1 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.18 (2017-01-23)
2 -------------------------------------------------
4 * gpg: Remove bogus subkey signature while cleaning a key (with
5 export-clean, import-clean, or --edit-key's sub-command clean)
7 * gpg: Allow freezing the clock with --faked-system-time.
9 * gpg: New --export-option flag "backup", new --import-option flag
12 * gpg-agent: Fixed long delay due to a regression in the progress
15 * scd: Lots of code cleanup and internal changes.
17 * scd: Improved the internal CCID driver.
19 * dirmngr: Fixed problem with the DNS glue code (removal of the
20 trailing dot in domain names).
22 * dirmngr: Make sure that Tor is actually enabled after changing the
23 conf file and sending SIGHUP or "gpgconf --reload dirmngr".
25 * dirmngr: Fixed Tor access to IPv6 addresses. Note that current
26 versions of Tor may require that the flag "IPv6Traffic" is used
27 with the option "SocksPort" in torrc to actually allow IPv6
30 * dirmngr: Fixed HKP for literally given IPv6 addresses.
32 * dirmngr: Enabled reverse DNS lookups via Tor.
34 * dirmngr: Added experimental SRV record lookup for WKD.
35 See commit 88dc3af3d4ae1afe1d5e136bc4c38bc4e7d4cd10 for details.
37 * dirmngr: For HKP use "pgpkey-hkps" and "pgpkey-hkp" in SRV record
38 lookups. Avoid SRV record lookup when a port is explicitly
39 specified. This fixes a regression from the 1.4 and 2.0 behavior.
41 * dirmngr: Gracefully handle a missing /etc/nsswitch.conf. Ignore
42 negation terms (e.g. "[!UNAVAIL=return]" instead of bailing out.
44 * dirmngr: Better debug output for flags "dns" and "network".
46 * dirmngr: On reload mark all known HKP servers alive.
48 * gpgconf: Allow keyword "all" for --launch, --kill, and --reload.
50 * tools: gpg-wks-client now ignores a missing policy file on the
53 * Avoid unnecessary ambiguity error message in the option parsing.
55 * Further improvements of the regression test suite.
57 * Fixed building with --disable-libdns configure option.
59 * Fixed a crash running the tests on 32 bit architectures.
61 * Fixed spurious failures on BSD system in the spawn functions.
62 This affected for example gpg-wks-client and gpgconf.
65 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.17 (2016-12-20)
66 -------------------------------------------------
68 * gpg: By default new keys expire after 2 years.
70 * gpg: New command --quick-set-expire to conveniently change the
71 expiration date of keys.
73 * gpg: Option and command names have been changed for easier
74 comprehension. The old names are still available as aliases.
76 * gpg: Improved the TOFU trust model.
78 * gpg: New option --default-new-key-algo.
80 * scd: Support OpenPGP card V3 for RSA.
82 * dirmngr: Support for the ADNS library has been removed. Instead
83 William Ahern's Libdns is now source included and used on all
84 platforms. This enables Tor support on all platforms. The new
85 option --standard-resolver can be used to disable this code at
86 runtime. In case of build problems the new configure option
87 --disable-libdns can be used to build without Libdns.
89 * dirmngr: Lazily launch ldap reaper thread.
91 * tools: New options --check and --status-fd for gpg-wks-client.
93 * The UTF-8 byte order mark is now skipped when reading conf files.
95 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
97 * Major improvements to the test suite. For example it is possible
98 to run the external test suite of GPGME.
100 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000400.html
103 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
104 -------------------------------------------------
106 * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
107 using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
109 * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
110 colon formatted key listings.
112 * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
113 options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
115 * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
117 * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
119 * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
122 * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
124 * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
126 * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
128 * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
130 * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
132 * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
134 * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
137 * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
139 * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
142 * scd: Support ECC key generation.
144 * scd: Support more card readers.
146 * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
147 version database in the background.
149 * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
151 * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
153 * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
154 against an copy of an online database.
156 * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
158 * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
160 * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
162 * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
164 * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
165 socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
167 * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
170 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
172 * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
174 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000398.html
177 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
178 -------------------------------------------------
180 * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
183 * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
185 * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
187 * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
189 * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
191 * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
193 * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
195 * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
198 * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
200 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
202 * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
203 effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
205 * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
207 * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
209 * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
211 * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
213 * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
215 * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
217 * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
219 * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
221 * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
223 * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
225 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
227 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000396.html
230 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
231 -------------------------------------------------
233 * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
234 The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
235 be used with the export command.
237 * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
239 * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
241 * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
243 * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
245 * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
246 to directly specify encryption keys.
248 * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
249 part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
251 * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
252 changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
254 * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
256 * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
258 * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
260 * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
262 * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
265 * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
267 * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
269 * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
271 * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
273 * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
275 * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
276 a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
277 required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
279 * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
280 test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
281 programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
282 This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
285 * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
287 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000393.html
290 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
291 -------------------------------------------------
293 * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
296 * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
298 * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
300 * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
301 has been specified using a mail address and the new option
302 --disable-signer-uid is not used.
304 * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
306 * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
308 * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
310 * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
311 a non-breaking-space character.
313 * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
315 * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
316 status line are small enough.
318 * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
320 * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
322 * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
324 * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
325 new option --homedir.
327 * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
328 for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
329 problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
330 need for redirection files.
332 * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
333 to retrieve the default package versions.
335 * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
337 * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
339 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000390.html
342 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
343 -------------------------------------------------
345 * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
348 * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
349 and fixed by --edit-key.
351 * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
353 * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
355 * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
357 * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
359 * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
362 * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
365 * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
367 * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
368 that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
370 * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
373 * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
375 * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
376 --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
378 * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
381 * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
383 * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
385 * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
387 * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
389 * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
390 name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
392 * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
394 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000387.html
397 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
398 -------------------------------------------------
400 * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
402 * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
404 * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
406 * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
408 * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
410 * gpg: Don't check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in
411 the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
414 * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
416 * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
418 * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
420 * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
421 remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
423 * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
425 * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
426 keyservers. (bug#2147).
428 * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
430 * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
432 * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
434 * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
436 * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
437 Use this certiticate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
439 * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
442 * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
444 * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
445 gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
447 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q1/000383.html
450 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
451 -------------------------------------------------
453 * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
455 * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
456 and --tofu-db-format.
458 * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
459 should be considered weak.
461 * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
464 * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
466 * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
468 * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
471 * gpg: Check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in the
472 config file or given to --encrypt-to.
474 * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
476 * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
478 * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
480 * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
483 * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
484 libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
485 (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
487 * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
490 * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
492 * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
494 * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
495 that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
497 * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
499 * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
501 * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
503 * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
505 * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
507 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000381.html
510 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
511 ------------------------------------------------
513 * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
514 option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
517 * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
519 * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
520 algorithm is used without a MDC.
522 * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
524 * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
526 * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
528 * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
530 * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
532 * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
534 * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
536 * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
537 Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
539 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000380.html
542 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
543 ------------------------------------------------
545 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
547 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
549 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
551 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
553 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
555 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
557 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
559 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
561 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
562 from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
564 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
566 * Various minor bug fixes.
568 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000379.html
571 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
572 ------------------------------------------------
574 * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
576 * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
577 how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
579 * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
581 * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
583 * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
585 * scd: Improved ECC support
587 * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
589 * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
591 * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
593 * Various other bug fixes.
595 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000371.html
598 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
599 ------------------------------------------------
601 * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
603 * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
606 * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
609 * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
611 * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
612 the correct translations in Pinentry.
614 * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
616 * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
618 * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
620 * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
622 * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
623 hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
625 * Various other bug fixes.
627 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000370.html
630 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
631 ------------------------------------------------
633 * Support for an external passphrase cache.
635 * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
637 * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
639 * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
641 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
643 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000369.html
646 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
647 ------------------------------------------------
649 * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
650 id to an existing key.
652 * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
655 * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
657 * agent: Support for external password managers.
658 Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
660 * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
662 * Make HTTP proxies work again.
664 * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
666 * Allow building without LDAP support.
668 * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
670 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000366.html
673 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
674 ------------------------------------------------
676 * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
678 * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
680 * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
681 CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
684 * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
687 * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
689 * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
691 * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
693 * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
695 * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
697 * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
699 * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
701 * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
703 * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
704 the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
706 * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
707 regressions, and other bugs.
709 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000365.html
712 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
713 ------------------------------------------------
715 * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
718 * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
719 effect on --quick-gen-key.
721 * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
723 * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
726 * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
728 * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
729 for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
731 * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
733 * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
735 * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
737 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
738 pinentry is not installed.
740 * scd: Added support for ECDH.
742 * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
745 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q1/000361.html
748 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
749 ------------------------------------------------
751 * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
753 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
755 * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
757 * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
759 * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
761 * gpg: Fixed regresion in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
763 * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
765 * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
767 * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
769 * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
770 use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
772 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
774 * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
776 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
779 * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
780 command set for use with remote clients.
782 * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
784 * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
786 * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
788 * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
790 * The Windows installer does now install development files
792 * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
794 * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
795 now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
797 * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
799 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000360.html
802 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
803 ------------------------------------------------
805 This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
806 and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
807 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
808 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
810 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
811 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
813 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
814 signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
815 removed from the keyring.
817 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
818 up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
820 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
822 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
824 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
825 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
826 versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
829 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
831 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
832 always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
834 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
835 command with less choices.
837 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
839 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
841 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
842 encryption capabilities).
844 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
846 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
849 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
851 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
853 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
855 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
857 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
859 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
861 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
863 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
865 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
866 for non-Windows platforms.
869 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
871 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
873 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
875 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
877 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
880 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
881 create PGP-2 compatible messages.
883 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
885 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
887 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
889 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
891 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
893 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
895 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
897 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
900 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
902 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
904 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
907 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
908 this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
910 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
912 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
913 packet and information about the packet header.
915 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
917 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
919 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
922 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
925 * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
926 to build a partly working installer for Windows.
929 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
931 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
932 format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
934 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
935 with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
936 [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
937 we have agreed on a suitable format.]
939 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
941 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
942 allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
944 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
947 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
948 new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
950 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
951 communication with the gpg-agent.
953 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
955 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
957 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
959 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
962 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
964 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
966 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
967 more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
969 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
970 decryption of the bulk message starts.
972 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
974 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
976 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
977 they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
978 such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
980 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
983 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
985 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
987 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
988 Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
990 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
992 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
994 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
996 * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
997 driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
999 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
1000 not anymore used by any site.
1002 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
1004 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
1006 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
1008 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
1010 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
1013 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
1015 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
1017 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
1019 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
1021 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
1023 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
1025 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
1026 mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
1028 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
1030 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
1033 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
1034 for "SCD HELP" commands.
1037 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
1039 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
1040 [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
1042 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
1043 little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
1044 hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
1045 algorithm name as well.
1047 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
1048 Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
1050 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
1051 the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
1053 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
1054 running in non-daemon mode.
1056 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
1058 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
1059 we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
1060 LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
1062 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
1066 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
1068 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
1069 are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
1072 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
1074 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
1075 OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
1077 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
1079 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
1081 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
1082 and --simple-sk-checksum.
1084 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
1086 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
1088 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
1090 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
1091 certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
1093 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
1095 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
1098 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
1099 tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
1100 this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
1101 configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
1102 disable this new default.
1104 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
1105 iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
1107 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
1108 expected to run as a system service and the configuration
1109 directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
1110 starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
1112 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
1115 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
1116 debug-level keywords.
1118 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000358.html
1121 Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
1122 Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
1123 Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
1124 Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
1125 Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
1126 Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
1127 Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
1128 Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
1129 Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
1130 Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
1131 Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
1132 Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
1133 Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
1134 Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
1135 Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
1138 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
1139 -------------------------------------------------
1141 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
1142 algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
1143 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
1145 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
1146 passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
1148 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
1149 all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
1151 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
1153 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
1155 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
1156 Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
1158 * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
1159 card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
1163 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q3/000294.html
1166 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
1167 -------------------------------------------------
1169 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
1170 fingerprint or keygrip.
1172 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
1173 information about smartcards.
1175 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
1176 command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
1178 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
1179 and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
1181 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
1183 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
1185 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
1187 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
1188 Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
1190 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
1192 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q2/000288.html
1195 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
1196 -------------------------------------------------
1198 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
1200 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
1202 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
1204 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
1206 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
1207 due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
1208 can't cope with AES.
1210 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000287.html
1213 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
1214 -------------------------------------------------
1216 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
1217 lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
1220 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
1221 Fixed a few problems with this option.
1223 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
1225 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
1227 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
1229 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
1231 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
1234 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
1236 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
1238 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
1240 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
1241 anymore served by ourself.
1243 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
1245 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
1247 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
1249 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
1250 the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
1252 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
1253 locale directory is now used.
1255 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
1256 temporary file names.
1258 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
1259 string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
1261 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
1263 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
1265 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
1267 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000284.html
1270 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
1271 ------------------------------------------------
1273 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
1276 * Tweaks for Windows.
1278 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
1280 * Improved certificate chain construction.
1282 * Extended the PKITS framework.
1284 * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.
1286 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
1287 introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
1293 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
1294 ------------------------------------------------
1296 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
1298 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
1300 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
1302 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
1305 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
1308 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
1310 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
1312 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
1314 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
1317 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
1320 * Windows is now a supported platform.
1322 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
1323 taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
1324 code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
1326 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q4/000267.html
1329 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
1330 ------------------------------------------------
1332 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
1335 * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
1336 is still considered Beta.
1338 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
1339 enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
1342 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
1343 installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
1346 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000259.html
1349 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
1350 ------------------------------------------------
1352 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
1354 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
1356 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
1357 various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
1359 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
1361 * Improved Windows support.
1363 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000258.html
1366 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
1367 ------------------------------------------------
1369 * Switched license to GPLv3.
1371 * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
1372 it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
1374 * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
1376 * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
1377 gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
1379 * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
1380 machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
1382 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000255.html
1385 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
1386 ------------------------------------------------
1388 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
1389 systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
1391 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
1392 was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
1394 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
1396 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q2/000254.html
1399 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
1400 ------------------------------------------------
1402 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
1403 stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
1404 did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
1405 status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
1406 such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
1407 --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
1409 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
1411 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
1412 options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
1413 tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
1415 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
1416 DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
1418 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000252.html
1421 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
1422 ------------------------------------------------
1424 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
1425 packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
1427 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
1428 prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
1429 memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
1431 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
1433 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
1434 short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
1436 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
1438 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000249.html
1441 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
1442 ------------------------------------------------
1444 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
1445 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
1446 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
1447 its authentication and decrypt keys.
1449 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
1451 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
1453 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000242.html
1456 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
1457 ------------------------------------------------
1459 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
1461 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000239.html
1464 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
1465 -------------------------------------------------
1470 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
1471 -------------------------------------------------
1473 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
1474 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
1476 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
1478 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
1479 check whether the configuration file is sane.
1482 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
1483 -------------------------------------------------
1485 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
1486 certificate should be trusted.
1488 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
1490 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
1491 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
1493 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
1495 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
1498 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
1499 -------------------------------------------------
1503 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000236.html
1506 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
1507 -------------------------------------------------
1509 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
1510 without BasicContraints.
1512 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
1513 alias for --list-keys.
1515 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
1518 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
1519 -------------------------------------------------
1521 * Made readline work for gpg.
1523 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
1525 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
1528 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
1529 -------------------------------------------------
1531 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
1534 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
1535 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
1536 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
1537 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
1538 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
1540 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
1541 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
1543 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
1545 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
1548 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
1549 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
1551 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
1553 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
1555 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
1557 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
1559 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
1563 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
1564 -------------------------------------------------
1566 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
1568 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
1569 able to import the files.
1571 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
1574 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
1575 -------------------------------------------------
1577 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
1578 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
1581 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
1583 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
1585 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
1587 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
1589 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
1592 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
1595 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
1596 -------------------------------------------------
1598 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
1601 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
1603 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
1606 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
1607 -------------------------------------------------
1609 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
1610 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
1612 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
1616 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
1617 -------------------------------------------------
1619 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
1620 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
1621 given to create a request from an existing key.
1623 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
1626 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
1627 -------------------------------------------------
1629 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
1632 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
1634 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
1636 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
1637 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
1638 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
1639 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
1641 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
1644 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
1645 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
1648 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
1649 -------------------------------------------------
1651 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
1652 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
1654 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
1656 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
1658 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
1659 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
1662 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
1663 -------------------------------------------------
1665 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
1667 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
1671 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
1672 -------------------------------------------------
1674 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
1675 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
1678 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
1680 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
1683 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
1684 -------------------------------------------------
1686 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
1688 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
1691 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
1692 -------------------------------------------------
1694 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
1696 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
1697 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
1699 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
1702 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
1703 -------------------------------------------------
1705 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
1706 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
1709 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
1711 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
1712 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
1714 * Fixed some i18n problems.
1717 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
1718 -------------------------------------------------
1720 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
1722 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
1723 install just the agent.
1725 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
1728 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
1729 ------------------------------------------------
1731 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
1732 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
1735 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
1738 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
1739 ------------------------------------------------
1741 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
1743 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
1744 written when using the internal CCID driver.
1746 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
1747 detailed view of the certificates.
1749 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
1750 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
1752 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
1753 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
1756 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
1757 ------------------------------------------------
1759 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
1761 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
1763 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
1765 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
1769 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
1770 ------------------------------------------------
1772 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
1775 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
1776 ------------------------------------------------
1778 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
1779 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
1782 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
1783 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
1784 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
1785 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
1787 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
1788 whom the passphrase is requested.
1790 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
1793 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
1794 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
1797 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
1798 ------------------------------------------------
1800 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
1802 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
1805 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
1809 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
1810 ------------------------------------------------
1812 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
1813 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
1814 Default is disabled.
1816 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
1817 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
1818 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
1819 problem with the socket.
1821 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
1822 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
1824 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
1827 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
1828 ------------------------------------------------
1830 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
1831 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
1833 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
1834 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
1836 * All kind of other internal stuff.
1839 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
1840 ------------------------------------------------
1842 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
1843 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
1846 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
1847 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
1852 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
1853 ------------------------------------------------
1855 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
1857 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
1858 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
1860 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
1863 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
1864 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
1866 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
1868 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
1870 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
1872 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
1874 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
1876 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
1878 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
1879 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
1880 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
1882 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
1886 Version 1.4.19 (2015-02-27)
1887 Version 1.4.18 (2014-06-30)
1888 Version 1.4.17 (2014-06-23)
1889 Version 1.4.16 (2013-12-18)
1890 Version 1.4.15 (2013-10-04)
1891 Version 1.4.14 (2013-07-25)
1892 Version 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)
1893 Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
1894 Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
1895 Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
1896 Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
1897 Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
1898 Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
1899 Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
1900 Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
1901 Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
1902 Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
1903 Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
1904 Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
1905 Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
1908 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
1909 ------------------------------------------------
1911 * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
1912 and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
1913 --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
1914 finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
1916 * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
1917 keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
1918 and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
1919 the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
1921 * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
1922 unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
1923 the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
1925 * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
1926 option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
1927 signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
1928 (identical to the --always-trust option).
1930 * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
1931 consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
1932 last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
1933 respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
1934 safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
1935 forcing them on for all messages.
1937 * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
1938 user wants new keys imported into.
1940 * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
1941 Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
1942 for passphrase mangling.
1944 * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
1945 easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
1946 GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
1948 * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
1951 * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
1952 truncated in the W32 version.
1954 * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
1955 script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
1956 version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
1958 * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
1959 encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
1960 detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
1961 change in this release.
1963 * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
1966 * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
1967 This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
1968 works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
1970 * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
1971 fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
1972 hash algorithm, and signature class.
1974 * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
1975 read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
1977 * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
1979 * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
1980 administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
1981 automatically. This is as specified in
1982 draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
1984 * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
1985 specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
1986 the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
1988 * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
1989 at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
1990 for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
1991 the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
1992 --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
1993 all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
1996 * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
1999 * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
2000 being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
2001 GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
2002 you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
2003 of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
2006 See-also: gnupg-announce/2003q2/000153.html
2009 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
2010 ------------------------------------------------
2012 * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
2013 model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
2014 signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
2015 certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
2016 regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
2017 signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
2018 The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
2019 that don't have working regexp functions available. The
2020 configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
2021 regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
2022 signature with a regular expression included.
2024 * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
2025 encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
2026 the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
2029 * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
2030 used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
2031 "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
2034 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
2035 ------------------------------------------------
2037 * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
2038 and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
2039 There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
2040 the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
2043 * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
2044 listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
2046 * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
2047 wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
2048 around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
2049 that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
2050 keyserver plugin does this as well.
2052 * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
2053 frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
2054 combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
2055 override the script and use the libraries selected.
2057 * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
2058 indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
2059 --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
2062 * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
2063 ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
2064 to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
2067 * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
2068 development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
2069 during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
2073 Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
2074 Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
2075 Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
2076 Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
2077 Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
2078 Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
2079 Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
2080 Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
2081 Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
2084 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
2085 -------------------------------------------------
2087 * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
2088 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
2089 still be used. This change is required to have a more
2090 consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
2092 * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
2093 recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
2094 AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
2095 the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
2096 (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
2098 * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
2099 processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
2100 used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
2101 resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
2102 with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
2103 that do not support MDCs.
2105 * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
2108 * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
2109 clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
2110 checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
2111 keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
2112 keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
2113 specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
2114 extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
2115 with their enclosing directories.
2117 * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
2118 with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
2119 runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
2120 linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
2121 a /dev/random device.
2123 * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
2124 it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
2125 option -vvv shows the used character set.
2127 * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
2131 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
2132 -------------------------------------------------
2134 * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
2135 option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
2136 to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
2138 * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
2139 plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
2140 version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
2142 * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
2143 key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
2146 * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
2147 exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
2148 viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
2150 * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
2151 during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
2152 which do not understand attribute packets.
2154 * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
2155 mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
2156 repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
2157 keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
2158 is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
2159 for regular --import.
2161 * The keyserver helper programs now live in
2162 /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
2163 from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
2164 /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
2165 for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
2166 to place the keyserver helpers there.
2168 * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
2169 (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
2172 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
2173 -------------------------------------------------
2175 * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
2176 --personal-digest-preferences, and
2177 --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
2178 algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
2179 using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
2180 preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
2181 just allows sorting the preferences differently.
2183 * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
2185 * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
2186 that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
2188 * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
2190 * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
2191 encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
2192 disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
2193 --personal-digest-preferences.
2195 * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
2196 to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
2197 for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
2198 understand the implications of this.
2200 * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2201 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
2203 * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
2204 contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
2206 * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
2207 self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
2208 but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
2211 * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
2214 * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
2215 old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
2217 * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
2218 generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
2219 has been added with the same restrictions.
2221 * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
2224 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
2225 ------------------------------------------------
2227 * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
2228 uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
2229 Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
2230 not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
2231 the old vulnerable format.
2233 * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
2234 default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
2235 interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
2237 * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
2238 possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
2239 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
2242 * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
2245 * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
2246 with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
2247 keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
2250 * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
2251 key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
2254 * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
2255 specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
2256 ID, etc) was checked.
2258 * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2259 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
2261 * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2262 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
2264 * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
2265 key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
2266 want their signature to expire at the same time.
2268 * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
2269 present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
2270 designated revokers.
2272 * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
2275 * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
2276 revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
2278 * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
2280 * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
2282 * New option --preserve-permissions.
2284 * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
2285 signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
2287 * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
2288 or we are in verbose mode.
2290 * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
2291 except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
2293 * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
2294 primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
2297 * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
2298 matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
2300 * RSA key generation.
2302 * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
2303 scripts/build-riscos.
2305 * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
2307 * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
2308 the "updpref" edit command.
2310 * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
2311 UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
2312 so that it should not break too much)
2314 * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
2316 * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
2318 * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
2319 signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
2320 operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
2321 --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
2323 * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
2324 See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
2325 and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
2327 * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
2328 ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
2330 * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
2332 * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
2334 See-also: gnupg-announce/2002q2/000135.html
2337 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
2338 ------------------------------------------------
2340 * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
2342 * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
2344 * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
2345 server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
2348 * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
2350 * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
2352 * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
2354 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000123.html
2357 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
2358 ------------------------------------------------
2360 * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
2361 problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
2362 signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
2363 a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
2364 check all your detached signature handling applications and make
2365 sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
2366 using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
2368 * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
2369 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
2370 some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
2373 * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
2374 --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
2375 handle it in another way.
2377 * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
2378 to understand preference listing.
2380 * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
2381 is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
2382 revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
2383 primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
2385 * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
2387 * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
2389 * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
2390 --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
2391 --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
2393 * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
2394 co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
2395 signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
2397 * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
2399 * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
2400 multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
2403 * A whole lot of bug fixes.
2405 * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
2406 increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
2407 can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
2408 cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
2409 rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
2410 Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
2412 * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
2414 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000122.html
2417 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
2418 ------------------------------------------------
2420 * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
2421 results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
2422 primary reason for releasing this version.
2424 * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
2425 be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
2427 * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
2429 * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
2431 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q4/000082.html
2434 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
2435 ------------------------------------------------
2437 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
2439 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
2441 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
2443 * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
2444 to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
2445 of this Orwellian RIP bill.
2447 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
2449 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
2451 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
2453 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
2456 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
2457 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
2458 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
2459 according to RFC2440
2461 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
2462 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
2463 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
2465 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000075.html
2468 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
2469 ----------------------------------------------
2471 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
2473 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
2475 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
2476 by the new OpenPGP draft.
2478 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
2479 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
2480 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
2481 cases were it is really required.
2482 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
2484 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
2486 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
2488 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
2489 by code derived from Cryptlib.
2491 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
2492 and 8 times for 4k keys.
2494 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
2497 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
2498 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
2499 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
2500 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
2501 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
2502 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
2503 procedure to install such secret keys.
2505 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
2506 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
2507 ignored all --keyring options.
2509 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
2510 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
2512 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
2515 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
2516 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
2517 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
2518 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
2520 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
2521 a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
2523 * Danish translation
2525 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000069.html
2528 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
2529 -----------------------------------
2531 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
2533 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
2535 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
2536 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
2538 * Add Indonesian and Portugese translations.
2540 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
2541 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
2542 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
2543 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
2545 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
2546 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
2547 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
2548 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
2549 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
2551 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
2554 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
2556 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
2557 into a separate one.
2559 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q4/000050.html
2562 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
2563 -----------------------------------
2565 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
2566 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
2568 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
2570 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000037.html
2573 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
2574 ------------------------------------
2576 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
2577 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
2579 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
2581 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
2583 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000036.html
2586 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
2587 ------------------------------------
2589 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
2591 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
2593 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000034.html
2596 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
2597 -----------------------------------
2599 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
2601 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
2603 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
2605 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
2608 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
2609 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
2611 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
2614 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
2615 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
2617 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
2619 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
2620 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
2622 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000028.html
2625 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
2626 -----------------------------------
2628 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
2630 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
2631 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
2632 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
2633 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
2635 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
2637 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
2639 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
2640 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
2641 A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
2643 * Better support for HPUX.
2645 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000016.html
2648 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
2649 -----------------------------------
2651 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
2652 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
2654 * Enhanced some status outputs.
2656 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000000.html
2659 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
2660 -----------------------------------
2662 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
2663 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
2664 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
2666 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
2668 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
2670 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
2671 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
2674 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
2675 -----------------------------------
2677 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
2678 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
2680 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
2682 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
2684 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
2687 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
2688 -----------------------------------
2690 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
2691 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
2693 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
2695 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
2698 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
2699 -----------------------------------
2701 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
2702 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
2704 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
2706 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
2707 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
2709 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
2710 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
2711 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
2713 * Changed the locking stuff.
2715 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
2718 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
2719 -----------------------------------
2721 * add some additional time warp checks.
2723 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
2725 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
2727 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
2730 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
2731 -----------------------------------
2733 * Polish language support.
2735 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
2736 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
2738 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
2739 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
2740 which looks for trusted signatures.
2742 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
2745 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
2746 better maintainable (I hope so).
2748 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
2749 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
2752 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
2753 -----------------------------------
2755 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
2756 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
2757 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
2760 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
2762 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
2763 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
2764 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
2765 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
2767 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
2768 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
2769 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
2773 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
2774 -----------------------------------
2776 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
2777 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
2778 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
2780 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
2781 to see updated preferences etc.
2783 * Import of subkeys should now work.
2785 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
2786 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
2788 * Brazilian language support.
2791 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
2792 -----------------------------------
2794 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
2795 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
2796 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
2798 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
2801 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
2802 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
2804 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
2805 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
2806 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
2807 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
2809 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
2811 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
2812 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
2814 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
2815 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
2816 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
2817 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
2818 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
2819 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
2823 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
2824 -----------------------------------
2826 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
2828 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
2829 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
2830 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
2832 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
2833 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
2834 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
2835 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
2836 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
2837 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
2839 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
2840 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
2842 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
2843 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
2845 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
2849 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
2850 -----------------------------------
2852 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
2854 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
2856 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
2857 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
2858 keyring into your trustdb
2860 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
2861 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
2862 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
2864 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
2865 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
2866 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
2869 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
2870 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
2871 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
2873 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
2876 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
2877 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
2878 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
2880 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
2881 compatible to PGP 5.
2883 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
2884 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
2886 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
2890 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
2891 -----------------------------------
2893 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
2894 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
2896 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
2897 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
2899 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
2900 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
2901 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
2902 when changing a passphrase.
2904 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
2905 a few hints about the internal structure.
2907 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
2908 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
2910 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
2911 code for the trustdb.
2914 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
2915 -----------------------------------
2917 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
2918 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
2921 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
2923 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
2924 except when --rfc1991 is used.
2926 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
2930 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
2931 -----------------------------------
2933 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
2934 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
2935 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
2936 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
2937 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
2939 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
2941 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
2943 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
2945 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
2948 * Building in another directory should now work.
2950 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
2953 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
2954 -----------------------------------
2956 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
2958 * yes/no, y/n localized.
2963 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
2964 -----------------------------------
2966 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
2967 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
2968 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
2969 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
2970 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
2971 a copy of the old program.
2972 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
2973 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
2974 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.1 or 0.3.2) and set the
2975 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
2976 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
2977 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
2978 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
2979 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
2980 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
2981 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
2982 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
2983 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
2985 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
2986 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
2987 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.1 or .2 to save your assigned ownertrusts
2988 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
2989 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
2990 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
2991 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
2992 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
2994 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
2995 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
2996 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
2997 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
3000 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
3002 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
3004 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
3005 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
3006 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
3007 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
3009 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
3011 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
3013 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
3015 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
3016 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
3018 * gpg now disables core dumps.
3020 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
3021 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
3023 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
3024 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
3025 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
3026 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
3028 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
3029 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
3031 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
3033 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
3037 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
3038 -----------------------------------
3040 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
3042 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
3044 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
3045 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
3046 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
3048 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
3051 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
3052 -----------------------------------
3054 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
3055 a key in a v4 packet is used.
3057 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
3059 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
3062 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
3063 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
3065 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
3068 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
3069 -----------------------------------
3071 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
3072 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
3075 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
3076 is set into the self signature.
3078 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
3079 interoperable with pgp5
3081 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
3082 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
3083 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
3084 prime number generator which we had used).
3086 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
3088 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
3090 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
3092 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
3095 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
3096 ------------------------------------
3098 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
3100 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
3102 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
3103 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
3105 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
3106 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
3107 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
3109 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
3111 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
3114 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
3117 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
3118 ------------------------------------
3120 * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
3121 to configure to support the development of a random source for
3122 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
3123 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
3124 without a random source).
3126 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
3127 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
3129 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
3131 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
3132 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
3135 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
3136 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
3138 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
3139 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
3140 speed measurement easier.
3143 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
3144 ------------------------------------
3146 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
3148 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
3149 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
3151 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
3154 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
3155 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
3156 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
3159 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
3160 ------------------------------------
3162 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
3163 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
3165 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
3166 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
3167 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
3168 drop support for this in the future. You should use
3169 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
3173 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
3174 ------------------------------------
3176 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
3177 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
3178 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
3179 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
3180 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
3182 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
3184 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
3186 * Some new test cases
3188 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
3189 ------------------------------------
3191 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
3193 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
3195 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
3197 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
3199 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
3200 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
3204 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
3205 ------------------------------------
3207 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
3209 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
3212 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
3213 ------------------------------------
3215 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
3216 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
3218 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
3219 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
3221 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
3222 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
3224 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
3226 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
3227 ------------------------------------
3229 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
3231 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
3232 the public keys anyway.
3234 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
3235 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
3236 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
3238 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
3239 ------------------------------------
3241 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
3242 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
3243 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
3244 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
3245 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
3247 * Changed some configure options and add an option
3248 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
3249 and to compile everything with optimization on.
3251 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
3252 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
3253 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
3255 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
3257 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
3260 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
3261 -----------------------------------
3263 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
3265 * Added a simple man page.
3267 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
3269 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
3270 -----------------------------------
3272 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
3273 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
3274 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
3275 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
3277 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
3280 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
3281 -----------------------------------
3283 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
3285 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
3286 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
3287 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
3289 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
3291 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
3292 used for internal test purposes.
3294 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
3295 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
3297 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
3299 * "make check" works.
3301 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
3302 -----------------------------------
3304 * Option "--export" works.
3307 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
3308 -----------------------------------
3310 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
3311 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
3313 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
3314 message digests into MPIs.
3316 * Enhanced the checkit script
3319 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
3320 -----------------------------------
3322 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
3324 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
3326 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
3328 * fixed a lot of bugs.
3331 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
3332 -----------------------------------
3334 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
3335 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
3336 are not any more valid.
3338 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
3340 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
3342 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
3344 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
3345 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
3346 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
3347 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
3348 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
3350 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
3352 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
3353 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
3354 which does a cleanup in very case.
3355 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
3356 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
3358 * started with internationalization support.
3360 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
3361 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
3362 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
3363 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
3364 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
3366 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
3368 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
3369 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
3370 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
3373 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
3375 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
3376 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
3377 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
3379 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
3380 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
3383 Version 0.2.2 (1998-02-09)
3384 Version 0.2.1 (1998-01-28)
3385 Version 0.2.0 (1998-01-25)
3386 Version 0.1.3 (1998-01-12)
3387 Version 0.1.2 (1998-01-07)
3388 Version 0.1.1 (1998-01-07)
3389 Version 0.1.0 (1998-01-05)
3390 Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
3393 Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3394 Copyright (C) 1997-2016 Werner Koch
3396 This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
3397 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
3398 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
3400 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
3401 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
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