1 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
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4 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
5 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
7 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
11 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
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14 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
15 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
16 given to create a request from an existing key.
18 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
21 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
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24 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
27 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
29 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
31 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
32 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
33 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
34 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
36 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
39 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
40 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
43 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
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46 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
47 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
49 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
51 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
53 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
54 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
57 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
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60 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
62 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
66 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
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69 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
70 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
73 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
75 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
78 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
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81 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
83 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
86 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
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89 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
91 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
92 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
94 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
97 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
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100 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
101 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
104 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
106 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
107 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
109 * Fixed some i18n problems.
112 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
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115 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
117 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
118 install just the agent.
120 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
123 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
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126 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
127 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
130 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
133 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
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136 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
138 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
139 written when using the internal CCID driver.
141 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
142 detailed view of the certificates.
144 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
145 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
147 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
148 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
151 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
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154 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
156 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
158 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
160 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
164 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
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167 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
170 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
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173 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
174 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
177 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
178 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
179 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
180 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
182 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
183 whom the passphrase is requested.
185 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
188 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
189 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
192 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
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195 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
197 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
200 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
204 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
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207 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
208 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
211 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
212 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
213 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
214 problem with the socket.
216 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
217 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
219 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
222 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
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225 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
226 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
228 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
229 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
231 * All kind of other internal stuff.
234 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
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237 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
238 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
241 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
242 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
247 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
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250 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
252 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
253 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
255 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
258 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
259 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
261 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
263 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
265 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
267 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
269 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
271 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
273 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
274 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
275 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
277 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
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