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-Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.5 (2015-06-11)
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+ * 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.
+
Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.4 (2015-05-12)
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* 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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.3 (2015-04-11)
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* 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.
* 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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.2 (2015-02-11)
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* 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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.1 (2014-12-16)
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* 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.
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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
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* 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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
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* 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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
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* 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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
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* [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.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
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* 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
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* First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
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* Minor bug fixes.
Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
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* 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)
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* Bug fixes.
Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* 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.
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