other methods
544 configured with --auto-key-locate.
546 * gpg: New import option "self-sigs-only".
548 * gpg: In --auto-key-retrieve prefer WKD over keyservers. [#4595]
550 * dirmngr: Support the "openpgpkey" subdomain feature from
551 draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service-07. [#4590].
553 * dirmngr: Add an exception for the "openpgpkey" subdomain to the
554 CSRF protection. [#4603]
556 * dirmngr: Fix endless loop due to http errors 503 and 504. [#4600]
558 * dirmngr: Fix TLS bug during redirection of HKP requests. [#4566]
560 * gpgconf: Fix a race condition when killing components. [#4577]
562 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4606
563 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q3/000439.html
566 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.16 (2019-05-28)
567 -------------------------------------------------
569 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix deadlock on Windows due to a keybox sharing
572 * gpg: Allow deletion of subkeys with --delete-key. This finally
573 makes the bang-suffix work as expected for that command. [#4457]
575 * gpg: Replace SHA-1 by SHA-256 in self-signatures when updating
576 them with --quick-set-expire or --quick-set-primary-uid. [#4508]
578 * gpg: Improve the photo image viewer selection. [#4334]
580 * gpg: Fix decryption with --use-embedded-filename. [#4500]
582 * gpg: Remove hints on using the --keyserver option. [#4512]
584 * gpg: Fix export of certain secret keys with comments. [#4490]
586 * gpg: Reject too long user-ids in --quick-gen-key. [#4532]
588 * gpg: Fix a double free in the best key selection code. [#4462]
590 * gpg: Fix the key generation dialog for switching back from EdDSA
593 * gpg: Use AES-192 with SHA-384 to comply with RFC-6637.
595 * gpg: Use only the addrspec from the Signer's UID subpacket to
596 mitigate a problem with another implementation.
598 * gpg: Skip invalid packets during a keyring listing and sync
599 diagnostics with the output.
601 * gpgsm: Avoid confusing diagnostic when signing with the default
604 * agent: Do not delete any secret key in --dry-run mode.
606 * agent: Fix failures on 64 bit big-endian boxes related to URIs in
609 * agent: Stop scdaemon after a reload with disable-scdaemon newly
612 * dirmngr: Improve caching algorithm for WKD domains.
614 * dirmngr: Support other hash algorithms than SHA-1 for OCSP. [#3966]
616 * gpgconf: Make --homedir work for --launch. [#4496]
618 * gpgconf: Before --launch check for a valid config file. [#4497]
620 * wkd: Do not import more than 5 keys from one WKD address.
622 * wkd: Accept keys which are stored in armored format in the
625 * The installer for Windows now comes with signed binaries.
627 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4509
628 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q2/000438.html
631 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.15 (2019-03-26)
632 -------------------------------------------------
634 * sm: Fix --logger-fd and --status-fd on Windows for non-standard
637 * sm: Allow decryption even if expired keys are configured. [#4431]
639 * agent: Change command KEYINFO to print ssh fingerprints with other
642 * dirmngr: Fix build problems on Solaris due to the use of reserved
643 symbol names. [#4420]
645 * wkd: New commands --print-wkd-hash and --print-wkd-url for
648 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4434
649 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q1/000436.html
652 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.14 (2019-03-19)
653 -------------------------------------------------
655 * gpg: Allow import of PGP desktop exported secret keys. Also avoid
656 importing secret keys if the secret keyblock is not valid. [#4392]
658 * gpg: Do not error out on version 5 keys in the local keyring.
660 * gpg: Make invalid primary key algo obvious in key listings.
662 * sm: Do not mark a certificate in a key listing as de-vs compliant
663 if its use for a signature will not be possible.
665 * sm: Fix certificate creation with key on card.
667 * sm: Create rsa3072 bit certificates by default.
669 * sm: Print Yubikey attestation extensions with --dump-cert.
671 * agent: Fix cancellation handling for scdaemon.
673 * agent: Support --mode=ssh option for CLEAR_PASSPHRASE. [#4340]
675 * scd: Fix flushing of the CA-FPR DOs in app-openpgp.
677 * scd: Avoid a conflict error with the "undefined" app.
679 * dirmngr: Add CSRF protection exception for protonmail.
681 * dirmngr: Fix build problems with gcc 9 in libdns.
683 * gpgconf: New option --show-socket for use with --launch.
685 * gpgtar: Make option -C work for archive creation.
687 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4412
688 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q1/000435.html
691 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.13 (2019-02-12)
692 -------------------------------------------------
694 * gpg: Implement key lookup via keygrip (using the & prefix).
696 * gpg: Allow generating Ed25519 key from existing key.
698 * gpg: Emit an ERROR status line if no key was found with -k.
700 * gpg: Stop early when trying to create a primary Elgamal key. [#4329]
702 * gpgsm: Print the card's key algorithms along with their keygrips
703 in interactive key generation.
705 * agent: Clear bogus pinentry cache in the error case. [#4348]
707 * scd: Support "acknowledge button" feature.
709 * scd: Fix for USB INTERRUPT transfer. [#4308]
711 * wks: Do no use compression for the the encrypted challenge and
714 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4290
715 See-also: gnupg-announce/2019q1/000434.html
718 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.12 (2018-12-14)
719 -------------------------------------------------
721 * tools: New commands --install-key and --remove-key for
722 gpg-wks-client. This allows to prepare a Web Key Directory on a
723 local file system for later upload to a web server.
725 * gpg: New --list-option "show-only-fpr-mbox". This makes the use
726 of the new gpg-wks-client --install-key command easier on Windows.
728 * gpg: Improve processing speed when --skip-verify is used.
730 * gpg: Fix a bug where a LF was accidentally written to the console.
732 * gpg: --card-status now shows whether a card has the new KDF
735 * agent: New runtime option --s2k-calibration=MSEC. New configure
736 option --with-agent-s2k-calibration=MSEC. [#3399]
738 * dirmngr: Try another keyserver from the pool on receiving a 502,
739 503, or 504 error. [#4175]
741 * dirmngr: Avoid possible CSRF attacks via http redirects. A HTTP
742 query will not anymore follow a 3xx redirect unless the Location
743 header gives the same host. If the host is different only the
744 host and port is taken from the Location header and the original
745 path and query parts are kept.
747 * dirmngr: New command FLUSHCRL to flush all CRLS from disk and
750 * New simplified Chinese translation (zh_CN).
752 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4289
753 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q4/000433.html
756 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.11 (2018-11-06)
757 -------------------------------------------------
759 * gpgsm: Fix CRL loading when intermediate certicates are not yet
762 * gpgsm: Fix an error message about the digest algo. [#4219]
764 * gpg: Fix a wrong warning due to new sign usage check introduced
767 * gpg: Print the "data source" even for an unsuccessful keyserver
770 * gpg: Do not store the TOFU trust model in the trustdb. This
771 allows to enable or disable a TOFO model without triggering a
772 trustdb rebuild. [#4134]
774 * scd: Fix cases of "Bad PIN" after using "forcesig". [#4177]
776 * agent: Fix possible hang in the ssh handler. [#4221]
778 * dirmngr: Tack the unmodified mail address to a WKD request. See
779 commit a2bd4a64e5b057f291a60a9499f881dd47745e2f for details.
781 * dirmngr: Tweak diagnostic about missing LDAP server file.
783 * dirmngr: In verbose mode print the OCSP responder id.
785 * dirmngr: Fix parsing of the LDAP port. [#4230]
787 * wks: Add option --directory/-C to the server. Always build the
788 server on Unix systems.
790 * wks: Add option --with-colons to the client. Support sites which
791 use the policy file instead of the submission-address file.
793 * Fix EBADF when gpg et al. are called by broken CGI scripts.
795 * Fix some minor memory leaks and bugs.
797 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4233
798 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q4/000432.html
801 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.10 (2018-08-30)
802 -------------------------------------------------
804 * gpg: Refresh expired keys originating from the WKD. [#2917]
806 * gpg: Use a 256 KiB limit for a WKD imported key.
808 * gpg: New option --known-notation. [#4060]
810 * scd: Add support for the Trustica Cryptoucan reader.
812 * agent: Speed up starting during on-demand launching. [#3490]
814 * dirmngr: Validate SRV records in WKD queries.
816 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4112
817 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q3/000428.html
820 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.9 (2018-07-12)
821 ------------------------------------------------
823 * dirmngr: Fix recursive resolver mode and other bugs in the libdns
824 code. [#3374,#3803,#3610]
826 * dirmngr: When using libgpg-error 1.32 or later a GnuPG build with
827 NTBTLS support (e.g. the standard Windows installer) does not
828 anymore block for dozens of seconds before returning data.
830 * gpg: Fix bug in --show-keys which actually imported revocation
831 certificates. [#4017]
833 * gpg: Ignore too long user-ID and comment packets. [#4022]
835 * gpg: Fix crash due to bad German translation. Improved printf
836 format compile time check.
838 * gpg: Handle missing ISSUER sub packet gracefully in the presence of
839 the new ISSUER_FPR. [#4046]
841 * gpg: Allow decryption using several passphrases in most cases.
844 * gpg: Command --show-keys now enables the list options
845 show-unusable-uids, show-unusable-subkeys, show-notations and
846 show-policy-urls by default.
848 * gpg: Command --show-keys now prints revocation certificates. [#4018]
850 * gpg: Add revocation reason to the "rev" and "rvs" records of the
851 option --with-colons. [#1173]
853 * gpg: Export option export-clean does now remove certain expired
854 subkeys; export-minimal removes all expired subkeys. [#3622]
856 * gpg: New "usage" property for the drop-subkey filters. [#4019]
858 Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T4036
859 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q3/000427.html
862 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.8 (2018-06-08)
863 ------------------------------------------------
865 * gpg: Decryption of messages not using the MDC mode will now lead
866 to a hard failure even if a legacy cipher algorithm was used. The
867 option --ignore-mdc-error can be used to turn this failure into a
868 warning. Take care: Never use that option unconditionally or
869 without a prior warning.
871 * gpg: The MDC encryption mode is now always used regardless of the
872 cipher algorithm or any preferences. For testing --rfc2440 can be
873 used to create a message without an MDC.
875 * gpg: Sanitize the diagnostic output of the original file name in
876 verbose mode. [#4012,CVE-2018-12020]
878 * gpg: Detect suspicious multiple plaintext packets in a more
879 reliable way. [#4000]
881 * gpg: Fix the duplicate key signature detection code. [#3994]
883 * gpg: The options --no-mdc-warn, --force-mdc, --no-force-mdc,
884 --disable-mdc and --no-disable-mdc have no more effect.
886 * gpg: New command --show-keys.
888 * agent: Add DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and a few other envvars to the
889 list of startup environment variables. [#3947]
891 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q2/000425.html
894 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.7 (2018-05-02)
895 ------------------------------------------------
897 * gpg: New option --no-symkey-cache to disable the passphrase cache
898 for symmetrical en- and decryption.
900 * gpg: The ERRSIG status now prints the fingerprint if that is part
903 * gpg: Relax emitting of FAILURE status lines
905 * gpg: Add a status flag to "sig" lines printed with --list-sigs.
907 * gpg: Fix "Too many open files" when using --multifile. [#3951]
909 * ssh: Return an error for unknown ssh-agent flags. [#3880]
911 * dirmngr: Fix a regression since 2.1.16 which caused corrupted CRL
912 caches under Windows. [#2448,#3923]
914 * dirmngr: Fix a CNAME problem with pools and TLS. Also use a fixed
915 mapping of keys.gnupg.net to sks-keyservers.net. [#3755]
917 * dirmngr: Try resurrecting dead hosts earlier (from 3 to 1.5 hours).
919 * dirmngr: Fallback to CRL if no default OCSP responder is configured.
921 * dirmngr: Implement CRL fetching via https. Here a redirection to
922 http is explictly allowed.
924 * dirmngr: Make LDAP searching and CRL fetching work under Windows.
925 This stopped working with 2.1. [#3937]
927 * agent,dirmngr: New sub-command "getenv" for "getinfo" to ease
930 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q2/000424.html
933 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.6 (2018-04-09)
934 ------------------------------------------------
936 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --request-origin to pretend requests coming
937 from a browser or a remote site.
939 * gpg: Fix race condition on trustdb.gpg updates due to too early
940 released lock. [#3839]
942 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines in almost all cases. [#3872]
944 * gpg: Implement --dry-run for --passwd to make checking a key's
945 passphrase straightforward.
947 * gpg: Make sure to only accept a certification capable key for key
950 * gpg: Better user interaction in --card-edit for the factory-reset
953 * gpg: Improve changing key attributes in --card-edit by adding an
954 explicit "key-attr" sub-command. [#3781]
956 * gpg: Print the keygrips in the --card-status.
958 * gpg: Improve the OpenPGP card's factory-reset. [7f765a98fd]
960 * scd: Support KDF DO setup. [#3823]
962 * scd: Fix some issues with PC/SC on Windows. [#3825]
964 * scd: Fix suspend/resume handling in the CCID driver.
966 * scd: Fix a race condition in the CCID driver leading to a segv for
967 some readers. [#5121]
969 * agent: Evict cached passphrases also via a timer. [#3829]
971 * agent: Use separate passphrase caches depending on the request
974 * ssh: Support signature flags. [#3880]
976 * dirmngr: Handle failures related to missing IPv6 support
979 * Fix corner cases related to specified home directory with
980 drive letter on Windows. [#3720]
982 * Allow the use of UNC directory names as homedir. [#3818]
984 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q2/000421.html
987 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.5 (2018-02-22)
988 ------------------------------------------------
990 * gpg: Allow the use of the "cv25519" and "ed25519" short names in
991 addition to the canonical curve names in --batch --gen-key.
993 * gpg: Make sure to print all secret keys with option --list-only
994 and --decrypt. [#3718]
996 * gpg: Fix the use of future-default with --quick-add-key for
997 signing keys. [#3747]
999 * gpg: Select a secret key by checking availability under gpg-agent.
1002 * gpg: Fix reversed prompt texts for --only-sign-text-ids. [#3787]
1004 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix detection of bogus keybox blobs on 32 bit systems.
1007 * gpgsm: Fix regression since 2.1 in --export-secret-key-raw which
1008 got $d mod (q-1)$ wrong. Note that most tools automatically fixup
1009 that parameter anyway.
1011 * ssh: Fix a regression in getting the client'd PID on *BSD and
1014 * scd: Support the KDF Data Object of the OpenPGP card 3.3. [#3152]
1016 * scd: Fix a regression in the internal CCID driver for certain card
1019 * scd: Fix a problem on NetBSD killing scdaemon on gpg-agent
1022 * dirmngr: Improve returned error description on failure of DNS
1025 * wks: Implement command --install-key for gpg-wks-server.
1027 * Add option STATIC=1 to the Speedo build system to allow a build
1028 with statically linked versions of the core GnuPG libraries. Also
1029 use --enable-wks-tools by default by Speedo builds for Unix.
1031 See-also: gnupg-announce/2018q1/000420.html
1034 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.4 (2017-12-20)
1035 ------------------------------------------------
1037 * gpg: Change default preferences to prefer SHA512.
1039 * gpg: Print a warning when more than 150 MiB are encrypted using a
1040 cipher with 64 bit block size.
1042 * gpg: Print a warning if the MDC feature has not been used for a
1045 * gpg: Fix regular expression of domain addresses in trust
1048 * agent: New option --auto-expand-secmem to help with high numbers
1049 of concurrent connections. Requires libgcrypt 1.8.2 for having
1052 * dirmngr: Cache responses of WKD queries.
1054 * gpgconf: Add option --status-fd.
1056 * wks: Add commands --check and --remove-key to gpg-wks-server.
1058 * Increase the backlog parameter of the daemons to 64 and add
1059 option --listen-backlog.
1061 * New configure option --enable-run-gnupg-user-socket to first try a
1062 socket directory which is not removed by systemd at session end.
1064 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q4/000419.html
1067 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.3 (2017-11-20)
1068 ------------------------------------------------
1070 * gpgsm: Fix initial keybox creation on Windows. [#3507]
1072 * dirmngr: Fix crash in case of a CRL loading error. [#3510]
1074 * Fix the name of the Windows registry key. [Git#4f5afaf1fd]
1076 * gpgtar: Fix wrong behaviour of --set-filename. [#3500]
1078 * gpg: Silence AKL retrieval messages. [#3504]
1080 * agent: Use clock or clock_gettime for calibration. [#3056]
1082 * agent: Improve robustness of the shutdown pending
1083 state. [Git#7ffedfab89]
1085 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q4/000417.html
1088 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.2 (2017-11-07)
1089 ------------------------------------------------
1091 * gpg: Avoid duplicate key imports by concurrently running gpg
1094 * gpg: Fix creating on-disk subkey with on-card primary key. [#3280]
1096 * gpg: Fix validity retrieval for multiple keyrings. [Debian#878812]
1098 * gpg: Fix --dry-run and import option show-only for secret keys.
1100 * gpg: Print "sec" or "sbb" for secret keys with import option
1101 import-show. [#3431]
1103 * gpg: Make import less verbose. [#3397]
1105 * gpg: Add alias "Key-Grip" for parameter "Keygrip" and new
1106 parameter "Subkey-Grip" to unattended key generation. [#3478]
1108 * gpg: Improve "factory-reset" command for OpenPGP cards. [#3286]
1110 * gpg: Ease switching Gnuk tokens into ECC mode by using the magic
1111 keysize value 25519.
1113 * gpgsm: Fix --with-colon listing in crt records for fields > 12.
1115 * gpgsm: Do not expect X.509 keyids to be unique. [#1644]
1117 * agent: Fix stucked Pinentry when using --max-passphrase-days. [#3190]
1119 * agent: New option --s2k-count. [#3276 (workaround)]
1121 * dirmngr: Do not follow https-to-http redirects. [#3436]
1123 * dirmngr: Reduce default LDAP timeout from 100 to 15 seconds. [#3487]
1125 * gpgconf: Ignore non-installed components for commands
1126 --apply-profile and --apply-defaults. [#3313]
1128 * Add configure option --enable-werror. [#2423]
1130 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q4/000416.html
1133 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.1 (2017-09-19)
1134 ------------------------------------------------
1136 * gpg: Fix formatting of the user id in batch mode key generation
1137 if only "name-email" is given.
1139 * gpgv: Fix annoying "not suitable for" warnings.
1141 * wks: Convey only the newest user id to the provider. This is the
1142 case if different names are used with the same addr-spec.
1144 * wks: Create a complying user id for provider policy mailbox-only.
1146 * wks: Add workaround for posteo.de.
1148 * scd: Fix the use of large ECC keys with an OpenPGP card.
1150 * dirmngr: Use system provided root certificates if no specific HKP
1151 certificates are configured. If build with GNUTLS, this was
1154 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000415.html
1157 Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.0 (2017-08-28)
1158 ------------------------------------------------
1160 This is the new long term stable branch. This branch will only see
1161 bug fixes and no new features.
1163 * gpg: Reverted change in 2.1.23 so that --no-auto-key-retrieve is
1166 * Fixed a few minor bugs.
1168 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000413.html
1171 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.23 (2017-08-09)
1172 -------------------------------------------------
1174 * gpg: "gpg" is now installed as "gpg" and not anymore as "gpg2".
1175 If needed, the new configure option --enable-gpg-is-gpg2 can be
1176 used to revert this.
1178 * gpg: Options --auto-key-retrieve and --auto-key-locate "local,wkd"
1179 are now used by default. Note: this enables keyserver and Web Key
1180 Directory operators to notice when a signature from a locally
1181 non-available key is being verified for the first time or when
1182 you intend to encrypt to a mail address without having the key
1183 locally. This new behaviour will eventually make key discovery
1184 much easier and mostly automatic. Disable this by adding
1185 no-auto-key-retrieve
1186 auto-key-locate local
1189 * agent: Option --no-grab is now the default. The new option --grab
1190 allows to revert this.
1192 * gpg: New import option "show-only".
1194 * gpg: New option --disable-dirmngr to entirely disable network
1197 * gpg,gpgsm: Tweaked DE-VS compliance behaviour.
1199 * New configure flag --enable-all-tests to run more extensive tests
1200 during "make check".
1202 * gpgsm: The keygrip is now always printed in colon mode as
1203 documented in the man page.
1205 * Fixed connection timeout problem under Windows.
1207 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000412.html
1210 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.22 (2017-07-28)
1211 -------------------------------------------------
1213 * gpg: Extend command --quick-set-expire to allow for setting the
1214 expiration time of subkeys.
1216 * gpg: By default try to repair keys during import. New sub-option
1217 no-repair-keys for --import-options.
1219 * gpg,gpgsm: Improved checking and reporting of DE-VS compliance.
1221 * gpg: New options --key-origin and --with-key-origin. Store the
1222 time of the last key update from keyservers, WKD, or DANE.
1224 * agent: New option --ssh-fingerprint-digest.
1226 * dimngr: Lower timeouts on keyserver connection attempts and made
1229 * dirmngr: Tor will now automatically be detected and used. The
1230 option --no-use-tor disables Tor detection.
1232 * dirmngr: Now detects a changed /etc/resolv.conf.
1234 * agent,dirmngr: Initiate shutdown on removal of the GnuPG home
1237 * gpg: Avoid caching passphrase for failed symmetric encryption.
1239 * agent: Support for unprotected ssh keys.
1241 * dirmngr: Fixed name resolving on systems using only v6
1244 * dirmngr: Allow the use of TLS over http proxies.
1246 * w32: Change directory of the daemons after startup.
1248 * wks: New man pages for client and server.
1250 * Many other bug fixes.
1252 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000411.html
1255 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.21 (2017-05-15)
1256 -------------------------------------------------
1258 * gpg,gpgsm: Fix corruption of old style keyring.gpg files. This
1259 bug was introduced with version 2.1.20. Note that the default
1260 pubring.kbx format was not affected.
1262 * gpg,dirmngr: Removed the skeleton config file support. The
1263 system's standard methods for providing default configuration
1264 files should be used instead.
1266 * w32: The Windows installer now allows installation of GnuPG
1267 without Administrator permissions.
1269 * gpg: Fixed import filter property match bug.
1271 * scd: Removed Linux support for Cardman 4040 PCMCIA reader.
1273 * scd: Fixed some corner case bugs in resume/suspend handling.
1275 * Many minor bug fixes and code cleanup.
1277 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q2/000405.html
1280 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.20 (2017-04-03)
1281 -------------------------------------------------
1283 * gpg: New properties 'expired', 'revoked', and 'disabled' for the
1284 import and export filters.
1286 * gpg: New command --quick-set-primary-uid.
1288 * gpg: New compliance field for the --with-colon key listing.
1290 * gpg: Changed the key parser to generalize the processing of local
1293 * gpg: Fixed assertion failure in the TOFU trust model.
1295 * gpg: Fixed exporting of zero length user ID packets.
1297 * scd: Improved support for multiple readers.
1299 * scd: Fixed timeout handling for key generation.
1301 * agent: New option --enable-extended-key-format.
1303 * dirmngr: Do not add a keyserver to a new dirmngr.conf. Dirmngr
1304 uses a default keyserver.
1306 * dimngr: Do not treat TLS warning alerts as severe error when
1307 building with GNUTLS.
1309 * dirmngr: Actually take /etc/hosts in account.
1311 * wks: Fixed client problems on Windows. Published keys are now set
1314 * tests: Fixed creation of temporary directories.
1316 * A socket directory for a non standard GNUGHOME is now created on
1317 the fly under /run/user. Thus "gpgconf --create-socketdir" is now
1318 optional. The use of "gpgconf --remove-socketdir" to clean up
1319 obsolete socket directories is however recommended to avoid
1320 cluttering /run/user with useless directories.
1322 * Fixed build problems on some platforms.
1324 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q2/000404.html
1327 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19 (2017-03-01)
1328 -------------------------------------------------
1330 * gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon
1333 * gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private
1334 key used for decryption.
1336 * gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug.
1338 * gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs.
1340 * scd: Support for multiple card readers.
1342 * scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker. Ticker is used
1343 only when it is required to watch removal of device/card.
1345 * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.
1347 * dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4.
1349 * dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of
1352 * dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if
1353 the option --use-tor is also used.
1355 * dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully.
1357 * dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools. The are only done
1358 for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable".
1360 * dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes
1361 of certificates. Load system provided certificates on startup.
1362 Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE"
1365 * dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library.
1367 * wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header. Fix detection of
1370 * The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support.
1372 * Many other bug fixes and new regression tests.
1374 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q1/000402.html
1377 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.18 (2017-01-23)
1378 -------------------------------------------------
1380 * gpg: Remove bogus subkey signature while cleaning a key (with
1381 export-clean, import-clean, or --edit-key's sub-command clean)
1383 * gpg: Allow freezing the clock with --faked-system-time.
1385 * gpg: New --export-option flag "backup", new --import-option flag
1388 * gpg-agent: Fixed long delay due to a regression in the progress
1391 * scd: Lots of code cleanup and internal changes.
1393 * scd: Improved the internal CCID driver.
1395 * dirmngr: Fixed problem with the DNS glue code (removal of the
1396 trailing dot in domain names).
1398 * dirmngr: Make sure that Tor is actually enabled after changing the
1399 conf file and sending SIGHUP or "gpgconf --reload dirmngr".
1401 * dirmngr: Fixed Tor access to IPv6 addresses. Note that current
1402 versions of Tor may require that the flag "IPv6Traffic" is used
1403 with the option "SocksPort" in torrc to actually allow IPv6
1406 * dirmngr: Fixed HKP for literally given IPv6 addresses.
1408 * dirmngr: Enabled reverse DNS lookups via Tor.
1410 * dirmngr: Added experimental SRV record lookup for WKD.
1411 See commit 88dc3af3d4ae1afe1d5e136bc4c38bc4e7d4cd10 for details.
1413 * dirmngr: For HKP use "pgpkey-hkps" and "pgpkey-hkp" in SRV record
1414 lookups. Avoid SRV record lookup when a port is explicitly
1415 specified. This fixes a regression from the 1.4 and 2.0 behavior.
1417 * dirmngr: Gracefully handle a missing /etc/nsswitch.conf. Ignore
1418 negation terms (e.g. "[!UNAVAIL=return]" instead of bailing out.
1420 * dirmngr: Better debug output for flags "dns" and "network".
1422 * dirmngr: On reload mark all known HKP servers alive.
1424 * gpgconf: Allow keyword "all" for --launch, --kill, and --reload.
1426 * tools: gpg-wks-client now ignores a missing policy file on the
1429 * Avoid unnecessary ambiguity error message in the option parsing.
1431 * Further improvements of the regression test suite.
1433 * Fixed building with --disable-libdns configure option.
1435 * Fixed a crash running the tests on 32 bit architectures.
1437 * Fixed spurious failures on BSD system in the spawn functions.
1438 This affected for example gpg-wks-client and gpgconf.
1440 See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q1/000401.html
1443 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.17 (2016-12-20)
1444 -------------------------------------------------
1446 * gpg: By default new keys expire after 2 years.
1448 * gpg: New command --quick-set-expire to conveniently change the
1449 expiration date of keys.
1451 * gpg: Option and command names have been changed for easier
1452 comprehension. The old names are still available as aliases.
1454 * gpg: Improved the TOFU trust model.
1456 * gpg: New option --default-new-key-algo.
1458 * scd: Support OpenPGP card V3 for RSA.
1460 * dirmngr: Support for the ADNS library has been removed. Instead
1461 William Ahern's Libdns is now source included and used on all
1462 platforms. This enables Tor support on all platforms. The new
1463 option --standard-resolver can be used to disable this code at
1464 runtime. In case of build problems the new configure option
1465 --disable-libdns can be used to build without Libdns.
1467 * dirmngr: Lazily launch ldap reaper thread.
1469 * tools: New options --check and --status-fd for gpg-wks-client.
1471 * The UTF-8 byte order mark is now skipped when reading conf files.
1473 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
1475 * Major improvements to the test suite. For example it is possible
1476 to run the external test suite of GPGME.
1478 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000400.html
1481 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
1482 -------------------------------------------------
1484 * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
1485 using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
1487 * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
1488 colon formatted key listings.
1490 * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
1491 options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
1493 * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
1495 * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
1497 * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
1500 * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
1502 * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
1504 * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
1506 * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
1508 * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
1510 * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
1512 * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
1515 * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
1517 * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
1520 * scd: Support ECC key generation.
1522 * scd: Support more card readers.
1524 * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
1525 version database in the background.
1527 * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
1529 * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
1531 * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
1532 against an copy of an online database.
1534 * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
1536 * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
1538 * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
1540 * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
1542 * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
1543 socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
1545 * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
1548 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
1550 * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
1552 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000398.html
1555 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
1556 -------------------------------------------------
1558 * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
1561 * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
1563 * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
1565 * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
1567 * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
1569 * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
1571 * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
1573 * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
1576 * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
1578 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
1580 * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
1581 effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
1583 * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
1585 * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
1587 * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
1589 * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
1591 * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
1593 * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
1595 * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
1597 * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
1599 * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
1601 * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
1603 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
1605 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000396.html
1608 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
1609 -------------------------------------------------
1611 * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
1612 The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
1613 be used with the export command.
1615 * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
1617 * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
1619 * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
1621 * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
1623 * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
1624 to directly specify encryption keys.
1626 * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
1627 part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
1629 * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
1630 changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
1632 * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
1634 * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
1636 * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
1638 * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
1640 * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
1643 * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
1645 * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
1647 * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
1649 * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
1651 * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
1653 * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
1654 a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
1655 required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
1657 * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
1658 test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
1659 programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
1660 This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
1663 * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
1665 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000393.html
1668 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
1669 -------------------------------------------------
1671 * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
1674 * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
1676 * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
1678 * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
1679 has been specified using a mail address and the new option
1680 --disable-signer-uid is not used.
1682 * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
1684 * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
1686 * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
1688 * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
1689 a non-breaking-space character.
1691 * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
1693 * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
1694 status line are small enough.
1696 * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
1698 * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
1700 * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
1702 * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
1703 new option --homedir.
1705 * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
1706 for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
1707 problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
1708 need for redirection files.
1710 * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
1711 to retrieve the default package versions.
1713 * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
1715 * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
1717 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000390.html
1720 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
1721 -------------------------------------------------
1723 * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
1726 * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
1727 and fixed by --edit-key.
1729 * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
1731 * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
1733 * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
1735 * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
1737 * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
1740 * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
1743 * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
1745 * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
1746 that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
1748 * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
1749 openpgp-s2k-ocb-aes.
1751 * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
1753 * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
1754 --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
1756 * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
1759 * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
1761 * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
1763 * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
1765 * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
1767 * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
1768 name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
1770 * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
1772 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000387.html
1775 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
1776 -------------------------------------------------
1778 * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
1780 * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
1782 * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
1784 * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
1786 * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
1788 * gpg: Don't check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in
1789 the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
1792 * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
1794 * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
1796 * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
1798 * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
1799 remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
1801 * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
1803 * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
1804 keyservers. (bug#2147).
1806 * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
1808 * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
1810 * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
1812 * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
1814 * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
1815 Use this certiticate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
1817 * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
1820 * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
1822 * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
1823 gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
1825 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q1/000383.html
1828 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
1829 -------------------------------------------------
1831 * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
1833 * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
1834 and --tofu-db-format.
1836 * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
1837 should be considered weak.
1839 * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
1842 * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
1844 * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
1846 * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
1849 * gpg: Check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in the
1850 config file or given to --encrypt-to.
1852 * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
1854 * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
1856 * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
1858 * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
1861 * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
1862 libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
1863 (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
1865 * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
1868 * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
1870 * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
1872 * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
1873 that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
1875 * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
1877 * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
1879 * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
1881 * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
1883 * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
1885 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000381.html
1888 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
1889 ------------------------------------------------
1891 * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
1892 option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
1895 * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
1897 * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
1898 algorithm is used without a MDC.
1900 * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
1902 * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
1904 * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
1906 * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
1908 * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
1910 * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
1912 * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
1914 * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
1915 Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
1917 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000380.html
1920 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
1921 ------------------------------------------------
1923 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
1925 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
1927 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
1929 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
1931 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
1933 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
1935 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
1937 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
1939 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
1940 from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
1942 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
1944 * Various minor bug fixes.
1946 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000379.html
1949 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
1950 ------------------------------------------------
1952 * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
1954 * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
1955 how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
1957 * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
1959 * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
1961 * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
1963 * scd: Improved ECC support
1965 * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
1967 * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
1969 * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
1971 * Various other bug fixes.
1973 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000371.html
1976 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
1977 ------------------------------------------------
1979 * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
1981 * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
1984 * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
1987 * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
1989 * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
1990 the correct translations in Pinentry.
1992 * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
1994 * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
1996 * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
1998 * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
2000 * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
2001 hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
2003 * Various other bug fixes.
2005 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000370.html
2008 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
2009 ------------------------------------------------
2011 * Support for an external passphrase cache.
2013 * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
2015 * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
2017 * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
2019 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
2021 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000369.html
2024 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
2025 ------------------------------------------------
2027 * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
2028 id to an existing key.
2030 * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
2033 * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
2035 * agent: Support for external password managers.
2036 Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
2038 * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
2040 * Make HTTP proxies work again.
2042 * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
2044 * Allow building without LDAP support.
2046 * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
2048 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000366.html
2051 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
2052 ------------------------------------------------
2054 * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
2056 * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
2058 * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
2059 CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
2060 replaced in 2.1.14.]
2062 * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
2065 * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
2067 * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
2069 * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
2071 * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
2073 * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
2075 * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
2077 * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
2079 * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
2081 * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
2082 the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
2084 * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
2085 regressions, and other bugs.
2087 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000365.html
2090 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
2091 ------------------------------------------------
2093 * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
2096 * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
2097 effect on --quick-gen-key.
2099 * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
2101 * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
2104 * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
2106 * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
2107 for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
2109 * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
2111 * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
2113 * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
2115 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
2116 pinentry is not installed.
2118 * scd: Added support for ECDH.
2120 * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
2123 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q1/000361.html
2126 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
2127 ------------------------------------------------
2129 * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
2131 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
2133 * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
2135 * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
2137 * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
2139 * gpg: Fixed regresion in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
2141 * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
2143 * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
2145 * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
2147 * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
2148 use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
2150 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
2152 * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
2154 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
2157 * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
2158 command set for use with remote clients.
2160 * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
2162 * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
2164 * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
2166 * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
2168 * The Windows installer does now install development files
2170 * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
2172 * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
2173 now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
2175 * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
2177 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000360.html
2180 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
2181 ------------------------------------------------
2183 This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
2184 and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
2185 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
2186 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
2188 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
2189 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
2191 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
2192 signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
2193 removed from the keyring.
2195 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
2196 up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
2198 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
2200 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
2202 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
2203 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
2204 versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
2207 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
2209 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
2210 always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
2212 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
2213 command with less choices.
2215 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
2217 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
2219 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
2220 encryption capabilities).
2222 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
2224 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
2227 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
2229 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
2231 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
2233 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
2235 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
2237 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
2239 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
2241 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
2243 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
2244 for non-Windows platforms.
2247 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
2249 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
2251 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
2253 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
2255 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
2258 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
2259 create PGP-2 compatible messages.
2261 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
2263 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
2265 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
2267 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
2269 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
2271 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
2273 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
2275 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
2278 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
2280 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
2282 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
2285 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
2286 this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
2288 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
2290 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
2291 packet and information about the packet header.
2293 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
2295 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
2297 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
2300 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
2303 * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
2304 to build a partly working installer for Windows.
2307 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
2309 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
2310 format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
2312 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
2313 with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
2314 [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
2315 we have agreed on a suitable format.]
2317 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
2319 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
2320 allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
2322 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
2325 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
2326 new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
2328 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
2329 communication with the gpg-agent.
2331 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
2333 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
2335 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
2337 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
2340 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
2342 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
2344 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
2345 more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
2347 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
2348 decryption of the bulk message starts.
2350 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
2352 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
2354 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
2355 they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
2356 such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
2358 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
2361 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
2363 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
2365 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
2366 Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
2368 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
2370 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
2372 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
2374 * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
2375 driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
2377 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
2378 not anymore used by any site.
2380 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
2382 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
2384 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
2386 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
2388 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
2391 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
2393 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
2395 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
2397 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
2399 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
2401 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
2403 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
2404 mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
2406 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
2408 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
2411 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
2412 for "SCD HELP" commands.
2415 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
2417 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
2418 [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
2420 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
2421 little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
2422 hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
2423 algorithm name as well.
2425 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
2426 Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
2428 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
2429 the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
2431 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
2432 running in non-daemon mode.
2434 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
2436 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
2437 we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
2438 LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
2440 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
2444 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
2446 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
2447 are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
2450 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
2452 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
2453 OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
2455 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
2457 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
2459 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
2460 and --simple-sk-checksum.
2462 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
2464 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
2466 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
2468 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
2469 certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
2471 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
2473 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
2476 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
2477 tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
2478 this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
2479 configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
2480 disable this new default.
2482 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
2483 iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
2485 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
2486 expected to run as a system service and the configuration
2487 directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
2488 starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
2490 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
2493 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
2494 debug-level keywords.
2496 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000358.html
2499 Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
2500 Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
2501 Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
2502 Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
2503 Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
2504 Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
2505 Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
2506 Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
2507 Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
2508 Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
2509 Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
2510 Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
2511 Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
2512 Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
2513 Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
2516 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
2517 -------------------------------------------------
2519 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
2520 algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
2521 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
2523 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
2524 passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
2526 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
2527 all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
2529 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
2531 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
2533 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
2534 Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
2536 * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
2537 card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
2541 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q3/000294.html
2544 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
2545 -------------------------------------------------
2547 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
2548 fingerprint or keygrip.
2550 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
2551 information about smartcards.
2553 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
2554 command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
2556 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
2557 and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
2559 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
2561 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
2563 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
2565 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
2566 Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
2568 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
2570 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q2/000288.html
2573 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
2574 -------------------------------------------------
2576 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
2578 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
2580 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
2582 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
2584 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
2585 due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
2586 can't cope with AES.
2588 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000287.html
2591 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
2592 -------------------------------------------------
2594 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
2595 lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
2598 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
2599 Fixed a few problems with this option.
2601 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
2603 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
2605 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
2607 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
2609 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
2612 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
2614 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
2616 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
2618 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
2619 anymore served by ourself.
2621 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
2623 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
2625 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
2627 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
2628 the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
2630 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
2631 locale directory is now used.
2633 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
2634 temporary file names.
2636 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
2637 string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
2639 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
2641 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
2643 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
2645 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000284.html
2648 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
2649 ------------------------------------------------
2651 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
2654 * Tweaks for Windows.
2656 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
2658 * Improved certificate chain construction.
2660 * Extended the PKITS framework.
2662 * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.
2664 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
2665 introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
2671 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
2672 ------------------------------------------------
2674 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
2676 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
2678 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
2680 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
2683 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
2686 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
2688 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
2690 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
2692 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
2695 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
2698 * Windows is now a supported platform.
2700 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
2701 taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
2702 code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
2704 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q4/000267.html
2707 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
2708 ------------------------------------------------
2710 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
2713 * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
2714 is still considered Beta.
2716 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
2717 enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
2720 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
2721 installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
2724 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000259.html
2727 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
2728 ------------------------------------------------
2730 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
2732 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
2734 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
2735 various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
2737 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
2739 * Improved Windows support.
2741 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000258.html
2744 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
2745 ------------------------------------------------
2747 * Switched license to GPLv3.
2749 * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
2750 it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
2752 * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
2754 * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
2755 gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
2757 * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
2758 machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
2760 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000255.html
2763 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
2764 ------------------------------------------------
2766 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
2767 systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
2769 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
2770 was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
2772 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
2774 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q2/000254.html
2777 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
2778 ------------------------------------------------
2780 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
2781 stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
2782 did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
2783 status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
2784 such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
2785 --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
2787 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
2789 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
2790 options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
2791 tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
2793 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
2794 DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
2796 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000252.html
2799 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
2800 ------------------------------------------------
2802 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
2803 packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
2805 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
2806 prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
2807 memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
2809 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
2811 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
2812 short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
2814 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
2816 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000249.html
2819 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
2820 ------------------------------------------------
2822 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
2823 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
2824 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
2825 its authentication and decrypt keys.
2827 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
2829 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
2831 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000242.html
2834 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
2835 ------------------------------------------------
2837 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
2839 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000239.html
2842 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
2843 -------------------------------------------------
2848 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
2849 -------------------------------------------------
2851 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
2852 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
2854 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
2856 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
2857 check whether the configuration file is sane.
2860 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
2861 -------------------------------------------------
2863 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
2864 certificate should be trusted.
2866 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
2868 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
2869 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
2871 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
2873 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
2876 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
2877 -------------------------------------------------
2881 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000236.html
2884 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
2885 -------------------------------------------------
2887 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
2888 without BasicContraints.
2890 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
2891 alias for --list-keys.
2893 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
2896 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
2897 -------------------------------------------------
2899 * Made readline work for gpg.
2901 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
2903 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
2906 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
2907 -------------------------------------------------
2909 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
2912 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
2913 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
2914 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
2915 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
2916 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
2918 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
2919 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
2921 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
2923 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
2926 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
2927 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
2929 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
2931 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
2933 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
2935 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
2937 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
2941 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
2942 -------------------------------------------------
2944 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
2946 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
2947 able to import the files.
2949 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
2952 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
2953 -------------------------------------------------
2955 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
2956 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
2959 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
2961 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
2963 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
2965 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
2967 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
2970 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
2973 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
2974 -------------------------------------------------
2976 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
2979 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
2981 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
2984 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
2985 -------------------------------------------------
2987 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
2988 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
2990 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
2994 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
2995 -------------------------------------------------
2997 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
2998 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
2999 given to create a request from an existing key.
3001 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
3004 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
3005 -------------------------------------------------
3007 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
3010 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
3012 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
3014 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
3015 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
3016 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
3017 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
3019 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
3022 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
3023 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
3026 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
3027 -------------------------------------------------
3029 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
3030 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
3032 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
3034 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
3036 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
3037 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
3040 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
3041 -------------------------------------------------
3043 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
3045 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
3049 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
3050 -------------------------------------------------
3052 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
3053 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
3056 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
3058 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
3061 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
3062 -------------------------------------------------
3064 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
3066 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
3069 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
3070 -------------------------------------------------
3072 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
3074 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
3075 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
3077 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
3080 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
3081 -------------------------------------------------
3083 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
3084 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
3087 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
3089 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
3090 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
3092 * Fixed some i18n problems.
3095 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
3096 -------------------------------------------------
3098 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
3100 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
3101 install just the agent.
3103 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
3106 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
3107 ------------------------------------------------
3109 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
3110 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
3113 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
3116 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
3117 ------------------------------------------------
3119 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
3121 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
3122 written when using the internal CCID driver.
3124 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
3125 detailed view of the certificates.
3127 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
3128 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
3130 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
3131 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
3134 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
3135 ------------------------------------------------
3137 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
3139 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
3141 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
3143 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
3147 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
3148 ------------------------------------------------
3150 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
3153 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
3154 ------------------------------------------------
3156 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
3157 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
3160 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
3161 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
3162 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
3163 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
3165 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
3166 whom the passphrase is requested.
3168 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
3171 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
3172 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
3175 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
3176 ------------------------------------------------
3178 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
3180 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
3183 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
3187 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
3188 ------------------------------------------------
3190 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
3191 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
3192 Default is disabled.
3194 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
3195 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
3196 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
3197 problem with the socket.
3199 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
3200 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
3202 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
3205 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
3206 ------------------------------------------------
3208 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
3209 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
3211 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
3212 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally synchronized with the regular PIN.
3214 * All kind of other internal stuff.
3217 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
3218 ------------------------------------------------
3220 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
3221 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
3224 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
3225 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
3230 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
3231 ------------------------------------------------
3233 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
3235 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
3236 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
3238 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
3241 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
3242 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
3244 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
3246 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
3248 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
3250 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
3252 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
3254 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
3256 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
3257 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
3258 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
3260 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
3264 Version 1.4.19 (2015-02-27)
3265 Version 1.4.18 (2014-06-30)
3266 Version 1.4.17 (2014-06-23)
3267 Version 1.4.16 (2013-12-18)
3268 Version 1.4.15 (2013-10-04)
3269 Version 1.4.14 (2013-07-25)
3270 Version 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)
3271 Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
3272 Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
3273 Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
3274 Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
3275 Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
3276 Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
3277 Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
3278 Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
3279 Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
3280 Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
3281 Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
3282 Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
3283 Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
3286 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
3287 ------------------------------------------------
3289 * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
3290 and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
3291 --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
3292 finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
3294 * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
3295 keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
3296 and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
3297 the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
3299 * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
3300 unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
3301 the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
3303 * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
3304 option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
3305 signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
3306 (identical to the --always-trust option).
3308 * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
3309 consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
3310 last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
3311 respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
3312 safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
3313 forcing them on for all messages.
3315 * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
3316 user wants new keys imported into.
3318 * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
3319 Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
3320 for passphrase mangling.
3322 * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
3323 easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
3324 GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
3326 * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
3329 * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
3330 truncated in the W32 version.
3332 * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
3333 script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
3334 version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
3336 * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
3337 encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
3338 detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
3339 change in this release.
3341 * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
3344 * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
3345 This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
3346 works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
3348 * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
3349 fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
3350 hash algorithm, and signature class.
3352 * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
3353 read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
3355 * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
3357 * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
3358 administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
3359 automatically. This is as specified in
3360 draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
3362 * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
3363 specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
3364 the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
3366 * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
3367 at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
3368 for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
3369 the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
3370 --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
3371 all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
3374 * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
3377 * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
3378 being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
3379 GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
3380 you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
3381 of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
3384 See-also: gnupg-announce/2003q2/000153.html
3387 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
3388 ------------------------------------------------
3390 * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
3391 model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
3392 signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
3393 certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
3394 regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
3395 signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
3396 The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
3397 that don't have working regexp functions available. The
3398 configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
3399 regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
3400 signature with a regular expression included.
3402 * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
3403 encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
3404 the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
3407 * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
3408 used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
3409 "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
3412 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
3413 ------------------------------------------------
3415 * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
3416 and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
3417 There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
3418 the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
3421 * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
3422 listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
3424 * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
3425 wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
3426 around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
3427 that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
3428 keyserver plugin does this as well.
3430 * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
3431 frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
3432 combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
3433 override the script and use the libraries selected.
3435 * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
3436 indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
3437 --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
3440 * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
3441 ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
3442 to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
3445 * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
3446 development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
3447 during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
3451 Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
3452 Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
3453 Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
3454 Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
3455 Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
3456 Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
3457 Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
3458 Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
3459 Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
3462 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
3463 -------------------------------------------------
3465 * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
3466 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
3467 still be used. This change is required to have a more
3468 consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
3470 * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
3471 recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
3472 AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
3473 the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
3474 (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
3476 * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
3477 processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
3478 used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
3479 resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
3480 with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
3481 that do not support MDCs.
3483 * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
3486 * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
3487 clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
3488 checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
3489 keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
3490 keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
3491 specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
3492 extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
3493 with their enclosing directories.
3495 * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
3496 with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
3497 runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
3498 linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
3499 a /dev/random device.
3501 * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
3502 it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
3503 option -vvv shows the used character set.
3505 * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
3509 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
3510 -------------------------------------------------
3512 * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
3513 option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
3514 to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
3516 * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
3517 plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
3518 version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
3520 * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
3521 key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
3524 * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
3525 exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
3526 viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
3528 * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
3529 during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
3530 which do not understand attribute packets.
3532 * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
3533 mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
3534 repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
3535 keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
3536 is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
3537 for regular --import.
3539 * The keyserver helper programs now live in
3540 /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
3541 from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
3542 /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
3543 for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
3544 to place the keyserver helpers there.
3546 * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
3547 (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
3550 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
3551 -------------------------------------------------
3553 * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
3554 --personal-digest-preferences, and
3555 --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
3556 algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
3557 using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
3558 preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
3559 just allows sorting the preferences differently.
3561 * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
3563 * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
3564 that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
3566 * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
3568 * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
3569 encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
3570 disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
3571 --personal-digest-preferences.
3573 * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
3574 to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
3575 for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
3576 understand the implications of this.
3578 * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
3579 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
3581 * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
3582 contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
3584 * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
3585 self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
3586 but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
3589 * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
3592 * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
3593 old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
3595 * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
3596 generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
3597 has been added with the same restrictions.
3599 * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
3602 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
3603 ------------------------------------------------
3605 * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
3606 uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
3607 Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
3608 not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
3609 the old vulnerable format.
3611 * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
3612 default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
3613 interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
3615 * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
3616 possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
3617 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
3620 * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
3623 * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
3624 with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
3625 keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
3628 * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
3629 key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
3632 * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
3633 specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
3634 ID, etc) was checked.
3636 * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
3637 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
3639 * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
3640 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
3642 * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
3643 key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
3644 want their signature to expire at the same time.
3646 * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
3647 present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
3648 designated revokers.
3650 * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
3653 * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
3654 revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
3656 * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
3658 * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
3660 * New option --preserve-permissions.
3662 * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
3663 signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
3665 * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
3666 or we are in verbose mode.
3668 * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
3669 except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
3671 * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
3672 primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
3675 * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
3676 matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
3678 * RSA key generation.
3680 * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
3681 scripts/build-riscos.
3683 * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
3685 * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
3686 the "updpref" edit command.
3688 * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
3689 UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
3690 so that it should not break too much)
3692 * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
3694 * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
3696 * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
3697 signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
3698 operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
3699 --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
3701 * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
3702 See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
3703 and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
3705 * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
3706 ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
3708 * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
3710 * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
3712 See-also: gnupg-announce/2002q2/000135.html
3715 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
3716 ------------------------------------------------
3718 * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
3720 * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
3722 * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
3723 server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
3726 * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
3728 * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
3730 * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
3732 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000123.html
3735 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
3736 ------------------------------------------------
3738 * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
3739 problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
3740 signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
3741 a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
3742 check all your detached signature handling applications and make
3743 sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
3744 using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
3746 * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
3747 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
3748 some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
3751 * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
3752 --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
3753 handle it in another way.
3755 * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
3756 to understand preference listing.
3758 * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
3759 is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
3760 revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
3761 primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
3763 * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
3765 * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
3767 * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
3768 --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
3769 --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
3771 * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
3772 co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
3773 signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
3775 * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
3777 * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
3778 multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
3781 * A whole lot of bug fixes.
3783 * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
3784 increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
3785 can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
3786 cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
3787 rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
3788 Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
3790 * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
3792 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000122.html
3795 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
3796 ------------------------------------------------
3798 * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
3799 results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
3800 primary reason for releasing this version.
3802 * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
3803 be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
3805 * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
3807 * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
3809 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q4/000082.html
3812 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
3813 ------------------------------------------------
3815 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
3817 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
3819 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
3821 * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
3822 to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
3823 of this Orwellian RIP bill.
3825 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
3827 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
3829 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
3831 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
3834 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
3835 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
3836 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
3837 according to RFC2440
3839 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
3840 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
3841 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
3843 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000075.html
3846 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
3847 ----------------------------------------------
3849 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
3851 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
3853 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
3854 by the new OpenPGP draft.
3856 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
3857 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
3858 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
3859 cases were it is really required.
3860 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
3862 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
3864 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
3866 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
3867 by code derived from Cryptlib.
3869 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
3870 and 8 times for 4k keys.
3872 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
3875 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
3876 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
3877 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
3878 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
3879 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
3880 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
3881 procedure to install such secret keys.
3883 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
3884 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
3885 ignored all --keyring options.
3887 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
3888 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
3890 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
3893 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
3894 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
3895 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
3896 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
3898 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
3899 a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
3901 * Danish translation
3903 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000069.html
3906 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
3907 -----------------------------------
3909 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
3911 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
3913 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
3914 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
3916 * Add Indonesian and Portugese translations.
3918 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
3919 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
3920 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
3921 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
3923 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
3924 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
3925 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
3926 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
3927 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
3929 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
3932 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
3934 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
3935 into a separate one.
3937 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q4/000050.html
3940 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
3941 -----------------------------------
3943 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
3944 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
3946 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
3948 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000037.html
3951 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
3952 ------------------------------------
3954 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
3955 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
3957 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
3959 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
3961 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000036.html
3964 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
3965 ------------------------------------
3967 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
3969 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
3971 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000034.html
3974 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
3975 -----------------------------------
3977 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
3979 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
3981 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
3983 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
3986 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
3987 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
3989 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
3992 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
3993 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
3995 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
3997 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
3998 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
4000 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000028.html
4003 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
4004 -----------------------------------
4006 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
4008 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
4009 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
4010 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
4011 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
4013 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
4015 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
4017 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
4018 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
4019 A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
4021 * Better support for HPUX.
4023 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000016.html
4026 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
4027 -----------------------------------
4029 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
4030 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
4032 * Enhanced some status outputs.
4034 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000000.html
4037 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
4038 -----------------------------------
4040 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
4041 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
4042 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
4044 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
4046 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
4048 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
4049 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
4052 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
4053 -----------------------------------
4055 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
4056 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
4058 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
4060 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
4062 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
4065 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
4066 -----------------------------------
4068 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
4069 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
4071 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
4073 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
4076 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
4077 -----------------------------------
4079 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
4080 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
4082 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
4084 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
4085 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
4087 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
4088 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
4089 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
4091 * Changed the locking stuff.
4093 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
4096 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
4097 -----------------------------------
4099 * add some additional time warp checks.
4101 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
4103 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
4105 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
4108 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
4109 -----------------------------------
4111 * Polish language support.
4113 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
4114 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
4116 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
4117 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
4118 which looks for trusted signatures.
4120 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
4123 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
4124 better maintainable (I hope so).
4126 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
4127 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
4130 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
4131 -----------------------------------
4133 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
4134 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
4135 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
4138 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
4140 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
4141 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
4142 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
4143 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
4145 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
4146 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
4147 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
4151 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
4152 -----------------------------------
4154 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
4155 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
4156 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
4158 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
4159 to see updated preferences etc.
4161 * Import of subkeys should now work.
4163 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
4164 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
4166 * Brazilian language support.
4169 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
4170 -----------------------------------
4172 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
4173 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
4174 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
4176 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
4179 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
4180 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
4182 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
4183 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
4184 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
4185 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
4187 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
4189 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
4190 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
4192 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
4193 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
4194 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
4195 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
4196 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
4197 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
4201 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
4202 -----------------------------------
4204 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
4206 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
4207 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
4208 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
4210 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
4211 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
4212 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
4213 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
4214 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
4215 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
4217 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
4218 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
4220 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
4221 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
4223 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
4227 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
4228 -----------------------------------
4230 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
4232 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
4234 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
4235 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
4236 keyring into your trustdb
4238 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
4239 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
4240 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
4242 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
4243 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
4244 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
4247 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
4248 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
4249 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
4251 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
4254 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
4255 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
4256 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
4258 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
4259 compatible to PGP 5.
4261 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
4262 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
4264 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
4268 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
4269 -----------------------------------
4271 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
4272 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
4274 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
4275 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
4277 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
4278 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
4279 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
4280 when changing a passphrase.
4282 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
4283 a few hints about the internal structure.
4285 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
4286 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
4288 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
4289 code for the trustdb.
4292 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
4293 -----------------------------------
4295 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
4296 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
4299 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
4301 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
4302 except when --rfc1991 is used.
4304 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
4308 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
4309 -----------------------------------
4311 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
4312 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
4313 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
4314 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
4315 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
4317 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
4319 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
4321 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
4323 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
4326 * Building in another directory should now work.
4328 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
4331 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
4332 -----------------------------------
4334 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
4336 * yes/no, y/n localized.
4341 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
4342 -----------------------------------
4344 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
4345 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
4346 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
4347 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
4348 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
4349 a copy of the old program.
4350 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
4351 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
4352 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.1 or 0.3.2) and set the
4353 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
4354 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
4355 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
4356 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
4357 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
4358 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
4359 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
4360 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
4361 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
4363 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
4364 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
4365 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.1 or .2 to save your assigned ownertrusts
4366 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
4367 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
4368 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
4369 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
4370 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
4372 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
4373 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
4374 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
4375 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
4378 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
4380 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
4382 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
4383 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
4384 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
4385 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
4387 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
4389 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
4391 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
4393 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
4394 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
4396 * gpg now disables core dumps.
4398 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
4399 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
4401 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
4402 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
4403 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
4404 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
4406 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
4407 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
4409 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
4411 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
4415 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
4416 -----------------------------------
4418 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
4420 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
4422 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
4423 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
4424 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
4426 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
4429 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
4430 -----------------------------------
4432 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
4433 a key in a v4 packet is used.
4435 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
4437 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
4440 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
4441 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
4443 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
4446 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
4447 -----------------------------------
4449 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
4450 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
4453 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
4454 is set into the self signature.
4456 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
4457 interoperable with pgp5
4459 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
4460 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
4461 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
4462 prime number generator which we had used).
4464 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
4466 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
4468 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
4470 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
4473 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
4474 ------------------------------------
4476 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
4478 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
4480 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
4481 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
4483 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
4484 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
4485 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
4487 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
4489 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
4492 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
4495 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
4496 ------------------------------------
4498 * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
4499 to configure to support the development of a random source for
4500 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
4501 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
4502 without a random source).
4504 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
4505 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
4507 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
4509 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
4510 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
4513 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
4514 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
4516 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
4517 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
4518 speed measurement easier.
4521 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
4522 ------------------------------------
4524 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
4526 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
4527 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
4529 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
4532 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
4533 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
4534 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
4537 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
4538 ------------------------------------
4540 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
4541 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
4543 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
4544 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
4545 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
4546 drop support for this in the future. You should use
4547 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
4551 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
4552 ------------------------------------
4554 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
4555 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
4556 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
4557 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
4558 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
4560 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
4562 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
4564 * Some new test cases
4566 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
4567 ------------------------------------
4569 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
4571 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
4573 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
4575 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
4577 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
4578 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
4582 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
4583 ------------------------------------
4585 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
4587 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
4590 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
4591 ------------------------------------
4593 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
4594 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
4596 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
4597 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
4599 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
4600 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
4602 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
4604 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
4605 ------------------------------------
4607 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
4609 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
4610 the public keys anyway.
4612 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
4613 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
4614 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
4616 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
4617 ------------------------------------
4619 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
4620 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
4621 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
4622 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
4623 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
4625 * Changed some configure options and add an option
4626 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
4627 and to compile everything with optimization on.
4629 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
4630 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
4631 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
4633 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
4635 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
4638 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
4639 -----------------------------------
4641 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
4643 * Added a simple man page.
4645 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
4647 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
4648 -----------------------------------
4650 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
4651 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
4652 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
4653 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
4655 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
4658 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
4659 -----------------------------------
4661 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
4663 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
4664 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
4665 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
4667 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
4669 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
4670 used for internal test purposes.
4672 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
4673 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
4675 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
4677 * "make check" works.
4679 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
4680 -----------------------------------
4682 * Option "--export" works.
4685 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
4686 -----------------------------------
4688 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
4689 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
4691 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
4692 message digests into MPIs.
4694 * Enhanced the checkit script
4697 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
4698 -----------------------------------
4700 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
4702 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
4704 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
4706 * fixed a lot of bugs.
4709 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
4710 -----------------------------------
4712 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
4713 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
4714 are not any more valid.
4716 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
4718 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
4720 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
4722 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
4723 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
4724 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
4725 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
4726 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
4728 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
4730 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
4731 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
4732 which does a cleanup in very case.
4733 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
4734 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
4736 * started with internationalization support.
4738 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
4739 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
4740 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
4741 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
4742 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
4744 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
4746 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
4747 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
4748 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
4751 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
4753 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
4754 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
4755 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
4757 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
4758 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
4761 Version 0.2.2 (1998-02-09)
4762 Version 0.2.1 (1998-01-28)
4763 Version 0.2.0 (1998-01-25)
4764 Version 0.1.3 (1998-01-12)
4765 Version 0.1.2 (1998-01-07)
4766 Version 0.1.1 (1998-01-07)
4767 Version 0.1.0 (1998-01-05)
4768 Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
4771 Copyright (C) 1998-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4772 Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Werner Koch
4774 This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
4775 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
4776 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
4778 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
4779 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
4780 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.