1 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.17 (2016-12-20)
2 -------------------------------------------------
4 * gpg: By default new keys expire after 2 years.
6 * gpg: New command --quick-set-expire to conveniently change the
7 expiration date of keys.
9 * gpg: Option and command names have been changed for easier
10 comprehension. The old names are still available as aliases.
12 * gpg: Improved the TOFU trust model.
14 * gpg: New option --default-new-key-algo.
16 * scd: Support OpenPGP card V3 for RSA.
18 * dirmngr: Support for the ADNS library has been removed. Instead
19 William Ahern's Libdns is now source included and used on all
20 platforms. This enables Tor support on all platforms. The new
21 option --standard-resolver can be used to disable this code at
22 runtime. In case of build problems the new configure option
23 --disable-libdns can be used to build without Libdns.
25 * dirmngr: Lazily launch ldap reaper thread.
27 * tools: New options --check and --status-fd for gpg-wks-client.
29 * The UTF-8 byte order mark is now skipped when reading conf files.
31 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
33 * Major improvements to the test suite. For example it is possible
34 to run the external test suite of GPGME.
37 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
38 -------------------------------------------------
40 * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
41 using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
43 * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
44 colon formatted key listings.
46 * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
47 options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
49 * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
51 * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
53 * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
56 * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
58 * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
60 * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
62 * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
64 * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
66 * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
68 * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
71 * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
73 * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
76 * scd: Support ECC key generation.
78 * scd: Support more card readers.
80 * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
81 version database in the background.
83 * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
85 * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
87 * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
88 against an copy of an online database.
90 * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
92 * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
94 * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
96 * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
98 * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
99 socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
101 * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
104 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
106 * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
109 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
110 -------------------------------------------------
112 * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
115 * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
117 * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
119 * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
121 * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
123 * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
125 * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
127 * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
130 * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
132 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
134 * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
135 effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
137 * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
139 * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
141 * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
143 * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
145 * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
147 * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
149 * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
151 * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
153 * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
155 * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
157 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
160 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
161 -------------------------------------------------
163 * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
164 The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
165 be used with the export command.
167 * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
169 * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
171 * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
173 * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
175 * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
176 to directly specify encryption keys.
178 * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
179 part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
181 * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
182 changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
184 * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
186 * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
188 * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
190 * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
192 * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
195 * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
197 * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
199 * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
201 * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
203 * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
205 * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
206 a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
207 required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
209 * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
210 test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
211 programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
212 This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
215 * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
218 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
219 -------------------------------------------------
221 * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
224 * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
226 * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
228 * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
229 has been specified using a mail address and the new option
230 --disable-signer-uid is not used.
232 * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
234 * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
236 * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
238 * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
239 a non-breaking-space character.
241 * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
243 * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
244 status line are small enough.
246 * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
248 * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
250 * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
252 * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
253 new option --homedir.
255 * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
256 for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
257 problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
258 need for redirection files.
260 * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
261 to retrieve the default package versions.
263 * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
265 * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
268 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
269 -------------------------------------------------
271 * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
274 * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
275 and fixed by --edit-key.
277 * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
279 * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
281 * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
283 * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
285 * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
288 * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
291 * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
293 * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
294 that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
296 * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
299 * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
301 * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
302 --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
304 * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
307 * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
309 * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
311 * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
313 * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
315 * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
316 name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
318 * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
321 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
322 -------------------------------------------------
324 * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
326 * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
328 * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
330 * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
332 * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
334 * gpg: Don't check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in
335 the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
338 * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
340 * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
342 * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
344 * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
345 remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
347 * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
349 * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
350 keyservers. (bug#2147).
352 * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
354 * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
356 * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
358 * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
360 * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
361 Use this certiticate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
363 * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
366 * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
368 * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
369 gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
372 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
373 -------------------------------------------------
375 * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
377 * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
378 and --tofu-db-format.
380 * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
381 should be considered weak.
383 * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
386 * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
388 * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
390 * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
393 * gpg: Check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in the
394 config file or given to --encrypt-to.
396 * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
398 * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
400 * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
402 * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
405 * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
406 libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
407 (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
409 * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
412 * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
414 * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
416 * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
417 that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
419 * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
421 * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
423 * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
425 * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
427 * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
430 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
431 ------------------------------------------------
433 * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
434 option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
437 * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
439 * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
440 algorithm is used without a MDC.
442 * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
444 * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
446 * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
448 * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
450 * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
452 * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
454 * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
456 * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
457 Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
460 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
461 ------------------------------------------------
463 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
465 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
467 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
469 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
471 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
473 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
475 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
477 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
479 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
480 from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
482 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
484 * Various minor bug fixes.
487 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
488 ------------------------------------------------
490 * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
492 * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
493 how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
495 * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
497 * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
499 * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
501 * scd: Improved ECC support
503 * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
505 * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
507 * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
509 * Various other bug fixes.
512 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
513 ------------------------------------------------
515 * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
517 * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
520 * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
523 * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
525 * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
526 the correct translations in Pinentry.
528 * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
530 * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
532 * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
534 * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
536 * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
537 hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
539 * Various other bug fixes.
542 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
543 ------------------------------------------------
545 * Support for an external passphrase cache.
547 * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
549 * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
551 * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
553 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
556 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
557 ------------------------------------------------
559 * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
560 id to an existing key.
562 * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
565 * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
567 * agent: Support for external password managers.
568 Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
570 * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
572 * Make HTTP proxies work again.
574 * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
576 * Allow building without LDAP support.
578 * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
581 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
582 ------------------------------------------------
584 * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
586 * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
588 * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
589 CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
592 * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
595 * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
597 * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
599 * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
601 * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
603 * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
605 * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
607 * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
609 * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
611 * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
612 the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
614 * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
615 regressions, and other bugs.
618 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
619 ------------------------------------------------
621 * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
624 * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
625 effect on --quick-gen-key.
627 * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
629 * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
632 * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
634 * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
635 for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
637 * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
639 * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
641 * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
643 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
644 pinentry is not installed.
646 * scd: Added support for ECDH.
648 * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
652 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
653 ------------------------------------------------
655 * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
657 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
659 * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
661 * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
663 * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
665 * gpg: Fixed regresion in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
667 * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
669 * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
671 * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
673 * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
674 use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
676 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
678 * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
680 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
683 * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
684 command set for use with remote clients.
686 * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
688 * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
690 * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
692 * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
694 * The Windows installer does now install development files
696 * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
698 * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
699 now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
701 * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
704 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
705 ------------------------------------------------
707 This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
708 and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
709 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
710 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
712 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
713 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
715 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
716 signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
717 removed from the keyring.
719 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
720 up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
722 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
724 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
726 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
727 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
728 versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
731 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
733 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
734 always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
736 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
737 command with less choices.
739 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
741 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
743 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
744 encryption capabilities).
746 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
748 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
751 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
753 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
755 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
757 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
759 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
761 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
763 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
765 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
767 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
768 for non-Windows platforms.
771 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
773 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
775 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
777 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
779 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
782 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
783 create PGP-2 compatible messages.
785 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
787 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
789 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
791 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
793 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
795 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
797 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
799 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
802 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
804 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
806 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
809 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
810 this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
812 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
814 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
815 packet and information about the packet header.
817 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
819 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
821 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
824 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
827 * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
828 to build a partly working installer for Windows.
831 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
833 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
834 format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
836 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
837 with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
838 [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
839 we have agreed on a suitable format.]
841 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
843 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
844 allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
846 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
849 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
850 new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
852 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
853 communication with the gpg-agent.
855 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
857 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
859 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
861 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
864 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
866 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
868 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
869 more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
871 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
872 decryption of the bulk message starts.
874 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
876 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
878 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
879 they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
880 such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
882 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
885 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
887 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
889 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
890 Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
892 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
894 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
896 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
898 * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
899 driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
901 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
902 not anymore used by any site.
904 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
906 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
908 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
910 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
912 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
915 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
917 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
919 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
921 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
923 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
925 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
927 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
928 mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
930 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
932 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
935 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
936 for "SCD HELP" commands.
939 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
941 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
942 [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
944 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
945 little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
946 hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
947 algorithm name as well.
949 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
950 Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
952 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
953 the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
955 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
956 running in non-daemon mode.
958 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
960 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
961 we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
962 LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
964 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
968 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
970 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
971 are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
974 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
976 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
977 OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
979 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
981 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
983 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
984 and --simple-sk-checksum.
986 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
988 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
990 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
992 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
993 certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
995 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
997 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
1000 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
1001 tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
1002 this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
1003 configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
1004 disable this new default.
1006 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
1007 iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
1009 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
1010 expected to run as a system service and the configuration
1011 directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
1012 starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
1014 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
1017 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
1018 debug-level keywords.
1021 Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
1022 Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
1023 Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
1024 Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
1025 Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
1026 Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
1027 Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
1028 Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
1029 Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
1030 Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
1031 Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
1032 Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
1033 Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
1034 Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
1035 Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
1038 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
1039 -------------------------------------------------
1041 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
1042 algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
1043 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
1045 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
1046 passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
1048 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
1049 all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
1051 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
1053 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
1055 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
1056 Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
1058 * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
1059 card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
1064 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
1065 -------------------------------------------------
1067 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
1068 fingerprint or keygrip.
1070 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
1071 information about smartcards.
1073 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
1074 command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
1076 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
1077 and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
1079 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
1081 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
1083 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
1085 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
1086 Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
1088 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
1091 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
1092 -------------------------------------------------
1094 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
1096 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
1098 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
1100 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
1102 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
1103 due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
1104 can't cope with AES.
1107 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
1108 -------------------------------------------------
1110 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
1111 lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
1114 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
1115 Fixed a few problems with this option.
1117 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
1119 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
1121 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
1123 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
1125 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
1128 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
1130 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
1132 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
1134 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
1135 anymore served by ourself.
1137 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
1139 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
1141 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
1143 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
1144 the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
1146 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
1147 locale directory is now used.
1149 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
1150 temporary file names.
1152 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
1153 string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
1155 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
1157 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
1159 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
1162 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
1163 ------------------------------------------------
1165 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
1168 * Tweaks for Windows.
1170 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
1172 * Improved certificate chain construction.
1174 * Extended the PKITS framework.
1176 * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.
1178 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
1179 introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
1184 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
1185 ------------------------------------------------
1187 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
1189 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
1191 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
1193 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
1196 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
1199 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
1201 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
1203 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
1205 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
1208 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
1211 * Windows is now a supported platform.
1213 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
1214 taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
1215 code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
1218 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
1219 ------------------------------------------------
1221 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
1224 * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
1225 is still considered Beta.
1227 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
1228 enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
1231 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
1232 installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
1236 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
1237 ------------------------------------------------
1239 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
1241 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
1243 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
1244 various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
1246 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
1248 * Improved Windows support.
1251 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
1252 ------------------------------------------------
1254 * Switched license to GPLv3.
1256 * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
1257 it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
1259 * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
1261 * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
1262 gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
1264 * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
1265 machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
1268 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
1269 ------------------------------------------------
1271 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
1272 systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
1274 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
1275 was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
1277 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
1280 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
1281 ------------------------------------------------
1283 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
1284 stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
1285 did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
1286 status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
1287 such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
1288 --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
1290 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
1292 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
1293 options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
1294 tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
1296 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
1297 DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
1300 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
1301 ------------------------------------------------
1303 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
1304 packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
1306 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
1307 prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
1308 memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
1310 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
1312 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
1313 short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
1315 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
1318 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
1319 ------------------------------------------------
1321 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
1322 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
1323 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
1324 its authentication and decrypt keys.
1326 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
1328 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
1331 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
1332 ------------------------------------------------
1334 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
1337 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
1338 -------------------------------------------------
1343 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
1344 -------------------------------------------------
1346 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
1347 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
1349 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
1351 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
1352 check whether the configuration file is sane.
1355 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
1356 -------------------------------------------------
1358 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
1359 certificate should be trusted.
1361 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
1363 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
1364 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
1366 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
1368 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
1371 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
1372 -------------------------------------------------
1377 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
1378 -------------------------------------------------
1380 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
1381 without BasicContraints.
1383 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
1384 alias for --list-keys.
1386 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
1389 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
1390 -------------------------------------------------
1392 * Made readline work for gpg.
1394 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
1396 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
1399 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
1400 -------------------------------------------------
1402 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
1405 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
1406 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
1407 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
1408 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
1409 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
1411 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
1412 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
1414 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
1416 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
1419 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
1420 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
1422 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
1424 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
1426 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
1428 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
1430 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
1434 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
1435 -------------------------------------------------
1437 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
1439 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
1440 able to import the files.
1442 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
1445 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
1446 -------------------------------------------------
1448 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
1449 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
1452 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
1454 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
1456 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
1458 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
1460 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
1463 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
1466 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
1467 -------------------------------------------------
1469 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
1472 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
1474 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
1477 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
1478 -------------------------------------------------
1480 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
1481 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
1483 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
1487 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
1488 -------------------------------------------------
1490 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
1491 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
1492 given to create a request from an existing key.
1494 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
1497 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
1498 -------------------------------------------------
1500 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
1503 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
1505 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
1507 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
1508 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
1509 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
1510 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
1512 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
1515 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
1516 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
1519 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
1520 -------------------------------------------------
1522 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
1523 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
1525 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
1527 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
1529 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
1530 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
1533 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
1534 -------------------------------------------------
1536 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
1538 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
1542 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
1543 -------------------------------------------------
1545 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
1546 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
1549 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
1551 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
1554 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
1555 -------------------------------------------------
1557 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
1559 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
1562 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
1563 -------------------------------------------------
1565 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
1567 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
1568 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
1570 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
1573 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
1574 -------------------------------------------------
1576 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
1577 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
1580 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
1582 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
1583 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
1585 * Fixed some i18n problems.
1588 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
1589 -------------------------------------------------
1591 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
1593 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
1594 install just the agent.
1596 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
1599 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
1600 ------------------------------------------------
1602 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
1603 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
1606 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
1609 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
1610 ------------------------------------------------
1612 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
1614 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
1615 written when using the internal CCID driver.
1617 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
1618 detailed view of the certificates.
1620 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
1621 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
1623 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
1624 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
1627 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
1628 ------------------------------------------------
1630 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
1632 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
1634 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
1636 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
1640 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
1641 ------------------------------------------------
1643 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
1646 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
1647 ------------------------------------------------
1649 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
1650 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
1653 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
1654 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
1655 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
1656 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
1658 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
1659 whom the passphrase is requested.
1661 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
1664 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
1665 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
1668 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
1669 ------------------------------------------------
1671 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
1673 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
1676 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
1680 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
1681 ------------------------------------------------
1683 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
1684 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
1685 Default is disabled.
1687 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
1688 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
1689 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
1690 problem with the socket.
1692 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
1693 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
1695 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
1698 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
1699 ------------------------------------------------
1701 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
1702 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
1704 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
1705 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
1707 * All kind of other internal stuff.
1710 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
1711 ------------------------------------------------
1713 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
1714 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
1717 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
1718 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
1723 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
1724 ------------------------------------------------
1726 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
1728 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
1729 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
1731 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
1734 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
1735 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
1737 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
1739 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
1741 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
1743 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
1745 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
1747 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
1749 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
1750 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
1751 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
1753 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
1757 Version 1.4.19 (2015-02-27)
1758 Version 1.4.18 (2014-06-30)
1759 Version 1.4.17 (2014-06-23)
1760 Version 1.4.16 (2013-12-18)
1761 Version 1.4.15 (2013-10-04)
1762 Version 1.4.14 (2013-07-25)
1763 Version 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)
1764 Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
1765 Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
1766 Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
1767 Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
1768 Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
1769 Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
1770 Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
1771 Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
1772 Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
1773 Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
1774 Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
1775 Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
1776 Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
1779 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
1780 ------------------------------------------------
1782 * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
1783 and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
1784 --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
1785 finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
1787 * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
1788 keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
1789 and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
1790 the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
1792 * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
1793 unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
1794 the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
1796 * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
1797 option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
1798 signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
1799 (identical to the --always-trust option).
1801 * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
1802 consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
1803 last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
1804 respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
1805 safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
1806 forcing them on for all messages.
1808 * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
1809 user wants new keys imported into.
1811 * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
1812 Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
1813 for passphrase mangling.
1815 * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
1816 easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
1817 GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
1819 * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
1822 * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
1823 truncated in the W32 version.
1825 * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
1826 script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
1827 version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
1829 * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
1830 encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
1831 detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
1832 change in this release.
1834 * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
1837 * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
1838 This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
1839 works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
1841 * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
1842 fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
1843 hash algorithm, and signature class.
1845 * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
1846 read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
1848 * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
1850 * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
1851 administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
1852 automatically. This is as specified in
1853 draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
1855 * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
1856 specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
1857 the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
1859 * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
1860 at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
1861 for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
1862 the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
1863 --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
1864 all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
1867 * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
1870 * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
1871 being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
1872 GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
1873 you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
1874 of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
1878 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
1879 ------------------------------------------------
1881 * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
1882 model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
1883 signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
1884 certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
1885 regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
1886 signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
1887 The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
1888 that don't have working regexp functions available. The
1889 configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
1890 regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
1891 signature with a regular expression included.
1893 * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
1894 encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
1895 the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
1898 * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
1899 used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
1900 "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
1903 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
1904 ------------------------------------------------
1906 * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
1907 and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
1908 There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
1909 the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
1912 * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
1913 listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
1915 * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
1916 wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
1917 around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
1918 that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
1919 keyserver plugin does this as well.
1921 * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
1922 frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
1923 combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
1924 override the script and use the libraries selected.
1926 * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
1927 indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
1928 --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
1931 * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
1932 ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
1933 to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
1936 * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
1937 development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
1938 during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
1942 Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
1943 Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
1944 Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
1945 Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
1946 Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
1947 Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
1948 Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
1949 Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
1950 Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
1953 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
1954 -------------------------------------------------
1956 * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
1957 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
1958 still be used. This change is required to have a more
1959 consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
1961 * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
1962 recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
1963 AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
1964 the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
1965 (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
1967 * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
1968 processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
1969 used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
1970 resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
1971 with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
1972 that do not support MDCs.
1974 * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
1977 * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
1978 clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
1979 checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
1980 keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
1981 keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
1982 specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
1983 extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
1984 with their enclosing directories.
1986 * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
1987 with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
1988 runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
1989 linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
1990 a /dev/random device.
1992 * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
1993 it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
1994 option -vvv shows the used character set.
1996 * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
2000 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
2001 -------------------------------------------------
2003 * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
2004 option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
2005 to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
2007 * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
2008 plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
2009 version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
2011 * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
2012 key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
2015 * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
2016 exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
2017 viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
2019 * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
2020 during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
2021 which do not understand attribute packets.
2023 * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
2024 mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
2025 repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
2026 keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
2027 is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
2028 for regular --import.
2030 * The keyserver helper programs now live in
2031 /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
2032 from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
2033 /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
2034 for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
2035 to place the keyserver helpers there.
2037 * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
2038 (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
2041 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
2042 -------------------------------------------------
2044 * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
2045 --personal-digest-preferences, and
2046 --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
2047 algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
2048 using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
2049 preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
2050 just allows sorting the preferences differently.
2052 * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
2054 * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
2055 that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
2057 * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
2059 * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
2060 encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
2061 disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
2062 --personal-digest-preferences.
2064 * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
2065 to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
2066 for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
2067 understand the implications of this.
2069 * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2070 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
2072 * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
2073 contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
2075 * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
2076 self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
2077 but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
2080 * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
2083 * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
2084 old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
2086 * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
2087 generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
2088 has been added with the same restrictions.
2090 * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
2093 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
2094 ------------------------------------------------
2096 * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
2097 uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
2098 Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
2099 not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
2100 the old vulnerable format.
2102 * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
2103 default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
2104 interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
2106 * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
2107 possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
2108 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
2111 * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
2114 * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
2115 with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
2116 keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
2119 * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
2120 key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
2123 * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
2124 specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
2125 ID, etc) was checked.
2127 * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2128 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
2130 * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2131 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
2133 * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
2134 key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
2135 want their signature to expire at the same time.
2137 * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
2138 present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
2139 designated revokers.
2141 * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
2144 * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
2145 revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
2147 * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
2149 * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
2151 * New option --preserve-permissions.
2153 * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
2154 signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
2156 * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
2157 or we are in verbose mode.
2159 * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
2160 except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
2162 * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
2163 primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
2166 * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
2167 matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
2169 * RSA key generation.
2171 * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
2172 scripts/build-riscos.
2174 * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
2176 * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
2177 the "updpref" edit command.
2179 * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
2180 UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
2181 so that it should not break too much)
2183 * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
2185 * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
2187 * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
2188 signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
2189 operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
2190 --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
2192 * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
2193 See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
2194 and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
2196 * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
2197 ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
2199 * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
2201 * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
2204 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
2205 ------------------------------------------------
2207 * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
2209 * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
2211 * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
2212 server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
2215 * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
2217 * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
2219 * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
2222 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
2223 ------------------------------------------------
2225 * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
2226 problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
2227 signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
2228 a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
2229 check all your detached signature handling applications and make
2230 sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
2231 using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
2233 * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
2234 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
2235 some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
2238 * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
2239 --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
2240 handle it in another way.
2242 * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
2243 to understand preference listing.
2245 * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
2246 is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
2247 revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
2248 primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
2250 * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
2252 * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
2254 * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
2255 --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
2256 --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
2258 * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
2259 co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
2260 signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
2262 * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
2264 * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
2265 multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
2268 * A whole lot of bug fixes.
2270 * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
2271 increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
2272 can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
2273 cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
2274 rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
2275 Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
2277 * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
2280 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
2281 ------------------------------------------------
2283 * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
2284 results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
2285 primary reason for releasing this version.
2287 * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
2288 be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
2290 * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
2292 * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
2294 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
2295 ------------------------------------------------
2297 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
2299 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
2301 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
2303 * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
2304 to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
2305 of this Orwellian RIP bill.
2307 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
2309 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
2311 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
2313 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
2316 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
2317 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
2318 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
2319 according to RFC2440
2321 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
2322 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
2323 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
2326 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
2327 ----------------------------------------------
2329 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
2331 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
2333 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
2334 by the new OpenPGP draft.
2336 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
2337 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
2338 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
2339 cases were it is really required.
2340 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
2342 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
2344 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
2346 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
2347 by code derived from Cryptlib.
2349 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
2350 and 8 times for 4k keys.
2352 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
2355 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
2356 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
2357 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
2358 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
2359 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
2360 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
2361 procedure to install such secret keys.
2363 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
2364 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
2365 ignored all --keyring options.
2367 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
2368 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
2370 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
2373 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
2374 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
2375 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
2376 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
2378 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
2379 a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
2381 * Danish translation
2383 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
2384 -----------------------------------
2386 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
2388 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
2390 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
2391 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
2393 * Add Indonesian and Portugese translations.
2395 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
2396 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
2397 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
2398 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
2400 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
2401 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
2402 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
2403 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
2404 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
2406 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
2409 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
2411 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
2412 into a separate one.
2415 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
2416 -----------------------------------
2418 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
2419 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
2421 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
2424 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
2425 ------------------------------------
2427 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
2428 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
2430 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
2432 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
2435 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
2436 ------------------------------------
2438 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
2440 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
2443 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
2444 -----------------------------------
2446 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
2448 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
2450 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
2452 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
2455 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
2456 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
2458 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
2461 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
2462 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
2464 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
2466 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
2467 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
2470 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
2471 -----------------------------------
2473 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
2475 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
2476 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
2477 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
2478 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
2480 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
2482 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
2484 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
2485 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
2486 A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
2488 * Better support for HPUX.
2491 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
2492 -----------------------------------
2494 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
2495 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
2497 * Enhanced some status outputs.
2500 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
2501 -----------------------------------
2503 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
2504 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
2505 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
2507 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
2509 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
2511 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
2512 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
2515 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
2516 -----------------------------------
2518 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
2519 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
2521 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
2523 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
2525 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
2528 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
2529 -----------------------------------
2531 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
2532 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
2534 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
2536 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
2539 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
2540 -----------------------------------
2542 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
2543 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
2545 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
2547 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
2548 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
2550 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
2551 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
2552 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
2554 * Changed the locking stuff.
2556 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
2559 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
2560 -----------------------------------
2562 * add some additional time warp checks.
2564 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
2566 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
2568 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
2571 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
2572 -----------------------------------
2574 * Polish language support.
2576 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
2577 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
2579 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
2580 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
2581 which looks for trusted signatures.
2583 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
2586 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
2587 better maintainable (I hope so).
2589 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
2590 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
2593 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
2594 -----------------------------------
2596 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
2597 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
2598 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
2601 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
2603 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
2604 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
2605 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
2606 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
2608 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
2609 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
2610 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
2614 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
2615 -----------------------------------
2617 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
2618 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
2619 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
2621 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
2622 to see updated preferences etc.
2624 * Import of subkeys should now work.
2626 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
2627 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
2629 * Brazilian language support.
2632 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
2633 -----------------------------------
2635 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
2636 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
2637 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
2639 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
2642 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
2643 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
2645 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
2646 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
2647 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
2648 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
2650 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
2652 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
2653 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
2655 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
2656 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
2657 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
2658 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
2659 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
2660 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
2664 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
2665 -----------------------------------
2667 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
2669 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
2670 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
2671 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
2673 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
2674 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
2675 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
2676 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
2677 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
2678 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
2680 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
2681 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
2683 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
2684 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
2686 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
2690 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
2691 -----------------------------------
2693 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
2695 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
2697 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
2698 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
2699 keyring into your trustdb
2701 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
2702 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
2703 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
2705 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
2706 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
2707 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
2710 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
2711 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
2712 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
2714 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
2717 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
2718 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
2719 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
2721 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
2722 compatible to PGP 5.
2724 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
2725 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
2727 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
2731 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
2732 -----------------------------------
2734 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
2735 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
2737 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
2738 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
2740 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
2741 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
2742 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
2743 when changing a passphrase.
2745 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
2746 a few hints about the internal structure.
2748 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
2749 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
2751 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
2752 code for the trustdb.
2755 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
2756 -----------------------------------
2758 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
2759 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
2762 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
2764 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
2765 except when --rfc1991 is used.
2767 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
2771 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
2772 -----------------------------------
2774 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
2775 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
2776 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
2777 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
2778 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
2780 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
2782 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
2784 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
2786 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
2789 * Building in another directory should now work.
2791 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
2794 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
2795 -----------------------------------
2797 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
2799 * yes/no, y/n localized.
2804 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
2805 -----------------------------------
2807 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
2808 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
2809 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
2810 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
2811 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
2812 a copy of the old program.
2813 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
2814 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
2815 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.[12]) and set the
2816 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
2817 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
2818 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
2819 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
2820 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
2821 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
2822 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
2823 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
2824 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
2826 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
2827 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
2828 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.[12] to save your assigned ownertrusts
2829 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
2830 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
2831 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
2832 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
2833 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
2835 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
2836 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
2837 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
2838 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
2841 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
2843 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
2845 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
2846 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
2847 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
2848 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
2850 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
2852 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
2854 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
2856 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
2857 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
2859 * gpg now disables core dumps.
2861 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
2862 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
2864 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
2865 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
2866 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
2867 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
2869 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
2870 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
2872 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
2874 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
2878 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
2879 -----------------------------------
2881 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
2883 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
2885 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
2886 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
2887 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
2889 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
2892 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
2893 -----------------------------------
2895 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
2896 a key in a v4 packet is used.
2898 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
2900 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
2903 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
2904 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
2906 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
2909 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
2910 -----------------------------------
2912 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
2913 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
2916 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
2917 is set into the self signature.
2919 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
2920 interoperable with pgp5
2922 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
2923 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
2924 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
2925 prime number generator which we had used).
2927 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
2929 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
2931 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
2933 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
2936 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
2937 ------------------------------------
2939 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
2941 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
2943 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
2944 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
2946 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
2947 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
2948 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
2950 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
2952 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
2955 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
2958 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
2959 ------------------------------------
2961 * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
2962 to configure to support the development of a random source for
2963 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
2964 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
2965 without a random source).
2967 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
2968 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
2970 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
2972 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
2973 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
2976 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
2977 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
2979 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
2980 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
2981 speed measurement easier.
2984 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
2985 ------------------------------------
2987 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
2989 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
2990 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
2992 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
2995 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
2996 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
2997 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
3000 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
3001 ------------------------------------
3003 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
3004 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
3006 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
3007 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
3008 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
3009 drop support for this in the future. You should use
3010 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
3014 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
3015 ------------------------------------
3017 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
3018 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
3019 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
3020 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
3021 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
3023 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
3025 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
3027 * Some new test cases
3029 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
3030 ------------------------------------
3032 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
3034 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
3036 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
3038 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
3040 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
3041 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
3045 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
3046 ------------------------------------
3048 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
3050 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
3053 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
3054 ------------------------------------
3056 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
3057 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
3059 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
3060 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
3062 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
3063 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
3065 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
3067 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
3068 ------------------------------------
3070 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
3072 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
3073 the public keys anyway.
3075 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
3076 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
3077 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
3079 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
3080 ------------------------------------
3082 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
3083 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
3084 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
3085 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
3086 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
3088 * Changed some configure options and add an option
3089 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
3090 and to compile everything with optimization on.
3092 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
3093 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
3094 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
3096 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
3098 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
3101 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
3102 -----------------------------------
3104 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
3106 * Added a simple man page.
3108 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
3110 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
3111 -----------------------------------
3113 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
3114 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
3115 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
3116 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
3118 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
3121 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
3122 -----------------------------------
3124 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
3126 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
3127 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
3128 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
3130 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
3132 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
3133 used for internal test purposes.
3135 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
3136 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
3138 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
3140 * "make check" works.
3142 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
3143 -----------------------------------
3145 * Option "--export" works.
3148 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
3149 -----------------------------------
3151 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
3152 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
3154 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
3155 message digests into MPIs.
3157 * Enhanced the checkit script
3160 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
3161 -----------------------------------
3163 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
3165 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
3167 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
3169 * fixed a lot of bugs.
3172 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
3173 -----------------------------------
3175 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
3176 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
3177 are not any more valid.
3179 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
3181 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
3183 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
3185 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
3186 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
3187 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
3188 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
3189 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
3191 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
3193 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
3194 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
3195 which does a cleanup in very case.
3196 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
3197 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
3199 * started with internationalization support.
3201 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
3202 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
3203 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
3204 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
3205 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
3207 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
3209 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
3210 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
3211 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
3214 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
3216 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
3217 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
3218 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
3220 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
3221 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
3224 Version 0.2.2 (1998-02-09)
3225 Version 0.2.1 (1998-01-28)
3226 Version 0.2.0 (1998-01-25)
3227 Version 0.1.3 (1998-01-12)
3228 Version 0.1.2 (1998-01-07)
3229 Version 0.1.1 (1998-01-07)
3230 Version 0.1.0 (1998-01-05)
3231 Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
3234 Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3235 Copyright (C) 1997-2016 Werner Koch
3237 This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
3238 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
3239 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
3241 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
3242 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
3243 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.