-gnupg2 (2.1.11-7+exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.17 (2016-12-20)
+-------------------------------------------------
- The gnupg package now provides the "modern" version of GnuPG.
+ * gpg: By default new keys expire after 2 years.
- Please read /usr/share/doc/gnupg/README.Debian for details about the
- transition from "classic" to "modern"
+ * gpg: New command --quick-set-expire to conveniently change the
+ expiration date of keys.
- -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:59:35 -0400
+ * gpg: Option and command names have been changed for easier
+ comprehension. The old names are still available as aliases.
+
+ * gpg: Improved the TOFU trust model.
+
+ * gpg: New option --default-new-key-algo.
+
+ * scd: Support OpenPGP card V3 for RSA.
+
+ * dirmngr: Support for the ADNS library has been removed. Instead
+ William Ahern's Libdns is now source included and used on all
+ platforms. This enables Tor support on all platforms. The new
+ option --standard-resolver can be used to disable this code at
+ runtime. In case of build problems the new configure option
+ --disable-libdns can be used to build without Libdns.
+
+ * dirmngr: Lazily launch ldap reaper thread.
+
+ * tools: New options --check and --status-fd for gpg-wks-client.
+
+ * The UTF-8 byte order mark is now skipped when reading conf files.
+
+ * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
+
+ * Major improvements to the test suite. For example it is possible
+ to run the external test suite of GPGME.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000400.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16 (2016-11-18)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when
+ using a mail address with -r, -R, or --locate-key.
+
+ * gpg: New option --with-tofu-info to print a new "tfs" record in
+ colon formatted key listings.
+
+ * gpg: New option --compliance as an alternative way to specify
+ options like --rfc2440, --rfc4880, et al.
+
+ * gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
+
+ * gpg: Improve usability of --quick-gen-key.
+
+ * gpg: In --verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is
+ launched.
+
+ * gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
+
+ * gpg: New option --override-session-key-fd.
+
+ * gpg: Option --output does now work with --verify.
+
+ * gpgv: New option --output to allow saving the verified data.
+
+ * gpgv: New option --enable-special-filenames.
+
+ * agent, dirmngr: New --supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
+
+ * agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard
+ names.
+
+ * agent: Invoke scdaemon with --homedir.
+
+ * dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and
+ terminates.
+
+ * scd: Support ECC key generation.
+
+ * scd: Support more card readers.
+
+ * dirmngr: New option --allow-version-check to download a software
+ version database in the background.
+
+ * dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no --hkp-cacert is given.
+
+ * dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
+
+ * gpgconf: New command --query-swdb to check software versions
+ against an copy of an online database.
+
+ * gpgconf: Print the socket directory with --list-dirs.
+
+ * tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
+
+ * tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
+
+ * tools: New option --supported for gpg-wks-client.
+
+ * The log-file option now accepts a value "socket://" to log to the
+ socket named "S.log" in the standard socket directory.
+
+ * Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases of downstream
+ developers.
+
+ * Fixed many bugs and regressions.
+
+ * Many changes and improvements for the test suite.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q4/000398.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.15 (2016-08-18)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Remove the --tofu-db-format option and support for the split
+ TOFU database.
+
+ * gpg: Add option --sender to prepare for coming features.
+
+ * gpg: Add option --input-size-hint to help progress indicators.
+
+ * gpg: Extend the PROGRESS status line with the counted unit.
+
+ * gpg: Avoid publishing the GnuPG version by default with --armor.
+
+ * gpg: Properly ignore legacy keys in the keyring cache.
+
+ * gpg: Always print fingerprint records in --with-colons mode.
+
+ * gpg: Make sure that keygrips are printed for each subkey in
+ --with-colons mode.
+
+ * gpg: New import filter "drop-sig".
+
+ * gpgsm: Fix a bug in the machine-readable key listing.
+
+ * gpg,gpgsm: Block signals during keyring updates to limits the
+ effects of a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
+
+ * g13: Add command --umount and other fixes for dm-crypt.
+
+ * agent: Fix regression in SIGTERM handling.
+
+ * agent: Cleanup of the ssh-agent code.
+
+ * agent: Allow import of overly long keys.
+
+ * scd: Fix problems with card removal.
+
+ * dirmngr: Remove all code for running as a system service.
+
+ * tools: Make gpg-wks-client conforming to the specs.
+
+ * tests: Improve the output of the new regression test tool.
+
+ * tests: Distribute the standalone test runner.
+
+ * tests: Run each test in a clean environment.
+
+ * Spelling and grammar fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000396.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.14 (2016-07-14)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Removed options --print-dane-records and --print-pka-records.
+ The new export options "export-pka" and "export-dane" can instead
+ be used with the export command.
+
+ * gpg: New options --import-filter and --export-filter.
+
+ * gpg: New import options "import-show" and "import-export".
+
+ * gpg: New option --no-keyring.
+
+ * gpg: New command --quick-revuid.
+
+ * gpg: New options -f/--recipient-file and -F/--hidden-recipient-file
+ to directly specify encryption keys.
+
+ * gpg: New option --mimemode to indicate that the content is a MIME
+ part. Does only enable --textmode right now.
+
+ * gpg: New option --rfc4880bis to allow experiments with proposed
+ changes to the current OpenPGP specs.
+
+ * gpg: Fix regression in the "fetch" sub-command of --card-edit.
+
+ * gpg: Fix regression since 2.1 in option --try-all-secrets.
+
+ * gpgv: Change default options for extra security.
+
+ * gpgsm: No more root certificates are installed by default.
+
+ * agent: "updatestartuptty" does now affect more environment
+ variables.
+
+ * scd: The option --homedir does now work with scdaemon.
+
+ * scd: Support some more GEMPlus card readers.
+
+ * gpgtar: Fix handling of '-' as file name.
+
+ * gpgtar: New commands --create and --extract.
+
+ * gpgconf: Tweak for --list-dirs to better support shell scripts.
+
+ * tools: Add programs gpg-wks-client and gpg-wks-server to implement
+ a Web Key Service. The configure option --enable-wks-tools is
+ required to build them; they should be considered Beta software.
+
+ * tests: Complete rework of the openpgp part of the test suite. The
+ test scripts have been changed from Bourne shell scripts to Scheme
+ programs. A customized scheme interpreter (gpgscm) is included.
+ This change was triggered by the need to run the test suite on
+ non-Unix platforms.
+
+ * The rendering of the man pages has been improved.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q3/000393.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.13 (2016-06-16)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: New command --quick-addkey. Extend the --quick-gen-key
+ command.
+
+ * gpg: New --keyid-format "none" which is now also the default.
+
+ * gpg: New option --with-subkey-fingerprint.
+
+ * gpg: Include Signer's UID subpacket in signatures if the secret key
+ has been specified using a mail address and the new option
+ --disable-signer-uid is not used.
+
+ * gpg: Allow unattended deletion of a secret key.
+
+ * gpg: Allow export of non-passphrase protected secret keys.
+
+ * gpg: New status lines KEY_CONSIDERED and NOTATION_FLAGS.
+
+ * gpg: Change status line TOFU_STATS_LONG to use '~' as
+ a non-breaking-space character.
+
+ * gpg: Speedup key listings in Tofu mode.
+
+ * gpg: Make sure that the current and total values of a PROGRESS
+ status line are small enough.
+
+ * gpgsm: Allow the use of AES192 and SERPENT ciphers.
+
+ * dirmngr: Adjust WKD lookup to current specs.
+
+ * dirmngr: Fallback to LDAP v3 if v2 is is not supported.
+
+ * gpgconf: New commands --create-socketdir and --remove-socketdir,
+ new option --homedir.
+
+ * If a /run/user/$UID directory exists, that directory is now used
+ for IPC sockets instead of the GNUPGHOME directory. This fixes
+ problems with NFS and too long socket names and thus avoids the
+ need for redirection files.
+
+ * The Speedo build systems now uses the new versions.gnupg.org server
+ to retrieve the default package versions.
+
+ * Fix detection of libusb on FreeBSD.
+
+ * Speedup fd closing after a fork.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000390.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.12 (2016-05-04)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: New --edit-key sub-command "change-usage" for testing
+ purposes.
+
+ * gpg: Out of order key-signatures are now systematically detected
+ and fixed by --edit-key.
+
+ * gpg: Improved detection of non-armored messages.
+
+ * gpg: Removed the extra prompt needed to create Curve25519 keys.
+
+ * gpg: Improved user ID selection for --quick-sign-key.
+
+ * gpg: Use the root CAs provided by the system with --fetch-key.
+
+ * gpg: Add support for the experimental Web Key Directory key
+ location service.
+
+ * gpg: Improve formatting of Tofu messages and emit new Tofu specific
+ status lines.
+
+ * gpgsm: Add option --pinentry-mode to support a loopback pinentry.
+
+ * gpgsm: A new pubring.kbx is now created with the header blob so
+ that gpg can detect that the keybox format needs to be used.
+
+ * agent: Add read support for the new private key protection format
+ openpgp-s2k-ocb-aes.
+
+ * agent: Add read support for the new extended private key format.
+
+ * agent: Default to --allow-loopback-pinentry and add option
+ --no-allow-loopback-pinentry.
+
+ * scd: Changed to use the new libusb 1.0 API for the internal CCID
+ driver.
+
+ * dirmngr: The dirmngr-client does now auto-detect the PEM format.
+
+ * g13: Add experimental support for dm-crypt.
+
+ * w32: Tofu support is now available with the Speedo build method.
+
+ * w32: Removed the need for libiconv.dll.
+
+ * The man pages for gpg and gpgv are now installed under the correct
+ name (gpg2 or gpg - depending on a configure option).
+
+ * Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q2/000387.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.11 (2016-01-26)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: New command --export-ssh-key to replace the gpgkey2ssh tool.
+
+ * gpg: Allow to generate mail address only keys with --gen-key.
+
+ * gpg: "--list-options show-usage" is now the default.
+
+ * gpg: Make lookup of DNS CERT records holding an URL work.
+
+ * gpg: Emit PROGRESS status lines during key generation.
+
+ * gpg: Don't check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in
+ the config file or given to --encrypt-to. This feature will return
+ in 2.3.x.
+
+ * gpg: Lock keybox files while updating them.
+
+ * gpg: Solve rare error on Windows during keyring and Keybox updates.
+
+ * gpg: Fix possible keyring corruption. (bug#2193)
+
+ * gpg: Fix regression of "bkuptocard" sub-command in --edit-key and
+ remove "checkbkupkey" sub-command introduced with 2.1. (bug#2169)
+
+ * gpg: Fix internal error in gpgv when using default keyid-format.
+
+ * gpg: Fix --auto-key-retrieve to work with dirmngr.conf configured
+ keyservers. (bug#2147).
+
+ * agent: New option --pinentry-timeout.
+
+ * scd: Improve unplugging of USB readers under Windows.
+
+ * scd: Fix regression for generating RSA keys on card.
+
+ * dirmmgr: All configured keyservers are now searched.
+
+ * dirmngr: Install CA certificate for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net.
+ Use this certiticate even if --hkp-cacert is not used.
+
+ * gpgtar: Add actual encryption code. gpgtar does now fully replace
+ gpg-zip.
+
+ * gpgtar: Fix filename encoding problem on Windows.
+
+ * Print a warning if a GnuPG component is using an older version of
+ gpg-agent, dirmngr, or scdaemon.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2016q1/000383.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.10 (2015-12-04)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: New trust models "tofu" and "tofu+pgp".
+
+ * gpg: New command --tofu-policy. New options --tofu-default-policy
+ and --tofu-db-format.
+
+ * gpg: New option --weak-digest to specify hash algorithms which
+ should be considered weak.
+
+ * gpg: Allow the use of multiple --default-key options; take the last
+ available key.
+
+ * gpg: New option --encrypt-to-default-key.
+
+ * gpg: New option --unwrap to only strip the encryption layer.
+
+ * gpg: New option --only-sign-text-ids to exclude photo IDs from key
+ signing.
+
+ * gpg: Check for ambigious or non-matching key specification in the
+ config file or given to --encrypt-to.
+
+ * gpg: Show the used card reader with --card-status.
+
+ * gpg: Print export statistics and an EXPORTED status line.
+
+ * gpg: Allow selecting subkeys by keyid in --edit-key.
+
+ * gpg: Allow updating the expiration time of multiple subkeys at
+ once.
+
+ * dirmngr: New option --use-tor. For full support this requires
+ libassuan version 2.4.2 and a patched version of libadns
+ (e.g. adns-1.4-g10-7 as used by the standard Windows installer).
+
+ * dirmngr: New option --nameserver to specify the nameserver used in
+ Tor mode.
+
+ * dirmngr: Keyservers may again be specified by IP address.
+
+ * dirmngr: Fixed problems in resolving keyserver pools.
+
+ * dirmngr: Fixed handling of premature termination of TLS streams so
+ that large numbers of keys can be refreshed via hkps.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed a regression in --locate-key [since 2.1.9].
+
+ * gpg: Fixed another bug for keyrings with legacy keys.
+
+ * gpgsm: Allow combinations of usage flags in --gen-key.
+
+ * Make tilde expansion work with most options.
+
+ * Many other cleanups and bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000381.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.9 (2015-10-09)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Allow fetching keys via OpenPGP DANE (--auto-key-locate). New
+ option --print-dane-records. [Update: --print-dane-records replaced
+ in 2.1.4.]
+
+ * gpg: Fix for a problem with PGP-2 keys in a keyring.
+
+ * gpg: Fail with an error instead of a warning if a modern cipher
+ algorithm is used without a MDC.
+
+ * agent: New option --pinentry-invisible-char.
+
+ * agent: Always do a RSA signature verification after creation.
+
+ * agent: Fix a regression in ssh-add-ing Ed25519 keys.
+
+ * agent: Fix ssh fingerprint computation for nistp384 and EdDSA.
+
+ * agent: Fix crash during passphrase entry on some platforms.
+
+ * scd: Change timeout to fix problems with some 2.1 cards.
+
+ * dirmngr: Displayed name is now Key Acquirer.
+
+ * dirmngr: Add option --keyserver. Deprecate that option for gpg.
+ Install a dirmngr.conf file from a skeleton for new installations.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q4/000380.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8 (2015-09-10)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.
+
+ * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.
+
+ * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.
+
+ * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.
+
+ * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.
+
+ * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.
+
+ * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.
+
+ * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.
+
+ * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
+ from Latin-1 to UTF-8.
+
+ * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.
+
+ * Various minor bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000379.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (2015-08-11)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Support encryption with Curve25519 if Libgcrypt 1.7 is used.
+
+ * gpg: In the --edit-key menu: Removed the need for "toggle", changed
+ how secret keys are indicated, new commands "fpr *" and "grip".
+
+ * gpg: More fixes related to legacy keys in a keyring.
+
+ * gpgv: Does now also work with a "trustedkeys.kbx" file.
+
+ * scd: Support some feature from the OpenPGP card 3.0 specs.
+
+ * scd: Improved ECC support
+
+ * agent: New option --force for the DELETE_KEY command.
+
+ * w32: Look for the Pinentry at more places.
+
+ * Dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh
+
+ * Various other bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000371.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * agent: New option --verify for the PASSWD command.
+
+ * gpgsm: Add command option "offline" as an alternative to
+ --disable-dirmngr.
+
+ * gpg: Do not prompt multiple times for a password in pinentry
+ loopback mode.
+
+ * Allow the use of debug category names with --debug.
+
+ * Using gpg-agent and gpg/gpgsm with different locales will now show
+ the correct translations in Pinentry.
+
+ * gpg: Improve speed of --list-sigs and --check-sigs.
+
+ * gpg: Make --list-options show-sig-subpackets work again.
+
+ * gpg: Fix an export problem for old keyrings with PGP-2 keys.
+
+ * scd: Support PIN-pads on more readers.
+
+ * dirmngr: Properly cleanup zombie LDAP helper processes and avoid
+ hangs on dirmngr shutdown.
+
+ * Various other bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q3/000370.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Support for an external passphrase cache.
+
+ * Support for the forthcoming version 3 OpenPGP smartcard.
+
+ * Manuals now show the actual used file names.
+
+ * Prepared for improved integration with Emacs.
+
+ * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000369.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Add command --quick-adduid to non-interactively add a new user
+ id to an existing key.
+
+ * gpg: Do no enable honor-keyserver-url by default. Make it work if
+ enabled.
+
+ * gpg: Display the serial number in the --card-status output again.
+
+ * agent: Support for external password managers.
+ Add option --no-allow-external-cache.
+
+ * scdaemon: Improved handling of extended APDUs.
+
+ * Make HTTP proxies work again.
+
+ * All network access including DNS as been moved to Dirmngr.
+
+ * Allow building without LDAP support.
+
+ * Fixed lots of smaller bugs.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000366.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: LDAP keyservers are now supported by 2.1.
+
+ * gpg: New option --with-icao-spelling.
+
+ * gpg: New option --print-pka-records. Changed the PKA method to use
+ CERT records and hashed names. [Update: --print-pka-records
+ replaced in 2.1.4.]
+
+ * gpg: New command --list-gcrypt-config. New parameter "curve"
+ for --list-config.
+
+ * gpg: Print a NEWSIG status line like gpgsm always did.
+
+ * gpg: Print MPI values with --list-packets and --verbose.
+
+ * gpg: Write correct MPI lengths with ECC keys.
+
+ * gpg: Skip legacy PGP-2 keys while searching.
+
+ * gpg: Improved searching for mail addresses when using a keybox.
+
+ * gpgsm: Changed default algos to AES-128 and SHA-256.
+
+ * gpgtar: Fixed extracting files with sizes of a multiple of 512.
+
+ * dirmngr: Fixed SNI handling for hkps pools.
+
+ * dirmngr: extra-certs and trusted-certs are now always loaded from
+ the sysconfig dir instead of the homedir.
+
+ * Fixed possible problems due to compiler optimization, two minor
+ regressions, and other bugs.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q2/000365.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: The parameter 'Passphrase' for batch key generation works
+ again.
+
+ * gpg: Using a passphrase option in batch mode now has the expected
+ effect on --quick-gen-key.
+
+ * gpg: Improved reporting of unsupported PGP-2 keys.
+
+ * gpg: Added support for algo names when generating keys using
+ --command-fd.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed DoS based on bogus and overlong key packets.
+
+ * agent: When setting --default-cache-ttl the value
+ for --max-cache-ttl is adjusted to be not lower than the former.
+
+ * agent: Fixed problems with the new --extra-socket.
+
+ * agent: Made --allow-loopback-pinentry changeable with gpgconf.
+
+ * agent: Fixed importing of unprotected openpgp keys.
+
+ * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
+ pinentry is not installed.
+
+ * scd: Added support for ECDH.
+
+ * Fixed several bugs related to bogus keyrings and improved some
+ other code.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2015q1/000361.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg: Detect faulty use of --verify on detached signatures.
+
+ * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
+
+ * gpg: New sub-command "factory-reset" for --card-edit.
+
+ * gpg: A stub key for smartcards is now created by --card-status.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed regression in --refresh-keys.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed regresion in %g and %p codes for --sig-notation.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed best matching hash algo detection for ECDSA and EdDSA.
+
+ * gpg: Improved perceived speed of secret key listisngs.
+
+ * gpg: Print number of skipped PGP-2 keys on import.
+
+ * gpg: Removed the option aliases --throw-keyid and --notation-data;
+ use --throw-keyids and --set-notation instead.
+
+ * gpg: New import option "keep-ownertrust".
+
+ * gpg: Skip too large keys during import.
+
+ * gpg,gpgsm: New option --no-autostart to avoid starting gpg-agent or
+ dirmngr.
+
+ * gpg-agent: New option --extra-socket to provide a restricted
+ command set for use with remote clients.
+
+ * gpgconf --kill does not anymore start a service only to kill it.
+
+ * gpg-pconnect-agent: Add convenience option --uiserver.
+
+ * Fixed keyserver access for Windows.
+
+ * Fixed build problems on Mac OS X
+
+ * The Windows installer does now install development files
+
+ * More translations (but most of them are not complete).
+
+ * To support remotely mounted home directories, the IPC sockets may
+ now be redirected. This feature requires Libassuan 2.2.0.
+
+ * Improved portability and the usual bunch of bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000360.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ This release introduces a lot of changes. Most of them are internal
+ and thus not user visible. However, some long standing behavior has
+ slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
+ "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.
+
+ A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
+ found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.
+
+ * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped. All
+ signatures are now created as v4 signatures. v3 keys will be
+ removed from the keyring.
+
+ * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
+ up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.
+
+ * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.
+
+ * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.
+
+ * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
+ 2.1.0 beta versions below. Note that all relevant fixes from
+ versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]
+
+ * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code. GnuPG does now
+ always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.
+
+ * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
+ command with less choices.
+
+ * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.
+
+ * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.
+
+ * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
+ encryption capabilities).
+
+ * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.
+
+ * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]
+
+ * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.
+
+ * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.
+
+ * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.
+
+ * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.
+
+ * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.
+
+ * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.
+
+ * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
+ for non-Windows platforms.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]
+
+ * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.
+
+ * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.
+
+ * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.
+
+ * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
+ from rogue servers.
+
+ * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
+ create PGP-2 compatible messages.
+
+ * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.
+
+ * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.
+
+ * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.
+
+ * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.
+
+ * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.
+
+ * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.
+
+ * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.
+
+ * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]
+
+ * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.
+
+ * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
+ mode 0700
+
+ * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default. To revert
+ this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.
+
+ * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.
+
+ * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
+ packet and information about the packet header.
+
+ * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]
+
+ * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.
+
+ * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
+ key generation.
+
+ * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
+ cyberJack go.
+
+ * The speedo build system has been improved. It is now also possible
+ to build a partly working installer for Windows.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]
+
+ * gpg: Changed the format of key listings. To revert to the old
+ format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.
+
+ * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
+ with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
+ [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
+ we have agreed on a suitable format.]
+
+ * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.
+
+ * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID. This
+ allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
+
+ * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
+ listings.
+
+ * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
+ new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.
+
+ * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
+ communication with the gpg-agent.
+
+ * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.
+
+ * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
+ armored output.
+
+ * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.
+
+ * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
+
+ * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
+ more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").
+
+ * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
+ decryption of the bulk message starts.
+
+ * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.
+
+ * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.
+
+ * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
+ they trust an X.509 root key. To prohibit interactive marking of
+ such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.
+
+ * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
+ format.
+
+ * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.
+
+ * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.
+
+ * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
+ Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.
+
+ * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.
+
+ * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.
+
+ * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).
+
+ * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers. Now, internal CCID
+ driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.
+
+ * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
+ not anymore used by any site.
+
+ * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.
+
+ * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.
+
+ * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.
+
+ * Support installation as portable application under Windows.
+
+ * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]
+
+ * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.
+
+ * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
+
+ * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".
+
+ * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.
+
+ * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.
+
+ * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode. The loopback
+ mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.
+
+ * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.
+
+ * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
+ fix).
+
+ * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
+ for "SCD HELP" commands.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]
+
+ * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
+ [Update: now known as RFC-6637].
+
+ * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES". This change introduces a
+ little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config". We
+ hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
+ algorithm name as well.
+
+ * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
+ Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.
+
+ * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
+ the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.
+
+ * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
+ running in non-daemon mode.
+
+ * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).
+
+ * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers. Thus
+ we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
+ LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.
+
+ * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
+ problem.
+
+
+ [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]
+
+ * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
+ are delegated to gpg-agent. The import command moves secret keys
+ to the agent.
+
+ * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.
+
+ * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
+ OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.
+
+ * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.
+
+ * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
+
+ * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
+ and --simple-sk-checksum.
+
+ * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.
+
+ * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.
+
+ * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.
+
+ * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
+ certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.
+
+ * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.
+
+ * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
+ added.
+
+ * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
+ tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly. In the past
+ this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
+ configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
+ disable this new default.
+
+ * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
+ iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.
+
+ * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package. It is now also
+ expected to run as a system service and the configuration
+ directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
+ starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]
+
+ * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
+ 2.1.0 release]
+
+ * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
+ debug-level keywords.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2014q4/000358.html
+
+
+Version 2.0.28 (2015-06-02)
+Version 2.0.27 (2015-02-18)
+Version 2.0.26 (2014-08-12)
+Version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
+Version 2.0.24 (2014-06-24)
+Version 2.0.23 (2014-06-03)
+Version 2.0.22 (2013-10-04)
+Version 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)
+Version 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)
+Version 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)
+Version 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)
+Version 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)
+Version 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)
+Version 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)
+Version 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default. The default hash
+ algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
+ 2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm
+
+ * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
+ passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.
+
+ * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
+ all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.
+
+ * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.
+
+ * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.
+
+ * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
+ Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.
+
+ * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
+ card. This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.
+
+ * Minor bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q3/000294.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
+ fingerprint or keygrip.
+
+ * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT. GPGSM now also returns
+ information about smartcards.
+
+ * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
+ command. Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.
+
+ * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
+ and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.
+
+ * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.
+
+ * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.
+
+ * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.
+
+ * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan. Under
+ Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.
+
+ * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q2/000288.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.
+
+ * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.
+
+ * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.
+
+ * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.
+
+ * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES. This is
+ due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
+ can't cope with AES.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000287.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
+ lookup. Run with --help for a short description. Requires the
+ ADNS library.
+
+ * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
+ Fixed a few problems with this option.
+
+ * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.
+
+ * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.
+
+ * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.
+
+ * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.
+
+ * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
+ generation.
+
+ * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.
+
+ * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.
+
+ * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.
+
+ * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
+ anymore served by ourself.
+
+ * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.
+
+ * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.
+
+ * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.
+
+ * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
+ the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.
+
+ * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used. The standard
+ locale directory is now used.
+
+ * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
+ temporary file names.
+
+ * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again. An arbitrary
+ string may now be used for a custom cache ID.
+
+ * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).
+
+ * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.
+
+ * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2009q1/000284.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
+ Dirmngr's cache.
+
+ * Tweaks for Windows.
+
+ * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.
+
+ * Improved certificate chain construction.
+
+ * Extended the PKITS framework.
+
+ * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.
+
+ * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
+ introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]
+
+ * Minor bug fixes.
+
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.
+
+ * New option --list-config for gpgconf.
+
+ * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.
+
+ * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
+ Pinentry.
+
+ * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
+ Pinentry.
+
+ * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.
+
+ * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.
+
+ * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.
+
+ * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
+ broken signatures.
+
+ * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
+ --rfc2440.
+
+ * Windows is now a supported platform.
+
+ * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
+ taken into account. This required a change of our socket emulation
+ code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q4/000267.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
+ keybox.
+
+ * Made it work on Windows Vista. Note that the entire Windows port
+ is still considered Beta.
+
+ * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
+ enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
+ gpg-agent.
+
+ * Add command --check-components to gpgconf. Gpgconf now uses the
+ installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
+ PATH for them.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000259.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.
+
+ * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.
+
+ * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
+ various keyids. This was broken since 2.0.4.
+
+ * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.
+
+ * Improved Windows support.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000258.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Switched license to GPLv3.
+
+ * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build
+ it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required.
+
+ * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor.
+
+ * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the
+ gpgsm-gencert.sh script.
+
+ * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the
+ machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q3/000255.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
+ systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.
+
+ * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
+ was not utf-8 encoded. New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.
+
+ * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q2/000254.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
+ stream. Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
+ did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
+ status tags that GnuPG provides. This change makes GnuPG reject
+ such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
+ --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].
+
+ * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.
+
+ * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
+ options are changeable by a frontend. The new applygnupgdefaults
+ tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.
+
+ * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported. The
+ DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000252.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
+ packages. [CVE-2006-6235].
+
+ * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
+ prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated. This is useful to help
+ memorize a new passphrase. The default is 1 repetition.
+
+ * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.
+
+ * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
+ short. New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.
+
+ * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2007q1/000249.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
+ Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
+ don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
+ its authentication and decrypt keys.
+
+ * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.
+
+ * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000242.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000239.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Minor bug fixes.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
+ indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
+
+ * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
+
+ * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
+ check whether the configuration file is sane.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
+ certificate should be trusted.
+
+ * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
+
+ * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
+ signatures or keys with insane lengths.
+
+ * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
+
+ * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Bug fixes.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2006q4/000236.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
+ without BasicContraints.
+
+ * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
+ alias for --list-keys.
+
+ * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Made readline work for gpg.
+
+ * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
+
+ * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
+ Texinfo source.
+
+ * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
+ The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
+ gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
+ still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
+ gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
+
+ * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
+ may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
+
+ * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
+
+ * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
+ "MESSAGE".
+
+ * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
+ handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
+
+ * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
+
+ * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
+
+ * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
+
+ * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
+
+ * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
+ imported.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
+
+ * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
+ able to import the files.
+
+ * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
+ access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
+ prefix command.
+
+ * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
+
+ * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
+
+ * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
+
+ * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
+
+ * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
+ interoperability.
+
+ * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
+ again.
+
+ * Basic support for qualified signatures.
+
+ * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
+ Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
+
+ * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
+ included.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
+ and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
+ given to create a request from an existing key.
+
+ * A couple of minor bug fixes.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
+ commands.
+
+ * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
+
+ * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
+
+ * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
+ straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
+ does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
+ enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
+
+ * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
+ UPDATESTARTUPTTY.
+
+ * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
+ SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
+ to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
+
+ * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
+
+ * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
+
+ * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
+ versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
+
+ * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
+ does now work.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
+ fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
+ has not been set.
+
+ * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
+
+ * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
+
+ * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
+
+ * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
+ available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
+
+ * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
+ certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
+ valid.
+
+ * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
+
+ * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
+ check whether a agent is already running and usable.
+
+ * Fixed some i18n problems.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
+
+ * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
+ install just the agent.
+
+ * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
+ allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
+ confirmation.
+
+ * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
+
+ * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
+ written when using the internal CCID driver.
+
+ * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
+ detailed view of the certificates.
+
+ * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
+ stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
+
+ * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
+ been ported back to gnupg-1.3
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
+
+ * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
+
+ * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
+
+ * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
+ versions < 1.9.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
+ Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
+ standards.
+
+ * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
+ files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
+ A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
+ exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
+
+ * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
+ whom the passphrase is requested.
+
+ * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
+ while listing it.
+
+ * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
+ the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
+
+ * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
+ /etc/skel/.gnupg.
+
+ * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
+ related.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
+ OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
+ Default is disabled.
+
+ * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
+ Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
+ not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
+ problem with the socket.
+
+ * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
+ gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
+
+ * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
+ command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
+
+ * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
+ The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
+
+ * All kind of other internal stuff.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
+ disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
+ used directly.
+
+ * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
+ internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
+
+ * Bug fixes.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
+
+ * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
+ temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
+
+ * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
+ usual gpg.conf.
+
+ * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
+ --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
+
+ * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
+
+ * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
+
+ * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
+
+ * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
+
+ * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
+
+ * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
+
+ * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
+ different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
+ and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
+
+ * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
+ development branch.
+
+
+Version 1.4.19 (2015-02-27)
+Version 1.4.18 (2014-06-30)
+Version 1.4.17 (2014-06-23)
+Version 1.4.16 (2013-12-18)
+Version 1.4.15 (2013-10-04)
+Version 1.4.14 (2013-07-25)
+Version 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)
+Version 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)
+Version 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)
+Version 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)
+Version 1.4.9 (2008-03-26)
+Version 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)
+Version 1.4.7 (2007-03-05)
+Version 1.4.6 (2006-12-06)
+Version 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)
+Version 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)
+Version 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)
+Version 1.4.2 (2005-07-26)
+Version 1.4.1 (2005-03-15)
+Version 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * New "--gnupg" option (set by default) that disables --openpgp,
+ and the various --pgpX emulation options. This replaces
+ --no-openpgp, and --no-pgpX, and also means that GnuPG has
+ finally grown a --gnupg option to make GnuPG act like GnuPG.
+
+ * A bug in key validation has been fixed. This bug only affects
+ keys with more than one user ID (photo IDs do not count here),
+ and results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with
+ the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key.
+
+ * Notation names that do not contain a '@' are no longer allowed
+ unless --expert is set. This is to help prevent pollution of
+ the (as yet unused) IETF notation namespace.
+
+ * Multiple trust models are now supported via the --trust-model
+ option. The options are "pgp" (web-of-trust plus trust
+ signatures), "classic" (web-of-trust only), and "always"
+ (identical to the --always-trust option).
+
+ * The --personal-{cipher|digest|compression}-preferences are now
+ consulted to get default algorithms before resorting to the
+ last-ditch defaults of --s2k-cipher-algo, SHA1, and ZIP
+ respectively. This allows a user to set algorithms to use in a
+ safe manner so they are used when legal to do so, without
+ forcing them on for all messages.
+
+ * New --primary-keyring option to designate the keyring that the
+ user wants new keys imported into.
+
+ * --s2k-digest-algo is now used for all password mangling.
+ Earlier versions used both --s2k-digest-algo and --digest-algo
+ for passphrase mangling.
+
+ * Handling of --hidden-recipient or --throw-keyid messages is now
+ easier - the user only needs to give their passphrase once, and
+ GnuPG will try it against all of the available secret keys.
+
+ * Care is taken to prevent compiler optimization from removing
+ memory wiping code.
+
+ * New option --no-mangle-dos-filenames so that filenames are not
+ truncated in the W32 version.
+
+ * A "convert-from-106" script has been added. This is a simple
+ script that automates the conversion from a 1.0.6 or earlier
+ version of GnuPG to a 1.0.7 or later version.
+
+ * Disabled keys are now skipped when selecting keys for
+ encryption. If you are using the --with-colons key listings to
+ detect disabled keys, please see doc/DETAILS for a minor format
+ change in this release.
+
+ * Minor trustdb changes to make the trust calculations match
+ common usage.
+
+ * New command "revuid" in the --edit-key menu to revoke a user ID.
+ This is a simpler interface to the old method (which still
+ works) of revoking the user ID self-signature.
+
+ * Status VALIDSIG does now also print the primary key's
+ fingerprint, as well as the signature version, pubkey algorithm,
+ hash algorithm, and signature class.
+
+ * Add read-only support for the SHA-256 hash, and optional
+ read-only support for the SHA-384 and SHA-512 hashes.
+
+ * New option --enable-progress-filter for use with frontends.
+
+ * DNS SRV records are used in HKP keyserver lookups to allow
+ administrators to load balance and select keyserver ports
+ automatically. This is as specified in
+ draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp-00.txt.
+
+ * When using the "keyid!" syntax during a key export, only that
+ specified key is exported. If the key in question is a subkey,
+ the primary key plus only that subkey is exported.
+
+ * configure --disable-xxx options to disable individual algorithms
+ at build time. This can be used to build a smaller gpg binary
+ for embedded uses where space is tight. See the README file for
+ the algorithms that can be used with this option, or use
+ --enable-minimal to build the smallest gpg possible (disables
+ all optional algorithms, disables keyserver access, and disables
+ photo IDs).
+
+ * The keyserver no-modify flag on a key can now be displayed and
+ modified.
+
+ * Note that the TIGER/192 digest algorithm is in the process of
+ being dropped from the OpenPGP standard. While this release of
+ GnuPG still contains it, it is disabled by default. To ensure
+ you will still be able to use your messages with future versions
+ of GnuPG and other OpenPGP programs, please do not use this
+ algorithm.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2003q2/000153.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Trust signature support. This is based on the Maurer trust
+ model where a user can specify the trust level along with the
+ signature with multiple levels so users can delegate
+ certification ability to other users, possibly restricted by a
+ regular expression on the user ID. Note that full trust
+ signature support requires a regular expression parsing library.
+ The regexp code from glibc 2.3.1 is included for those platforms
+ that don't have working regexp functions available. The
+ configure option --disable-regex may be used to disable any
+ regular expression code, which will make GnuPG ignore any trust
+ signature with a regular expression included.
+
+ * Two new commands --hidden-recipient (-R) and --hidden-encrypt-to
+ encrypt to a user, but hide the identity of that user. This is
+ the same functionality as --throw-keyid, but can be used on a
+ per-user basis.
+
+ * Full algorithm names (e.g. "3DES", "SHA1", "ZIP") can now be
+ used interchangeably with the short algorithm names (e.g. "S2",
+ "H2", "Z1") anywhere algorithm names are used in GnuPG.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * The last piece of internal keyserver support has been removed,
+ and now all keyserver access is done via the keyserver plugins.
+ There is also a newer keyserver protocol used between GnuPG and
+ the plugins, so plugins from earlier versions of GnuPG may not
+ work properly.
+
+ * The HKP keyserver plugin supports the new machine-readable key
+ listing format for those keyservers that provide it.
+
+ * When using a HKP keyserver with multiple DNS records (such as
+ wwwkeys.pgp.net which has the addresses of multiple servers
+ around the world), try all records until one succeeds. Note
+ that it depends on the LDAP library used whether the LDAP
+ keyserver plugin does this as well.
+
+ * The library dependencies for OpenLDAP seem to change fairly
+ frequently, and GnuPG's configure script cannot guess all the
+ combinations. Use ./configure LDAPLIBS="-L libdir -l libs" to
+ override the script and use the libraries selected.
+
+ * Secret keys generated with --export-secret-subkeys are now
+ indicated in key listings with a '#' after the "sec", and in
+ --with-colons listings by showing no capabilities (no lowercase
+ characters).
+
+ * --trusted-key has been un-obsoleted, as it is useful for adding
+ ultimately trusted keys from the config file. It is identical
+ to using --edit and "trust" to change a key to ultimately
+ trusted.
+
+ * Translations other than de are no longer distributed with the
+ development branch. This is due to the frequent text changes
+ during development, which cause the translations to rapidly go
+ out of date.
+
+
+Version 1.2.8 (2006-12-07)
+Version 1.2.7 (2004-12-27)
+Version 1.2.6 (2004-08-25)
+Version 1.2.5 (2004-07-26)
+Version 1.2.4 (2003-12-23)
+Version 1.2.3 (2003-08-21)
+Version 1.2.2 (2003-05-01)
+Version 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)
+Version 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2002-09-11)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * [IMPORTANT] The default configuration file is now
+ ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will
+ still be used. This change is required to have a more
+ consistent naming scheme with forthcoming tools.
+
+ * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the
+ recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES,
+ AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if
+ the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits
+ (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH).
+
+ * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when
+ processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being
+ used. This is to give the message a certain amount of
+ resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating
+ with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x)
+ that do not support MDCs.
+
+ * The option --interactive now has the desired effect when
+ importing keys.
+
+ * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
+ clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
+ checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
+ keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
+ keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
+ specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
+ extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
+ with their enclosing directories.
+
+ * The configure option --with-static-rnd=auto allows to build gpg
+ with all available entropy gathering modules included. At
+ runtime the best usable one will be selected from the list
+ linux, egd, unix. This is also the default for systems lacking
+ a /dev/random device.
+
+ * The default character set is now taken from the current locale;
+ it can still be overridden by the --charset option. Using the
+ option -vvv shows the used character set.
+
+ * [REMOVED] --emulate-checksum-bug and --emulate-3des-s2k-bug have
+ been removed.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2002-08-04)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * All modules are now linked statically; the --load-extension
+ option is in general not useful anymore. The only exception is
+ to specify the deprecated idea cipher.
+
+ * The IDEA plugin has changed. Previous versions of the IDEA
+ plugin will no longer work with GnuPG. However, the current
+ version of the plugin will work with earlier GnuPG versions.
+
+ * When using --batch with one of the --delete-key commands, the
+ key must be specified by fingerprint. See the man page for
+ details.
+
+ * There are now various ways to restrict the ability GnuPG has to
+ exec external programs (for the keyserver helpers or photo ID
+ viewers). Read the README file for the complete list.
+
+ * New export option to leave off attribute packets (photo IDs)
+ during export. This is useful when exporting to HKP keyservers
+ which do not understand attribute packets.
+
+ * New import option to repair during import the HKP keyserver
+ mangling multiple subkeys bug. Note that this cannot completely
+ repair the damaged key as some crucial data is removed by the
+ keyserver, but it does at least give you back one subkey. This
+ is on by default for keyserver --recv-keys, and off by default
+ for regular --import.
+
+ * The keyserver helper programs now live in
+ /usr/[local/]libexec/gnupg by default. If you are upgrading
+ from 1.0.7, you might want to delete your old copies in
+ /usr/[local/]bin. If you use an OS that does not use libexec
+ for whatever reason, use configure --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib
+ to place the keyserver helpers there.
+
+ * The LDAP keyserver handler now works properly with very old
+ (version 1) LDAP keyservers.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2002-07-01)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+ * New commands: --personal-cipher-preferences,
+ --personal-digest-preferences, and
+ --personal-compress-preferences allow the user to specify which
+ algorithms are to be preferred. Note that this does not permit
+ using an algorithm that is not present in the recipient's
+ preferences (which would violate the OpenPGP standard). This
+ just allows sorting the preferences differently.
+
+ * New "group" command to refer to several keys with one name.
+
+ * A warning is issued if the user forces the use of an algorithm
+ that is not listed in the recipient's preferences.
+
+ * Full revocation key (aka "designated revoker") support.
+
+ * The preferred hash algorithms on a key are consulted when
+ encrypting a signed message to that key. Note that this is
+ disabled by default by a SHA1 preference in
+ --personal-digest-preferences.
+
+ * --cert-digest-algo allows the user to specify the hash algorithm
+ to use when signing a key rather than the default SHA1 (or MD5
+ for PGP2 keys). Do not use this feature unless you fully
+ understand the implications of this.
+
+ * --pgp7 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
+ that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 7.x.
+
+ * New --attribute-fd command for frontends and scripts to get the
+ contents of attribute packets (i.e. photos)
+
+ * In expert mode, the user can now re-sign a v3 key with a v4
+ self-signature. This does not change the v3 key into a v4 key,
+ but it does allow the user to use preferences, primary ID flags,
+ etc.
+
+ * Significantly improved photo ID support on non-unixlike
+ platforms.
+
+ * The version number has jumped ahead to 1.1.90 to skip over the
+ old version 1.1 and to get ready for the upcoming 1.2.
+
+ * ElGamal sign and encrypt is not anymore allowed in the key
+ generation dialog unless in expert mode. RSA sign and encrypt
+ has been added with the same restrictions.
+
+ * [W32] Keyserver access does work with Windows NT.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Secret keys are now stored and exported in a new format which
+ uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the
+ Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might
+ not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates
+ the old vulnerable format.
+
+ * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5,
+ default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us better
+ interoperability with other OpenPGP implementations.
+
+ * Symmetric encrypted messages now use a fixed file size if
+ possible. This is a tradeoff: it breaks PGP 5, but fixes PGP 2,
+ 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style
+ symmetric messages.
+
+ * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to
+ view the images.
+
+ * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes
+ with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email
+ keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP
+ keyserver.
+
+ * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a
+ key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be
+ careful!
+
+ * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to
+ specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo
+ ID, etc) was checked.
+
+ * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
+ that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x.
+
+ * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure
+ that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x.
+
+ * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a
+ key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they
+ want their signature to expire at the same time.
+
+ * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if
+ present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as
+ designated revokers.
+
+ * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked
+ for safety.
+
+ * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a
+ revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key.
+
+ * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32.
+
+ * New tool gpgsplit to split OpenPGP data formats into packets.
+
+ * New option --preserve-permissions.
+
+ * Subkeys created in the future are not used for encryption or
+ signing unless the new option --ignore-valid-from is used.
+
+ * Revoked user-IDs are not listed unless signatures are listed too
+ or we are in verbose mode.
+
+ * There is no default comment string with ascii armors anymore
+ except for revocation certificates and --enarmor mode.
+
+ * The command "primary" in the edit menu can be used to change the
+ primary UID, "setpref" and "updpref" can be used to change the
+ preferences.
+
+ * Fixed the preference handling; since 1.0.5 they were erroneously
+ matched against against the latest user ID and not the given one.
+
+ * RSA key generation.
+
+ * Merged Stefan's patches for RISC OS in. See comments in
+ scripts/build-riscos.
+
+ * It is now possible to sign and conventional encrypt a message (-cs).
+
+ * The MDC feature flag is supported and can be set by using
+ the "updpref" edit command.
+
+ * The status messages GOODSIG and BADSIG are now returning the primary
+ UID, encoded using %XX escaping (but with spaces left as spaces,
+ so that it should not break too much)
+
+ * Support for GDBM based keyrings has been removed.
+
+ * The entire keyring management has been revamped.
+
+ * The way signature stati are store has changed so that v3
+ signatures can be supported. To increase the speed of many
+ operations for existing keyrings you can use the new
+ --rebuild-keydb-caches command.
+
+ * The entire key validation process (trustdb) has been revamped.
+ See the man page entries for --update-trustdb, --check-trustdb
+ and --no-auto-check-trustdb.
+
+ * --trusted-keys is again obsolete, --edit can be used to set the
+ ownertrust of any key to ultimately trusted.
+
+ * A subkey is never used to sign keys.
+
+ * Read only keyrings are now handled as expected.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2002q2/000135.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Security fix for a format string bug in the tty code.
+
+ * Fixed format string bugs in all PO files.
+
+ * Removed Russian translation due to too many bugs. The FTP
+ server has an unofficial but better translation in the contrib
+ directory.
+
+ * Fixed expire time calculation and keyserver access.
+
+ * The usual set of minor bug fixes and enhancements.
+
+ * non-writable keyrings are now correctly handled.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000123.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * WARNING: The semantics of --verify have changed to address a
+ problem with detached signature detection. --verify now ignores
+ signed material given on stdin unless this is requested by using
+ a "-" as the name for the file with the signed material. Please
+ check all your detached signature handling applications and make
+ sure that they don't pipe the signed material to stdin without
+ using a filename together with "-" on the the command line.
+
+ * WARNING: Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than
+ 512M - it was just wrong, so you might notice bad signature in
+ some very big files. It may be wise to keep an old copy of
+ GnuPG around.
+
+ * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
+ --allow-secret-key-import. This is a kludge and future versions will
+ handle it in another way.
+
+ * New command "showpref" in the --edit-key menu to show an easier
+ to understand preference listing.
+
+ * There is now the notation of a primary user ID. For example, it
+ is printed with a signature verification as the first user ID;
+ revoked user IDs are not printed there anymore. In general the
+ primary user ID is the one with the latest self-signature.
+
+ * New --charset=utf-8 to bypass all internal conversions.
+
+ * Large File Support (LFS) is now working.
+
+ * New options: --ignore-crc-error, --no-sig-create-check,
+ --no-sig-cache, --fixed-list-mode, --no-expensive-trust-checks,
+ --enable-special-filenames and --use-agent. See man page.
+
+ * New command --pipemode, which can be used to run gpg as a
+ co-process. Currently only the verification of detached
+ signatures are working. See doc/DETAILS.
+
+ * Keyserver support for the W32 version.
+
+ * Rewritten key selection code so that GnuPG can better cope with
+ multiple subkeys, expire dates and so. The drawback is that it
+ is slower.
+
+ * A whole lot of bug fixes.
+
+ * The verification status of self-signatures are now cached. To
+ increase the speed of key list operations for existing keys you
+ can do the following in your GnuPG homedir (~/.gnupg):
+ cp pubring.gpg pubring.gpg.save && gpg --export-all >x && \
+ rm pubring.gpg && gpg --import x
+ Only v4 keys (i.e not the old RSA keys) benefit from this caching.
+
+ * New translations: Estonian, Turkish.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2001q2/000122.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.4 (2000-10-17)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false signature verification
+ results when more than one signature is fed to gpg. This is the
+ primary reason for releasing this version.
+
+ * New utility gpgv which is a stripped down version of gpg to
+ be used to verify signatures against a list of trusted keys.
+
+ * Rijndael (AES) is now supported and listed with top preference.
+
+ * --with-colons now works with --print-md[s].
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q4/000082.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.3 (2000-09-18)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
+
+ * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
+
+ * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
+
+ * New options --show-session-key and --override-session-key
+ to help the British folks to somewhat minimize the danger
+ of this Orwellian RIP bill.
+
+ * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
+
+ * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
+
+ * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
+
+ * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
+ soon.
+
+ * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
+ and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
+ of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
+ according to RFC2440
+
+ * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
+ this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
+ upgraded to at least 1.0.2
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000075.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)
+----------------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
+
+ * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
+
+ * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
+ by the new OpenPGP draft.
+
+ * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
+ state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
+ somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
+ cases were it is really required.
+ Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
+
+ * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
+
+ * Some fixes for the W32 version.
+
+ * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
+ by code derived from Cryptlib.
+
+ * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
+ and 8 times for 4k keys.
+
+ * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
+ faster decryption.
+
+ * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
+ the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
+ useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
+ allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
+ thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
+ create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
+ procedure to install such secret keys.
+
+ * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
+ as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
+ ignored all --keyring options.
+
+ * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
+ to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
+
+ * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
+ key generation.
+
+ * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
+ --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
+ than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
+ entirely. This option should not yet be used.
+
+ * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
+ a missing public key from a keyserver, when a keyserver has been set.
+
+ * Danish translation
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/2000q3/000069.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
+
+ * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
+
+ * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
+ packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
+
+ * Add Indonesian and Portugese translations.
+
+ * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
+ The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
+ which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
+ as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
+
+ * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
+ format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
+ it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
+ package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
+ self signatures and you can't import those keys.
+
+ * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
+ cases.
+
+ * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
+
+ * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution as it will go
+ into a separate one.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q4/000050.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
+ the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
+
+ * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000037.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
+ Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
+
+ * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
+
+ * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000036.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10 (1999-07-23)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
+
+ * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000034.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
+
+ * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
+
+ * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
+
+ * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
+ of libgcrypt.
+
+ * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
+ trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
+
+ * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
+ and sign.
+
+ * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
+ --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
+
+ * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
+
+ * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
+ the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q3/000028.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
+
+ * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
+ embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
+ the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
+ use the option --use-embedded-filename.
+
+ * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
+
+ * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
+
+ * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
+ New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
+ A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
+
+ * Better support for HPUX.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000016.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
+ when used with canonical texts in some cases.
+
+ * Enhanced some status outputs.
+
+ See-also: gnupg-announce/1999q2/000000.html
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
+ version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
+ the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
+
+ * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
+
+ * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
+
+ * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
+ possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
+ signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
+
+ * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
+
+ * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
+
+ * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
+ to select a random gathering module for static linking.
+
+ * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
+
+ * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
+ efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
+
+ * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
+
+ * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
+ Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
+
+ * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
+ a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
+ this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
+
+ * Changed the locking stuff.
+
+ * Print all user ids of a good signature.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (1999-01-01)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * add some additional time warp checks.
+
+ * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
+
+ * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
+
+ * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Polish language support.
+
+ * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
+ displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
+
+ * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
+ fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
+ which looks for trusted signatures.
+
+ * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
+ compare okay.
+
+ * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
+ better maintainable (I hope so).
+
+ * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
+ with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
+ old behaviour is available with --export-all.
+ Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
+ supported.
+
+ * Fixed the uncompress bug.
+
+ * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
+ used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
+ debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
+ is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
+
+ * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
+ prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
+ default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
+ should turn it on.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
+ other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
+ may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
+
+ * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
+ to see updated preferences etc.
+
+ * Import of subkeys should now work.
+
+ * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
+ such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
+
+ * Brazilian language support.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
+ an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
+ and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
+
+ * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
+ (Not yet tested).
+
+ * Preferences should now work again. You should run
+ "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
+
+ * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
+ of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
+ trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
+ use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
+
+ * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
+
+ * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
+ for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
+
+ * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
+ If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
+ you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
+ one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
+ the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
+ It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
+ keys etc.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
+
+ * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
+ correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
+ this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
+
+ * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
+ This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
+ that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
+ new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
+ keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
+ not (yet) supported for secret keys.
+
+ * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
+ the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
+
+ * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
+ with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
+
+ * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
+ other places too.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (1998-10-18)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
+
+ * Fixed this huge memory leak.
+
+ * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
+ New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
+ keyring into your trustdb
+
+ * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
+ (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
+ length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
+
+ * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
+ them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
+ are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
+ prime product.
+
+ * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
+ remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidentally signed
+ such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
+
+ * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
+ the valid period.
+
+ * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
+ of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
+ Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
+
+ * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
+ compatible to PGP 5.
+
+ * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
+ not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
+
+ * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
+
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
+ be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
+
+ * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
+ bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
+
+ * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
+ is able to handle them you may want to use the options
+ "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
+ when changing a passphrase.
+
+ * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
+ a few hints about the internal structure.
+
+ * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
+ it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
+
+ * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
+ code for the trustdb.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
+ needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
+ compliant.
+
+ * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
+
+ * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
+ except when --rfc1991 is used.
+
+ * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
+ in local time.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
+ If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
+ in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
+ but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
+ scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
+
+ * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
+
+ * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
+
+ * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
+
+ * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
+ trust dbs.
+
+ * Building in another directory should now work.
+
+ * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
+
+ * yes/no, y/n localized.
+
+ * Fixed some bugs.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
+ are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
+ and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
+ To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
+ 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
+ a copy of the old program.
+ 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
+ user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
+ 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.1 or 0.3.2) and set the
+ passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
+ (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
+ 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
+ 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
+ 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
+ 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
+ enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
+ change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
+ 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
+
+ * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
+ the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
+ IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.1 or .2 to save your assigned ownertrusts
+ ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
+ and restore the ownertrust with this new version
+ ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
+ --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
+ release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
+
+ * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
+ which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
+ an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
+ command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
+ you want to sign.
+
+ * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
+
+ * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
+
+ * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
+ frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
+ This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
+ by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
+
+ * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
+
+ * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
+
+ * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
+
+ * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
+ be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
+
+ * gpg now disables core dumps.
+
+ * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
+ Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
+
+ * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
+ Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
+ Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
+ "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
+
+ * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
+ prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
+
+ * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
+
+ * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
+ the previous one.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
+
+ * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
+
+ * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
+ --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
+ added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
+
+ * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
+ a key in a v4 packet is used.
+
+ * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
+
+ * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
+ the desired action.
+
+ * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
+ of the ownertrust values you assigned.
+
+ * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
+ work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
+ your passphrase.
+
+ * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
+ is set into the self signature.
+
+ * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
+ interoperable with pgp5
+
+ * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
+ remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
+ parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
+ prime number generator which we had used).
+
+ * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
+
+ * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
+
+ * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
+
+ * Moved tiger to an extension module.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
+
+ * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
+
+ * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
+ changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
+
+ * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
+ reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
+ for telling me this (not security related) bug.
+
+ * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
+
+ * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
+ valid OpenPGP keys.
+
+ * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
+ to configure to support the development of a random source for
+ other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
+ and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
+ without a random source).
+
+ * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
+ of a key were not taken from the random pool)
+
+ * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
+
+ * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
+ Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
+ raised a SIGBUS.
+
+ * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
+ \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
+
+ * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
+ messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
+ speed measurement easier.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
+
+ * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
+ silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
+
+ * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
+ used algorithms.
+
+ * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
+ encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
+ so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
+ (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
+
+ * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
+ mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
+ group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
+ drop support for this in the future. You should use
+ "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
+ bit Blowfish.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
+ If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
+ you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
+ --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
+ soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
+
+ * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
+
+ * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
+
+ * Some new test cases
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14 (1998-04-02)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
+
+ * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
+
+ * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
+
+ * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
+
+ * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
+ Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
+ some cases.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13 (1998-03-10)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Verify of DSA signatures works.
+
+ * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12 (1998-03-07)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
+ option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
+
+ * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
+ and "--check-sigs" are now working.
+
+ * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
+ into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
+
+ * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11 (1998-03-02)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
+
+ * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
+ the public keys anyway.
+
+ * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
+ when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
+ and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10 (1998-02-27)
+------------------------------------
+
+ * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
+ was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
+ was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
+ syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
+ pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
+
+ * Changed some configure options and add an option
+ --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
+ and to compile everything with optimization on.
+
+ * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
+ another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
+ Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
+
+ * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
+
+ * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9 (1998-02-26)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
+
+ * Added a simple man page.
+
+ * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8 (1998-02-24)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
+ You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
+ {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
+ and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
+
+ * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7 (1998-02-18)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
+
+ * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
+ This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
+ part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
+
+ * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
+
+ * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
+ used for internal test purposes.
+
+ * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
+ the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
+
+ * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
+
+ * "make check" works.
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6 (1998-02-13)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Option "--export" works.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5 (1998-02-12)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
+ Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
+
+ * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
+ message digests into MPIs.
+
+ * Enhanced the checkit script
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4 (1998-02-11)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
+
+ * backup copies of keyrings are created.
+
+ * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
+
+ * fixed a lot of bugs.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3 (1998-02-09)
+-----------------------------------
+
+ * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
+ fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
+ are not any more valid.
+
+ * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
+
+ * moved some options to the new program g10maint
+
+ * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
+
+ * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
+ so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
+ ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
+ to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
+ which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
+
+ * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
+
+ * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
+ It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
+ which does a cleanup in very case.
+ We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
+ that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
+
+ * started with internationalization support.
+
+ * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
+ has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
+ It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
+ you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
+ is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
+
+ * a couple of changes to the configure script.
+
+ * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
+ number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
+ are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
+ only option.
+
+ * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
+
+ * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
+ packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
+ a hash which is an invalid version byte.
+
+ * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
+ is generated on a system without a good random number generator.
+
+
+Version 0.2.2 (1998-02-09)
+Version 0.2.1 (1998-01-28)
+Version 0.2.0 (1998-01-25)
+Version 0.1.3 (1998-01-12)
+Version 0.1.2 (1998-01-07)
+Version 0.1.1 (1998-01-07)
+Version 0.1.0 (1998-01-05)
+Version 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)
+
+
+ Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-2016 Werner Koch
+
+ This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
+ unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
+ modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+ This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
+ implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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