1 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91
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4 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
5 without BasicContraints.
8 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
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11 * Made readline work for gpg.
13 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
15 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
18 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
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21 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
24 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
25 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
26 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
27 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
28 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
30 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
31 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
33 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
35 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
38 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
39 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
41 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
43 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
45 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
47 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
49 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
53 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
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56 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
58 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
59 able to import the files.
61 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
64 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
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67 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
68 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
71 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
73 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
75 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
77 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
79 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
82 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
85 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
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88 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
91 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
93 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
96 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
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99 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
100 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
102 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
106 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
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109 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
110 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
111 given to create a request from an existing key.
113 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
116 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
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119 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
122 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
124 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
126 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
127 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
128 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
129 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
131 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
134 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
135 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
138 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
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141 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
142 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
144 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
146 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
148 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
149 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
152 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
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155 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
157 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
161 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
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164 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
165 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
168 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
170 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
173 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
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176 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
178 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
181 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
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184 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
186 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
187 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
189 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
192 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
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195 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
196 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
199 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
201 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
202 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
204 * Fixed some i18n problems.
207 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
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210 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
212 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
213 install just the agent.
215 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
218 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
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221 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
222 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
225 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
228 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
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231 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
233 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
234 written when using the internal CCID driver.
236 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
237 detailed view of the certificates.
239 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
240 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
242 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
243 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
246 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
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249 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
251 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
253 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
255 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
259 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
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262 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
265 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
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268 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
269 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
272 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
273 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
274 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
275 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
277 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
278 whom the passphrase is requested.
280 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
283 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
284 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
287 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
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290 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
292 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
295 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
299 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
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302 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
303 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
306 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
307 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
308 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
309 problem with the socket.
311 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
312 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
314 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
317 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
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320 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
321 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
323 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
324 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
326 * All kind of other internal stuff.
329 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
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332 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
333 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
336 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
337 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
342 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
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345 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
347 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
348 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
350 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
353 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
354 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
356 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
358 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
360 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
362 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
364 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
366 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
368 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
369 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
370 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
372 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
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