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.
36 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000400.html
39 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
40 -------------------------------------------------
42 * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
43 using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
45 * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
46 colon formatted key listings.
48 * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
49 options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
51 * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
53 * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
55 * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
58 * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
60 * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
62 * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
64 * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
66 * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
68 * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
70 * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
73 * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
75 * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
78 * scd: Support ECC key generation.
80 * scd: Support more card readers.
82 * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
83 version database in the background.
85 * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
87 * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
89 * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
90 against an copy of an online database.
92 * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
94 * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
96 * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
98 * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
100 * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
101 socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
103 * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
106 * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
108 * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
110 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000398.html
113 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
114 -------------------------------------------------
116 * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
119 * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
121 * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
123 * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
125 * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
127 * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
129 * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
131 * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
134 * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
136 * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
138 * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
139 effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
141 * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
143 * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
145 * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
147 * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
149 * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
151 * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
153 * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
155 * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
157 * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
159 * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
161 * Spelling and grammar fixes.
163 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000396.html
166 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
167 -------------------------------------------------
169 * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
170 The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
171 be used with the export command.
173 * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
175 * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
177 * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
179 * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
181 * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
182 to directly specify encryption keys.
184 * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
185 part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
187 * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
188 changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
190 * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
192 * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
194 * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
196 * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
198 * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
201 * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
203 * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
205 * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
207 * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
209 * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
211 * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
212 a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
213 required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
215 * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
216 test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
217 programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
218 This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
221 * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
223 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000393.html
226 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
227 -------------------------------------------------
229 * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
232 * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
234 * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
236 * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
237 has been specified using a mail address and the new option
238 --disable-signer-uid is not used.
240 * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
242 * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
244 * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
246 * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
247 a non-breaking-space character.
249 * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
251 * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
252 status line are small enough.
254 * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
256 * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
258 * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
260 * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
261 new option --homedir.
263 * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
264 for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
265 problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
266 need for redirection files.
268 * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
269 to retrieve the default package versions.
271 * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
273 * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
275 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000390.html
278 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
279 -------------------------------------------------
281 * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
284 * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
285 and fixed by --edit-key.
287 * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
289 * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
291 * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
293 * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
295 * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
298 * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
301 * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
303 * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
304 that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
306 * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
309 * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
311 * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
312 --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
314 * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
317 * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
319 * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
321 * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
323 * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
325 * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
326 name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
328 * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
330 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000387.html
333 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
334 -------------------------------------------------
336 * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
338 * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
340 * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
342 * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
344 * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
346 * gpg: Don't check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in
347 the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
350 * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
352 * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
354 * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
356 * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
357 remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
359 * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
361 * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
362 keyservers. (bug#2147).
364 * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
366 * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
368 * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
370 * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
372 * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
373 Use this certiticate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
375 * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
378 * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
380 * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
381 gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
383 See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q1/000383.html
386 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
387 -------------------------------------------------
389 * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
391 * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
392 and --tofu-db-format.
394 * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
395 should be considered weak.
397 * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
400 * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
402 * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
404 * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
407 * gpg: Check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in the
408 config file or given to --encrypt-to.
410 * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
412 * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
414 * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
416 * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
419 * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
420 libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
421 (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
423 * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
426 * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
428 * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
430 * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
431 that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
433 * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
435 * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
437 * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
439 * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
441 * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
443 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000381.html
446 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
447 ------------------------------------------------
449 * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
450 option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
453 * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
455 * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
456 algorithm is used without a MDC.
458 * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
460 * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
462 * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
464 * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
466 * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
468 * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
470 * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
472 * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
473 Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
475 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000380.html
478 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
479 ------------------------------------------------
481 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
483 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
485 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
487 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
489 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
491 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
493 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
495 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
497 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
498 from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
500 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
502 * Various minor bug fixes.
504 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000379.html
507 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
508 ------------------------------------------------
510 * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
512 * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
513 how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
515 * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
517 * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
519 * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
521 * scd: Improved ECC support
523 * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
525 * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
527 * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
529 * Various other bug fixes.
531 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000371.html
534 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
535 ------------------------------------------------
537 * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
539 * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
542 * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
545 * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
547 * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
548 the correct translations in Pinentry.
550 * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
552 * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
554 * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
556 * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
558 * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
559 hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
561 * Various other bug fixes.
563 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000370.html
566 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
567 ------------------------------------------------
569 * Support for an external passphrase cache.
571 * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
573 * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
575 * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
577 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
579 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000369.html
582 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
583 ------------------------------------------------
585 * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
586 id to an existing key.
588 * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
591 * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
593 * agent: Support for external password managers.
594 Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
596 * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
598 * Make HTTP proxies work again.
600 * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
602 * Allow building without LDAP support.
604 * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
606 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000366.html
609 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
610 ------------------------------------------------
612 * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
614 * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
616 * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
617 CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
620 * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
623 * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
625 * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
627 * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
629 * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
631 * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
633 * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
635 * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
637 * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
639 * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
640 the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
642 * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
643 regressions, and other bugs.
645 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000365.html
648 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
649 ------------------------------------------------
651 * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
654 * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
655 effect on --quick-gen-key.
657 * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
659 * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
662 * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
664 * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
665 for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
667 * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
669 * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
671 * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
673 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
674 pinentry is not installed.
676 * scd: Added support for ECDH.
678 * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
681 See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q1/000361.html
684 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
685 ------------------------------------------------
687 * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
689 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
691 * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
693 * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
695 * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
697 * gpg: Fixed regresion in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
699 * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
701 * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
703 * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
705 * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
706 use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
708 * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
710 * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
712 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
715 * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
716 command set for use with remote clients.
718 * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
720 * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
722 * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
724 * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
726 * The Windows installer does now install development files
728 * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
730 * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
731 now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
733 * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
735 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000360.html
738 Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
739 ------------------------------------------------
741 This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
742 and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
743 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
744 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
746 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
747 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
749 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
750 signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
751 removed from the keyring.
753 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
754 up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
756 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
758 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
760 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
761 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
762 versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
765 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
767 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
768 always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
770 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
771 command with less choices.
773 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
775 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
777 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
778 encryption capabilities).
780 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
782 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
785 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
787 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
789 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
791 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
793 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
795 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
797 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
799 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
801 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
802 for non-Windows platforms.
805 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
807 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
809 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
811 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
813 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
816 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
817 create PGP-2 compatible messages.
819 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
821 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
823 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
825 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
827 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
829 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
831 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
833 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
836 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
838 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
840 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
843 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
844 this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
846 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
848 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
849 packet and information about the packet header.
851 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
853 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
855 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
858 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
861 * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
862 to build a partly working installer for Windows.
865 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
867 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
868 format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
870 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
871 with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
872 [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
873 we have agreed on a suitable format.]
875 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
877 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
878 allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
880 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
883 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
884 new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
886 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
887 communication with the gpg-agent.
889 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
891 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
893 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
895 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
898 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
900 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
902 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
903 more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
905 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
906 decryption of the bulk message starts.
908 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
910 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
912 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
913 they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
914 such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
916 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
919 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
921 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
923 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
924 Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
926 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
928 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
930 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
932 * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
933 driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
935 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
936 not anymore used by any site.
938 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
940 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
942 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
944 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
946 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
949 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
951 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
953 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
955 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
957 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
959 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
961 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
962 mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
964 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
966 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
969 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
970 for "SCD HELP" commands.
973 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
975 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
976 [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
978 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
979 little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
980 hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
981 algorithm name as well.
983 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
984 Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
986 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
987 the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
989 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
990 running in non-daemon mode.
992 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
994 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
995 we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
996 LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
998 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
1002 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
1004 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
1005 are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
1008 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
1010 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
1011 OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
1013 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
1015 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
1017 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
1018 and --simple-sk-checksum.
1020 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
1022 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
1024 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
1026 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
1027 certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
1029 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
1031 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
1034 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
1035 tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
1036 this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
1037 configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
1038 disable this new default.
1040 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
1041 iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
1043 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
1044 expected to run as a system service and the configuration
1045 directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
1046 starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
1048 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
1051 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
1052 debug-level keywords.
1054 See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000358.html
1057 Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
1058 Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
1059 Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
1060 Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
1061 Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
1062 Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
1063 Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
1064 Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
1065 Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
1066 Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
1067 Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
1068 Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
1069 Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
1070 Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
1071 Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
1074 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
1075 -------------------------------------------------
1077 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
1078 algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
1079 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
1081 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
1082 passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
1084 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
1085 all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
1087 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
1089 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
1091 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
1092 Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
1094 * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
1095 card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
1099 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q3/000294.html
1102 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
1103 -------------------------------------------------
1105 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
1106 fingerprint or keygrip.
1108 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
1109 information about smartcards.
1111 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
1112 command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
1114 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
1115 and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
1117 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
1119 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
1121 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
1123 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
1124 Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
1126 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
1128 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q2/000288.html
1131 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
1132 -------------------------------------------------
1134 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
1136 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
1138 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
1140 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
1142 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
1143 due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
1144 can't cope with AES.
1146 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000287.html
1149 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
1150 -------------------------------------------------
1152 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
1153 lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
1156 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
1157 Fixed a few problems with this option.
1159 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
1161 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
1163 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
1165 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
1167 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
1170 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
1172 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
1174 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
1176 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
1177 anymore served by ourself.
1179 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
1181 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
1183 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
1185 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
1186 the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
1188 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
1189 locale directory is now used.
1191 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
1192 temporary file names.
1194 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
1195 string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
1197 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
1199 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
1201 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
1203 See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000284.html
1206 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
1207 ------------------------------------------------
1209 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
1212 * Tweaks for Windows.
1214 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
1216 * Improved certificate chain construction.
1218 * Extended the PKITS framework.
1220 * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.
1222 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
1223 introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
1229 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
1230 ------------------------------------------------
1232 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
1234 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
1236 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
1238 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
1241 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
1244 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
1246 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
1248 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
1250 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
1253 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
1256 * Windows is now a supported platform.
1258 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
1259 taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
1260 code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
1262 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q4/000267.html
1265 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
1266 ------------------------------------------------
1268 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
1271 * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
1272 is still considered Beta.
1274 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
1275 enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
1278 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
1279 installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
1282 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000259.html
1285 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
1286 ------------------------------------------------
1288 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
1290 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
1292 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
1293 various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
1295 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
1297 * Improved Windows support.
1299 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000258.html
1302 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
1303 ------------------------------------------------
1305 * Switched license to GPLv3.
1307 * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
1308 it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
1310 * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
1312 * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
1313 gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
1315 * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
1316 machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
1318 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000255.html
1321 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
1322 ------------------------------------------------
1324 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
1325 systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
1327 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
1328 was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
1330 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
1332 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q2/000254.html
1335 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
1336 ------------------------------------------------
1338 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
1339 stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
1340 did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
1341 status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
1342 such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
1343 --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
1345 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
1347 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
1348 options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
1349 tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
1351 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
1352 DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
1354 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000252.html
1357 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
1358 ------------------------------------------------
1360 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
1361 packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
1363 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
1364 prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
1365 memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
1367 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
1369 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
1370 short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
1372 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
1374 See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000249.html
1377 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
1378 ------------------------------------------------
1380 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
1381 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
1382 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
1383 its authentication and decrypt keys.
1385 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
1387 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
1389 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000242.html
1392 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
1393 ------------------------------------------------
1395 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
1397 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000239.html
1400 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
1401 -------------------------------------------------
1406 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
1407 -------------------------------------------------
1409 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
1410 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
1412 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
1414 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
1415 check whether the configuration file is sane.
1418 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
1419 -------------------------------------------------
1421 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
1422 certificate should be trusted.
1424 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
1426 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
1427 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
1429 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
1431 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
1434 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
1435 -------------------------------------------------
1439 See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000236.html
1442 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
1443 -------------------------------------------------
1445 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
1446 without BasicContraints.
1448 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
1449 alias for --list-keys.
1451 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
1454 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
1455 -------------------------------------------------
1457 * Made readline work for gpg.
1459 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
1461 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
1464 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
1465 -------------------------------------------------
1467 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
1470 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
1471 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
1472 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
1473 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
1474 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
1476 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
1477 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
1479 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
1481 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
1484 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
1485 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
1487 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
1489 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
1491 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
1493 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
1495 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
1499 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
1500 -------------------------------------------------
1502 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
1504 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
1505 able to import the files.
1507 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
1510 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
1511 -------------------------------------------------
1513 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
1514 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
1517 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
1519 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
1521 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
1523 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
1525 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
1528 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
1531 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
1532 -------------------------------------------------
1534 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
1537 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
1539 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
1542 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
1543 -------------------------------------------------
1545 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
1546 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
1548 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
1552 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
1553 -------------------------------------------------
1555 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
1556 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
1557 given to create a request from an existing key.
1559 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
1562 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
1563 -------------------------------------------------
1565 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
1568 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
1570 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
1572 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
1573 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
1574 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
1575 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
1577 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
1580 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
1581 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
1584 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
1585 -------------------------------------------------
1587 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
1588 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
1590 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
1592 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
1594 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
1595 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
1598 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
1599 -------------------------------------------------
1601 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
1603 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
1607 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
1608 -------------------------------------------------
1610 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
1611 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
1614 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
1616 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
1619 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
1620 -------------------------------------------------
1622 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
1624 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
1627 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
1628 -------------------------------------------------
1630 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
1632 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
1633 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
1635 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
1638 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
1639 -------------------------------------------------
1641 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
1642 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
1645 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
1647 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
1648 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
1650 * Fixed some i18n problems.
1653 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
1654 -------------------------------------------------
1656 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
1658 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
1659 install just the agent.
1661 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
1664 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
1665 ------------------------------------------------
1667 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
1668 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
1671 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
1674 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
1675 ------------------------------------------------
1677 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
1679 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
1680 written when using the internal CCID driver.
1682 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
1683 detailed view of the certificates.
1685 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
1686 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
1688 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
1689 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
1692 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
1693 ------------------------------------------------
1695 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
1697 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
1699 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
1701 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
1705 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
1706 ------------------------------------------------
1708 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
1711 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
1712 ------------------------------------------------
1714 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
1715 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
1718 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
1719 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
1720 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
1721 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
1723 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
1724 whom the passphrase is requested.
1726 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
1729 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
1730 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
1733 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
1734 ------------------------------------------------
1736 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
1738 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
1741 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
1745 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
1746 ------------------------------------------------
1748 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
1749 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
1750 Default is disabled.
1752 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
1753 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
1754 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
1755 problem with the socket.
1757 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
1758 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
1760 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
1763 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
1764 ------------------------------------------------
1766 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
1767 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
1769 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
1770 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
1772 * All kind of other internal stuff.
1775 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
1776 ------------------------------------------------
1778 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
1779 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
1782 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
1783 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
1788 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
1789 ------------------------------------------------
1791 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
1793 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
1794 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
1796 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
1799 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
1800 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
1802 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
1804 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
1806 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
1808 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
1810 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
1812 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
1814 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
1815 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
1816 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
1818 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
1822 Version 1.4.19 (2015-02-27)
1823 Version 1.4.18 (2014-06-30)
1824 Version 1.4.17 (2014-06-23)
1825 Version 1.4.16 (2013-12-18)
1826 Version 1.4.15 (2013-10-04)
1827 Version 1.4.14 (2013-07-25)
1828 Version 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)
1829 Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
1830 Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
1831 Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
1832 Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
1833 Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
1834 Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
1835 Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
1836 Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
1837 Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
1838 Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
1839 Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
1840 Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
1841 Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
1844 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
1845 ------------------------------------------------
1847 * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
1848 and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
1849 --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
1850 finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
1852 * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
1853 keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
1854 and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
1855 the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
1857 * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
1858 unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
1859 the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
1861 * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
1862 option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
1863 signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
1864 (identical to the --always-trust option).
1866 * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
1867 consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
1868 last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
1869 respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
1870 safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
1871 forcing them on for all messages.
1873 * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
1874 user wants new keys imported into.
1876 * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
1877 Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
1878 for passphrase mangling.
1880 * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
1881 easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
1882 GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
1884 * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
1887 * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
1888 truncated in the W32 version.
1890 * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
1891 script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
1892 version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
1894 * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
1895 encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
1896 detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
1897 change in this release.
1899 * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
1902 * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
1903 This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
1904 works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
1906 * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
1907 fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
1908 hash algorithm, and signature class.
1910 * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
1911 read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
1913 * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
1915 * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
1916 administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
1917 automatically. This is as specified in
1918 draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
1920 * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
1921 specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
1922 the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
1924 * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
1925 at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
1926 for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
1927 the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
1928 --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
1929 all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
1932 * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
1935 * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
1936 being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
1937 GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
1938 you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
1939 of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
1942 See-also: gnupg-announce/2003q2/000153.html
1945 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
1946 ------------------------------------------------
1948 * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
1949 model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
1950 signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
1951 certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
1952 regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
1953 signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
1954 The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
1955 that don't have working regexp functions available. The
1956 configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
1957 regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
1958 signature with a regular expression included.
1960 * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
1961 encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
1962 the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
1965 * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
1966 used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
1967 "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
1970 Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
1971 ------------------------------------------------
1973 * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
1974 and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
1975 There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
1976 the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
1979 * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
1980 listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
1982 * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
1983 wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
1984 around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
1985 that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
1986 keyserver plugin does this as well.
1988 * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
1989 frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
1990 combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
1991 override the script and use the libraries selected.
1993 * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
1994 indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
1995 --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
1998 * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
1999 ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
2000 to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
2003 * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
2004 development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
2005 during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
2009 Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
2010 Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
2011 Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
2012 Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
2013 Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
2014 Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
2015 Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
2016 Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
2017 Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
2020 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
2021 -------------------------------------------------
2023 * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
2024 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
2025 still be used. This change is required to have a more
2026 consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
2028 * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
2029 recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
2030 AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
2031 the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
2032 (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
2034 * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
2035 processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
2036 used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
2037 resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
2038 with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
2039 that do not support MDCs.
2041 * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
2044 * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
2045 clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
2046 checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
2047 keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
2048 keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
2049 specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
2050 extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
2051 with their enclosing directories.
2053 * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
2054 with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
2055 runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
2056 linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
2057 a /dev/random device.
2059 * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
2060 it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
2061 option -vvv shows the used character set.
2063 * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
2067 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
2068 -------------------------------------------------
2070 * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
2071 option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
2072 to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
2074 * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
2075 plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
2076 version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
2078 * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
2079 key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
2082 * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
2083 exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
2084 viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
2086 * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
2087 during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
2088 which do not understand attribute packets.
2090 * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
2091 mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
2092 repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
2093 keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
2094 is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
2095 for regular --import.
2097 * The keyserver helper programs now live in
2098 /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
2099 from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
2100 /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
2101 for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
2102 to place the keyserver helpers there.
2104 * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
2105 (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
2108 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
2109 -------------------------------------------------
2111 * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
2112 --personal-digest-preferences, and
2113 --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
2114 algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
2115 using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
2116 preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
2117 just allows sorting the preferences differently.
2119 * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
2121 * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
2122 that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
2124 * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
2126 * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
2127 encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
2128 disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
2129 --personal-digest-preferences.
2131 * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
2132 to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
2133 for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
2134 understand the implications of this.
2136 * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2137 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
2139 * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
2140 contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
2142 * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
2143 self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
2144 but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
2147 * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
2150 * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
2151 old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
2153 * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
2154 generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
2155 has been added with the same restrictions.
2157 * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
2160 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
2161 ------------------------------------------------
2163 * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
2164 uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
2165 Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
2166 not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
2167 the old vulnerable format.
2169 * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
2170 default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
2171 interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
2173 * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
2174 possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
2175 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
2178 * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
2181 * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
2182 with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
2183 keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
2186 * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
2187 key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
2190 * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
2191 specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
2192 ID, etc) was checked.
2194 * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2195 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
2197 * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
2198 that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
2200 * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
2201 key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
2202 want their signature to expire at the same time.
2204 * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
2205 present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
2206 designated revokers.
2208 * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
2211 * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
2212 revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
2214 * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
2216 * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
2218 * New option --preserve-permissions.
2220 * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
2221 signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
2223 * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
2224 or we are in verbose mode.
2226 * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
2227 except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
2229 * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
2230 primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
2233 * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
2234 matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
2236 * RSA key generation.
2238 * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
2239 scripts/build-riscos.
2241 * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
2243 * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
2244 the "updpref" edit command.
2246 * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
2247 UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
2248 so that it should not break too much)
2250 * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
2252 * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
2254 * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
2255 signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
2256 operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
2257 --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
2259 * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
2260 See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
2261 and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
2263 * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
2264 ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
2266 * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
2268 * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
2270 See-also: gnupg-announce/2002q2/000135.html
2273 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
2274 ------------------------------------------------
2276 * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
2278 * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
2280 * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
2281 server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
2284 * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
2286 * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
2288 * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
2290 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000123.html
2293 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
2294 ------------------------------------------------
2296 * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
2297 problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
2298 signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
2299 a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
2300 check all your detached signature handling applications and make
2301 sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
2302 using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
2304 * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
2305 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
2306 some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
2309 * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
2310 --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
2311 handle it in another way.
2313 * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
2314 to understand preference listing.
2316 * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
2317 is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
2318 revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
2319 primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
2321 * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
2323 * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
2325 * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
2326 --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
2327 --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
2329 * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
2330 co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
2331 signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
2333 * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
2335 * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
2336 multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
2339 * A whole lot of bug fixes.
2341 * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
2342 increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
2343 can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
2344 cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
2345 rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
2346 Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
2348 * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
2350 See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000122.html
2353 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
2354 ------------------------------------------------
2356 * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
2357 results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
2358 primary reason for releasing this version.
2360 * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
2361 be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
2363 * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
2365 * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
2367 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q4/000082.html
2370 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
2371 ------------------------------------------------
2373 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
2375 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
2377 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
2379 * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
2380 to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
2381 of this Orwellian RIP bill.
2383 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
2385 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
2387 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
2389 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
2392 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
2393 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
2394 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
2395 according to RFC2440
2397 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
2398 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
2399 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
2401 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000075.html
2404 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
2405 ----------------------------------------------
2407 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
2409 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
2411 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
2412 by the new OpenPGP draft.
2414 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
2415 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
2416 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
2417 cases were it is really required.
2418 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
2420 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
2422 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
2424 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
2425 by code derived from Cryptlib.
2427 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
2428 and 8 times for 4k keys.
2430 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
2433 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
2434 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
2435 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
2436 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
2437 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
2438 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
2439 procedure to install such secret keys.
2441 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
2442 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
2443 ignored all --keyring options.
2445 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
2446 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
2448 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
2451 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
2452 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
2453 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
2454 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
2456 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
2457 a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
2459 * Danish translation
2461 See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000069.html
2464 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
2465 -----------------------------------
2467 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
2469 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
2471 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
2472 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
2474 * Add Indonesian and Portugese translations.
2476 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
2477 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
2478 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
2479 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
2481 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
2482 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
2483 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
2484 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
2485 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
2487 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
2490 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
2492 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
2493 into a separate one.
2495 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q4/000050.html
2498 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
2499 -----------------------------------
2501 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
2502 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
2504 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
2506 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000037.html
2509 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
2510 ------------------------------------
2512 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
2513 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
2515 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
2517 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
2519 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000036.html
2522 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
2523 ------------------------------------
2525 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
2527 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
2529 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000034.html
2532 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
2533 -----------------------------------
2535 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
2537 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
2539 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
2541 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
2544 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
2545 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
2547 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
2550 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
2551 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
2553 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
2555 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
2556 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
2558 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000028.html
2561 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
2562 -----------------------------------
2564 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
2566 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
2567 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
2568 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
2569 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
2571 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
2573 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
2575 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
2576 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
2577 A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
2579 * Better support for HPUX.
2581 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000016.html
2584 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
2585 -----------------------------------
2587 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
2588 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
2590 * Enhanced some status outputs.
2592 See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000000.html
2595 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
2596 -----------------------------------
2598 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
2599 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
2600 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
2602 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
2604 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
2606 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
2607 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
2610 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
2611 -----------------------------------
2613 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
2614 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
2616 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
2618 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
2620 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
2623 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
2624 -----------------------------------
2626 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
2627 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
2629 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
2631 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
2634 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
2635 -----------------------------------
2637 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
2638 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
2640 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
2642 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
2643 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
2645 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
2646 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
2647 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
2649 * Changed the locking stuff.
2651 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
2654 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
2655 -----------------------------------
2657 * add some additional time warp checks.
2659 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
2661 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
2663 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
2666 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
2667 -----------------------------------
2669 * Polish language support.
2671 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
2672 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
2674 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
2675 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
2676 which looks for trusted signatures.
2678 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
2681 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
2682 better maintainable (I hope so).
2684 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
2685 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
2688 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
2689 -----------------------------------
2691 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
2692 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
2693 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
2696 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
2698 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
2699 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
2700 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
2701 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
2703 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
2704 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
2705 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
2709 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
2710 -----------------------------------
2712 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
2713 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
2714 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
2716 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
2717 to see updated preferences etc.
2719 * Import of subkeys should now work.
2721 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
2722 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
2724 * Brazilian language support.
2727 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
2728 -----------------------------------
2730 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
2731 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
2732 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
2734 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
2737 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
2738 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
2740 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
2741 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
2742 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
2743 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
2745 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
2747 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
2748 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
2750 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
2751 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
2752 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
2753 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
2754 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
2755 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
2759 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
2760 -----------------------------------
2762 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
2764 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
2765 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
2766 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
2768 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
2769 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
2770 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
2771 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
2772 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
2773 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
2775 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
2776 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
2778 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
2779 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
2781 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
2785 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
2786 -----------------------------------
2788 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
2790 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
2792 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
2793 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
2794 keyring into your trustdb
2796 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
2797 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
2798 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
2800 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
2801 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
2802 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
2805 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
2806 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
2807 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
2809 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
2812 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
2813 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
2814 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
2816 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
2817 compatible to PGP 5.
2819 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
2820 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
2822 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
2826 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
2827 -----------------------------------
2829 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
2830 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
2832 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
2833 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
2835 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
2836 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
2837 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
2838 when changing a passphrase.
2840 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
2841 a few hints about the internal structure.
2843 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
2844 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
2846 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
2847 code for the trustdb.
2850 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
2851 -----------------------------------
2853 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
2854 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
2857 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
2859 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
2860 except when --rfc1991 is used.
2862 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
2866 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
2867 -----------------------------------
2869 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
2870 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
2871 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
2872 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
2873 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
2875 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
2877 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
2879 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
2881 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
2884 * Building in another directory should now work.
2886 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
2889 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
2890 -----------------------------------
2892 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
2894 * yes/no, y/n localized.
2899 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
2900 -----------------------------------
2902 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
2903 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
2904 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
2905 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
2906 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
2907 a copy of the old program.
2908 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
2909 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
2910 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.1 or 0.3.2) and set the
2911 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
2912 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
2913 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
2914 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
2915 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
2916 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
2917 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
2918 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
2919 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
2921 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
2922 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
2923 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.1 or .2 to save your assigned ownertrusts
2924 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
2925 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
2926 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
2927 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
2928 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
2930 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
2931 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
2932 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
2933 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
2936 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
2938 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
2940 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
2941 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
2942 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
2943 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
2945 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
2947 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
2949 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
2951 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
2952 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
2954 * gpg now disables core dumps.
2956 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
2957 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
2959 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
2960 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
2961 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
2962 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
2964 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
2965 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
2967 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
2969 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
2973 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
2974 -----------------------------------
2976 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
2978 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
2980 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
2981 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
2982 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
2984 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
2987 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
2988 -----------------------------------
2990 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
2991 a key in a v4 packet is used.
2993 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
2995 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
2998 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
2999 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
3001 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
3004 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
3005 -----------------------------------
3007 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
3008 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
3011 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
3012 is set into the self signature.
3014 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
3015 interoperable with pgp5
3017 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
3018 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
3019 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
3020 prime number generator which we had used).
3022 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
3024 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
3026 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
3028 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
3031 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
3032 ------------------------------------
3034 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
3036 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
3038 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
3039 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
3041 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
3042 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
3043 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
3045 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
3047 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
3050 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
3053 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
3054 ------------------------------------
3056 * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
3057 to configure to support the development of a random source for
3058 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
3059 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
3060 without a random source).
3062 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
3063 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
3065 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
3067 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
3068 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
3071 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
3072 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
3074 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
3075 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
3076 speed measurement easier.
3079 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
3080 ------------------------------------
3082 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
3084 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
3085 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
3087 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
3090 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
3091 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
3092 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
3095 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
3096 ------------------------------------
3098 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
3099 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
3101 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
3102 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
3103 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
3104 drop support for this in the future. You should use
3105 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
3109 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
3110 ------------------------------------
3112 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
3113 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
3114 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
3115 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
3116 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
3118 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
3120 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
3122 * Some new test cases
3124 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
3125 ------------------------------------
3127 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
3129 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
3131 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
3133 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
3135 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
3136 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
3140 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
3141 ------------------------------------
3143 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
3145 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
3148 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
3149 ------------------------------------
3151 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
3152 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
3154 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
3155 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
3157 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
3158 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
3160 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
3162 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
3163 ------------------------------------
3165 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
3167 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
3168 the public keys anyway.
3170 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
3171 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
3172 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
3174 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
3175 ------------------------------------
3177 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
3178 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
3179 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
3180 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
3181 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
3183 * Changed some configure options and add an option
3184 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
3185 and to compile everything with optimization on.
3187 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
3188 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
3189 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
3191 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
3193 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
3196 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
3197 -----------------------------------
3199 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
3201 * Added a simple man page.
3203 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
3205 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
3206 -----------------------------------
3208 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
3209 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
3210 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
3211 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
3213 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
3216 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
3217 -----------------------------------
3219 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
3221 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
3222 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
3223 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
3225 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
3227 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
3228 used for internal test purposes.
3230 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
3231 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
3233 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
3235 * "make check" works.
3237 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
3238 -----------------------------------
3240 * Option "--export" works.
3243 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
3244 -----------------------------------
3246 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
3247 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
3249 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
3250 message digests into MPIs.
3252 * Enhanced the checkit script
3255 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
3256 -----------------------------------
3258 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
3260 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
3262 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
3264 * fixed a lot of bugs.
3267 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
3268 -----------------------------------
3270 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
3271 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
3272 are not any more valid.
3274 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
3276 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
3278 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
3280 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
3281 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
3282 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
3283 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
3284 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
3286 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
3288 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
3289 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
3290 which does a cleanup in very case.
3291 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
3292 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
3294 * started with internationalization support.
3296 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
3297 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
3298 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
3299 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
3300 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
3302 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
3304 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
3305 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
3306 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
3309 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
3311 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
3312 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
3313 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
3315 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
3316 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
3319 Version 0.2.2 (1998-02-09)
3320 Version 0.2.1 (1998-01-28)
3321 Version 0.2.0 (1998-01-25)
3322 Version 0.1.3 (1998-01-12)
3323 Version 0.1.2 (1998-01-07)
3324 Version 0.1.1 (1998-01-07)
3325 Version 0.1.0 (1998-01-05)
3326 Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
3329 Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3330 Copyright (C) 1997-2016 Werner Koch
3332 This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
3333 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
3334 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
3336 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
3337 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
3338 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.