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2 GnuPG now needs libgcrypt - you will find it at the same place
3 where you got GnuPG.
5 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.2
6 -----------------------------------
8 --> THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION; see README and README-alpha <--
10 * Add Rijndael (AES) support.
12 * Removed gdbm support.
14 * Fixed problems with piping to/from other MS-Windows software
16 * Expiration time of the primary key can be changed again.
18 * Revoked user IDs are now marked in the output of --list-key
20 * New options --merge-only and --try-all-secrets.
22 * New configuration option --with-egd-socket.
24 * The --trusted-key option is back after it left us with 0.9.5
26 * RSA is supported. Key generation does not yet work but will come
27 soon.
29 * CAST5 and SHA-1 are now the default algorithms to protect the key
30 and for symmetric-only encryption. This should solve a couple
31 of compatibility problems because the old algorithms are optional
32 according to RFC2440
34 * Twofish and MDC enhanced encryption is now used. PGP 7 supports
35 this. Older versions of GnuPG don't support it, so they should be
36 upgraded to at least 1.0.2
39 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.1
40 -----------------------------------
42 * Add gpg-agent.
44 * Removed option --emulate-checksum-bug
46 * Fixed expiration handling of encryption keys.
48 * Add an experimental feature to do unattended key generation.
50 * The user is now asked for the reason of revocation as required
51 by the new OpenPGP draft.
53 * There is a ~/.gnupg/random_seed file now which saves the
54 state of the internal RNG and increases system performance
55 somewhat. This way the full entropy source is only used in
56 cases were it is really required.
57 Use the option --no-random-seed-file to disable this feature.
59 * New options --ignore-time-conflict and --lock-never.
61 * Some fixes for the W32 version.
63 * The entropy.dll is not anymore used by the W32 version but replaced
64 by code derived from Cryptlib.
66 * Encryption is now much faster: About 2 times for 1k bit keys
67 and 8 times for 4k keys.
69 * New encryption keys are generated in a way which allows a much
70 faster decryption.
72 * New command --export-secret-subkeys which outputs the
73 the _primary_ key with it's secret parts deleted. This is
74 useful for automated decryption/signature creation as it
75 allows to keep the real secret primary key offline and
76 thereby protecting the key certificates and allowing to
77 create revocations for the subkeys. See the FAQ for a
78 procedure to install such secret keys.
80 * Keygeneration now writes to the first writeable keyring or
81 as default to the one in the homedirectory. Prior versions
82 ignored all --keyring options.
84 * New option --command-fd to take user input from a file descriptor;
85 to be used with --status-fd by software which uses GnuPG as a backend.
87 * There is a new status PROGRESS which is used to show progress during
88 key generation.
90 * Support for the new MDC encryption packets. To create them either
91 --force-mdc must be use or cipher algorithm with a blocksize other
92 than 64 bits is to be used. --openpgp currently disables MDC packets
93 entirely. This option should not yet be used.
95 * New option --no-auto-key-retrieve to disable retrieving of
96 a missing public key from a keyerver, when a keyerver has been set.
98 * New command --verify-files. New option --fast-list-mode.
100 * $http_proxy is now used when --honor-http-proxy is set.
102 * Fixed some minor bugs and the problem with conventional encrypted
103 packets which did use the gpg v3 partial length headers.
105 * Some more translations.
107 * Fixed a bug with symmetric-only encryption using the non-default 3DES.
108 The option --emulate-3des-s2k-bug may be used to decrypt documents
109 which have been encrypted this way; this should be done immediately
110 as this workaround will be remove in 1.1
112 * Can now handle (but not display) PGP's photo IDs. I don't know the
113 format of that packet but after stripping a few bytes from the start
114 it looks like a JPEG (at least my test data). Handling of this
115 package is required because otherwise it would mix up the
116 self signatures and you can't import those keys.
118 * Passing non-ascii user IDs on the commandline should now work in all
119 cases.
121 * New keys are now generated with an additional preference to Blowfish.
123 * Removed the GNU Privacy Handbook from the distribution because it
124 is now in the package GPH.
127 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.0 (1999-10-26)
128 -----------------------------------
130 * Did a couple of changes for this new development series.
131 This release basically works on my machine but may have
132 serious problems.
135 Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)
136 -----------------------------------
138 * Add a very preliminary version of the GNU Privacy Handbook to
139 the distribution (lynx doc/gph/index.html).
141 * Changed the version number to GnuPG 2001 ;-)
144 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.11
145 ------------------------------------
147 * UTF-8 strings are now correctly printed (if --charset is set correctly).
148 Output of --with-colons remains C-style escaped UTF-8.
150 * Workaround for a problem with PGP 5 detached signature in textmode.
152 * Fixed a problem when importing new subkeys (duplicated signatures).
154 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.10
155 ------------------------------------
157 * Some strange new options to help pgpgpg
159 * Cleaned up the dox a bit.
162 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.9
163 -----------------------------------
165 * New options --[no-]utf8-strings.
167 * New edit-menu commands "enable" and "disable" for entire keys.
169 * You will be asked for a filename if gpg cannot deduce one.
171 * Changes to support libtool which is needed for the development
172 of libgcrypt.
174 * New script tools/lspgpot to help transferring assigned
175 trustvalues from PGP to GnuPG.
177 * New commands --lsign-key and made --sign-key a shortcut for --edit
178 and sign.
180 * New options (#122--126 ;-) --[no-]default-recipient[-self],
181 --disable-{cipher,pubkey}-algo. See the man page.
183 * Enhanced info output in case of multiple recipients and fixed exit code.
185 * New option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to work around a problem with
186 the German IN way of separating signing and encryption keys.
189 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.8
190 -----------------------------------
192 * New subcommand "delsig" in the edit menu.
194 * The name of the output file is not anymore the one which is
195 embedded in the processed message, but the used filename with
196 the extension stripped. To revert to the old behaviour you can
197 use the option --use-embedded-filename.
199 * Another hack to cope with pgp2 generated detached signatures.
201 * latin-2 character set works (--charset=iso-8859-2).
203 * New option --with-key-data to list the public key parameters.
204 New option -N to insert notations and a --set-policy-url.
205 A couple of other options to allow reseting of options.
207 * Better support for HPUX.
210 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7
211 -----------------------------------
213 * Add some work arounds for a bugs in pgp 2 which led to bad signatures
214 when used with canonical texts in some cases.
216 * Enhanced some status outputs.
218 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6
219 -----------------------------------
221 * Twofish is now statically linked by default. The experimental 128 bit
222 version is now disabled. Full support will be available as soon as
223 the OpenPGP WG has decided on an interpretation of rfc2440.
225 * Dropped support for the ancient Blowfish160 which is not OpenPGP.
227 * Merged gpgm and gpg into one binary.
229 * Add "revsig" and "revkey" commands to the edit menu. It is now
230 possible to revoke signature and subkeys.
233 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5
234 -----------------------------------
236 * New command "lsign" in the keyedit menu to create non-exportable
237 signatures. Removed --trusted-keys option.
239 * A bunch of changes to the key validation code.
241 * --list-trust-path now has an optional --with-colons format.
243 * New command --recv-keys to import keys from an keyserver.
246 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4
247 -----------------------------------
249 * New configure option --enable-static-rnd=[egd|linux|unix|none]
250 to select a random gathering module for static linking.
252 * The original text is now verbatim copied to a cleartext signed message.
254 * Bugfixes but there are still a couple of bugs.
257 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3
258 -----------------------------------
260 * Changed the internal design of getkey which now allows a
261 efficient lookup of multiple keys and add a word match mode.
263 * New options --[no-]encrypt-to.
265 * Some changes to the configure stuff. Switched to automake 1.4.
266 Removed intl/ from CVS, autogen.sh now uses gettextize.
268 * Preferences now include Twofish. Removed preference to Blowfish with
269 a special hack to suppress the "not listed in preferences" warning;
270 this is to allow us to switch completely to Twofish in the near future.
272 * Changed the locking stuff.
274 * Print all user ids of a good signature.
277 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2
278 -----------------------------------
280 * add some additional time warp checks.
282 * Option --keyserver and command --send-keys to utilize HKP servers.
284 * Upgraded to zlib 1.1.3 and fixed an inflate bug
286 * More cleanup on the cleartext signatures.
289 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1
290 -----------------------------------
292 * Polish language support.
294 * When querying the passphrase, the key ID of the primary key is
295 displayed along with the one of the used secondary key.
297 * Fixed a bug occurring when decrypting pgp 5 encrypted messages,
298 fixed an infinite loop bug in the 3DES code and in the code
299 which looks for trusted signatures.
301 * Fixed a bug in the mpi library which caused signatures not to
302 compare okay.
304 * Rewrote the handling of cleartext signatures; the code is now
305 better maintainable (I hope so).
307 * New status output VALIDSIG only for valid signatures together
308 with the fingerprint of the signer's key.
311 Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0
312 -----------------------------------
314 * --export does now only exports rfc2440 compatible keys; the
315 old behaviour is available with --export-all.
316 Generation of v3 ElGamal (sign and encrypt) keys is not longer
317 supported.
319 * Fixed the uncompress bug.
321 * Rewrote the rndunix module. There are two environment variables
322 used for debugging now: GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBG give the file to write
323 debugging information (use "-" for stdout) and if GNUPG_RNDUNIX_DBGALL
324 is set, all programs which are only tried are also printed.
326 * New option --escape-from-lines to "dash-escape" "From " lines to
327 prevent mailers to change them to ">From ". This is not enabled by
328 default because it is not in compliance with rfc2440 - however, you
329 should turn it on.
332 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.5
333 -----------------------------------
335 * The keyrings and the trustdb is now locked, so that
336 other GnuPG processes won't damage these files. You
337 may want to put the option --lock-once into your options file.
339 * The latest self-signatures are now used; this enables --import
340 to see updated preferences etc.
342 * Import of subkeys should now work.
344 * Random gathering modules may now be loaded as extensions. Add
345 such a module for most Unices but it is very experimental!
347 * Brazilian language support.
350 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.4
351 -----------------------------------
353 * Fixed the way the key expiration time is stored. If you have
354 an expiration time on your key you should fix it with --edit-key
355 and the command "expire". I apologize for this inconvenience.
357 * Add option --charset to support "koi8-r" encoding of user ids.
358 (Not yet tested).
360 * Preferences should now work again. You should run
361 "gpgm --check-trustdb \*" to rebuild all preferences.
363 * Checking of certificates should now work but this needs a lot
364 of testing. Key validation values are now cached in the
365 trustdb; they should be recalculated as needed, but you may
366 use --check-trustdb or --update-trustdb to do this.
368 * Spanish translation by Urko Lusa.
370 * Patch files are from now on signed. See the man page
371 for the new option --not-dash-escaped.
373 * New syntax: --edit-key <userID> [<commands>]
374 If you run it without --batch the commands are executed and then
375 you are put into normal mode unless you use "quit" or "save" as
376 one of the commands. When in batch mode, the program quits after
377 the last command, so you have to use "save" if you did some changes.
378 It does not yet work completely, but may be used to list so the
379 keys etc.
382 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.3
383 -----------------------------------
385 * Fixed the gettext configure bug.
387 * Kludge for RSA keys: keyid and length of a RSA key are
388 correctly reported, but you get an error if you try to use
389 this key (If you do not have the non-US version).
391 * Experimental support for keyrings stored in a GDBM database.
392 This is *much* faster than a standard keyring. You will notice
393 that the import gets slower with time; the reason is that all
394 new keys are used to verify signatures of previous inserted
395 keys. Use "--keyring gnupg-gdbm:<name-of-gdbm-file>". This is
396 not (yet) supported for secret keys.
398 * A Russian language file in the distribution (alternatives are in
399 the contrib directory of the FTP servers)
401 * commandline option processing now works as expected for GNU programs
402 with the exception that you can't mix options and normal arguments.
404 * Now --list-key lists all matching keys. This is needed in some
405 other places too.
408 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2
409 -----------------------------------
411 * This is only a snapshot: There are still a few bugs.
413 * Fixed this huge memory leak.
415 * Redesigned the trust database: You should run "gpgm --check-trustdb".
416 New command --update-trustdb, which adds new key from the public
417 keyring into your trustdb
419 * Fixed a bug in the armor code, leading to invalid packet errors.
420 (a workaround for this was to use --no-armor). The shorten line
421 length (64 instead of 72) fixes a problem with pgp5 and keyservers.
423 * comment packets are not anymore generated. "--export" filters
424 them out. One Exception: The comment packets in a secret keyring
425 are still used because they carry the factorization of the public
426 prime product.
428 * --import now only looks for KEYBLOCK headers, so you can now simply
429 remove the "- " in front of such a header if someone accidently signed
430 such a message or the keyblock is part of a cleartext signed message.
432 * --with-colons now lists the key expiration time and not anymore
433 the valid period.
435 * Some keyblocks created with old releases have a wrong sequence
436 of packets, so that the keyservers don't accept these keys.
437 Simply using "--edit-key" fixes the problem.
439 * New option --force-v3-sigs to generate signed messages which are
440 compatible to PGP 5.
442 * Add some code to support DLD (for non ELF systems) - but this is
443 not tested because my BSD box is currently broken.
445 * New command "expire" in the edit-key menu.
449 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1
450 -----------------------------------
451 * A secondary key is used when the primary key is specified but cannot
452 be used for the operation (if it is a sign-only key).
454 * GNUPG can now handle concatenated armored messages: There is still a
455 bug if different kinds of messages are mixed.
457 * Iterated+Salted passphrases now work. If want to be sure that PGP5
458 is able to handle them you may want to use the options
459 "--s2k-mode 3 --s2k-cipher-algo cast5 --s2k-digest-algo sha1"
460 when changing a passphrase.
462 * doc/OpenPGP talks about OpenPGP compliance, doc/HACKING gives
463 a few hints about the internal structure.
465 * Checked gnupg against the August 1998 draft (07) and I believe
466 it is in compliance with this document (except for one point).
468 * Fixed some bugs in the import merging code and rewrote some
469 code for the trustdb.
472 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.0
473 -----------------------------------
474 * Triple DES is now supported. Michael Roth did this piece of
475 needed work. We have now all the coded needed to be OpenPGP
476 compliant.
478 * Added a simple rpm spec file (see INSTALL).
480 * detached and armored signatures are now using "PGP SIGNATURE",
481 except when --rfc1991 is used.
483 * All times which are not in the yyyy-mm-dd format are now printed
484 in local time.
487 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.5
488 -----------------------------------
489 * New option --throw-keyid to create anonymous enciphered messages.
490 If gpg detects such a message it tires all available secret keys
491 in turn so decode it. This is a gnupg extension and not in OpenPGP
492 but it has been discussed there and afaik some products use this
493 scheme too (Suggested by Nimrod Zimmerman).
495 * Fixed a bug with 5 byte length headers.
497 * --delete-[secret-]key is now also available in gpgm.
499 * cleartext signatures are not anymore converted to LF only.
501 * Fixed a trustdb problem. Run "gpgm --check-trustdb" to fix old
502 trust dbs.
504 * Building in another directory should now work.
506 * Weak key detection mechanism (Niklas Hernaeus).
509 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.4
510 -----------------------------------
511 * New options --comment and --set-filename; see g10/OPTIONS
513 * yes/no, y/n localized.
515 * Fixed some bugs.
517 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.3
518 -----------------------------------
519 * IMPORTANT: I found yet another bug in the way the secret keys
520 are encrypted - I did it the way pgp 2.x did it, but OpenPGP
521 and pgp 5.x specify another (in some aspects simpler) method.
522 To convert your secret keys you have to do this:
523 1. Build the new release but don't install it and keep
524 a copy of the old program.
525 2. Disable the network, make sure that you are the only
526 user, be sure that there are no Trojan horses etc ....
527 3. Use your old gpg (version 0.3.[12]) and set the
528 passphrases of ALL your secret keys to empty!
529 (gpg --change-passphrase your-user-id).
530 4. Save your ownertrusts (see the next point)
531 5. rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
532 6. install the new version of gpg (0.3.3)
533 7. For every secret key call "gpg --edit-key your-user-id",
534 enter "passwd" at the prompt, follow the instructions and
535 change your password back, enter "save" to store it.
536 8. Restore the ownertrust (see next point).
538 * The format of the trust database has changed; you must delete
539 the old one, so gnupg can create a new one.
540 IMPORTANT: Use version 0.3.[12] to save your assigned ownertrusts
541 ("gpgm --list-ownertrust >saved-trust"); then build this new version
542 and restore the ownertrust with this new version
543 ("gpgm --import-ownertrust saved-trust"). Please note that
544 --list-ownertrust has been renamed to --export-ownertrust in this
545 release and it does now only export defined ownertrusts.
547 * The command --edit-key now provides a commandline driven menu
548 which can be used for various tasks. --sign-key is only an
549 an alias to --edit-key and maybe removed in future: use the
550 command "sign" of this new menu - you can select which user ids
551 you want to sign.
553 * Alternate user ids can now be created an signed.
555 * Owner trust values can now be changed with --edit-key (trust)
557 * GNUPG can now run as a coprocess; this enables sophisticated
558 frontends. tools/shmtest.c is a simple sample implementation.
559 This needs some more work: all tty_xxx() are to be replaced
560 by cpr_xxx() and some changes in the display logics is needed.
562 * Removed options --gen-prime and --gen-random.
564 * Removed option --add-key; use --edit-key instead.
566 * Removed option --change-passphrase; use --edit-key instead.
568 * Signatures are now checked even if the output file could not
569 be created. Command "--verify" tries to find the detached data.
571 * gpg now disables core dumps.
573 * compress and symmetric cipher preferences are now used.
574 Because there is no 3DES yet, this is replaced by Blowfish.
576 * We have added the Twofish as an experimental cipher algorithm.
577 Many thanks to Matthew Skala for doing this work.
578 Twofish is the AES submission from Schneier et al.; see
579 "www.counterpane.com/twofish.html" for more information.
581 * Started with a help system: If you enter a question mark at some
582 prompt; you should get a specific help for this prompt.
584 * There is no more backup copy of the secret keyring.
586 * A lot of new bugs. I think this release is not as stable as
587 the previous one.
590 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.2
591 -----------------------------------
592 * Fixed some bugs when using --textmode (-seat)
594 * Now displays the trust status of a positive verified message.
596 * Keyrings are now scanned in the sequence they are added with
597 --[secret-]keyring. Note that the default keyring is implicitly
598 added as the very first one unless --no-default-keyring is used.
600 * Fixed setuid and dlopen bug.
602 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.1
603 -----------------------------------
604 * Partial headers are now written in the OpenPGP format if
605 a key in a v4 packet is used.
607 * Removed some unused options, removed the gnupg.sig stuff.
609 * Key lookup by name now returns a key which can be used for
610 the desired action.
612 * New options --list-ownertrust (gpgm) to make a backup copy
613 of the ownertrust values you assigned.
615 * clear signature headers are now in compliance with OpenPGP.
617 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.0
618 -----------------------------------
620 * New option --emulate-checksum-bug. If your passphrase does not
621 work anymore, use this option and --change-passphrase to rewrite
622 your passphrase.
624 * More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time
625 is set into the self signature.
627 * Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are
628 interoperable with pgp5
630 * DSA key generation is faster and key generation does not anymore
631 remove entropy from the random generator (the primes are public
632 parameters, so there is really no need for a cryptographic secure
633 prime number generator which we had used).
635 * A complete new structure for representing the key parameters.
637 * Removed most public key knowledge into the cipher library.
639 * Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
641 * Moved tiger to an extension module.
644 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.19
645 ------------------------------------
647 * Replaced /dev/urandom in checks with new tool mk-tdata.
649 * Some assembler file cleanups; some more functions for the Alpha.
651 * Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has
652 changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
654 * gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the
655 reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions. Thanks to Tom
656 for telling me this (not security related) bug.
658 * --add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
660 * It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create
661 valid OpenPGP keys.
663 * Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
666 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.18
667 ------------------------------------
669 * Splitted cipher/random.c, add new option "--disable-dev-random"
670 to configure to support the development of a random source for
671 other systems. Prepared sourcefiles rand-unix.c, rand-w32.c
672 and rand-dummy.c (which is used to allow compilation on systems
673 without a random source).
675 * Fixed a small bug in the key generation (it was possible that 48 bits
676 of a key were not taken from the random pool)
678 * Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
680 * Add a function trap_unaligned(), so that a SIGBUS is issued on
681 Alphas and not the slow emulation code is used. And success: rmd160
682 raised a SIGBUS.
684 * Enhanced the formatting facility of argparse and changed the use of
685 \r,\v to @ because gettext does not like it.
687 * New option "--compress-algo 1" to allow the creation of compressed
688 messages which are readable by PGP and "--print-md" (gpgm) to make
689 speed measurement easier.
692 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.17
693 ------------------------------------
695 * Comment packets are now of private type 61.
697 * Passphrase code still used a 160 bit blowfish key, added a
698 silly workaround. Please change your passphrase again - sorry.
700 * Conventional encryption now uses a type 3 packet to describe the
701 used algorithms.
703 * The new algorithm number for Blowfish is 20, 16 is still used for
704 encryption only; for signing it is only used when it is in a v3 packet,
705 so that GNUPG keys are still valid.
708 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.16
709 ------------------------------------
711 * Add experimental support for the TIGER/192 message digest algorithm.
712 (But there is only a dummy ASN OID).
714 * Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB
715 mode. I renamed the old cipher to Blowfish160. Because the OpenPGP
716 group refused to assign me a number for Blowfish160, I have to
717 drop support for this in the future. You should use
718 "--change-passphrase" to recode your current passphrase with 128
719 bit Blowfish.
722 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.15
723 ------------------------------------
725 * Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
726 If you run the program without --batch, a warning does inform
727 you if your secret key needs to be converted; simply use
728 --change-passphrase to recalculate the checksum. Please do this
729 soon, as the compatible mode will be removed sometime in the future.
731 * CAST5 works (using the PGP's special CFB mode).
733 * Again somewhat more PGP 5 compatible.
735 * Some new test cases
737 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.14
738 ------------------------------------
740 * Changed the internal handling of keyrings.
742 * Add support to list PGP 5 keyrings with subkeys
744 * Timestamps of signatures are now verified.
746 * A expiration time can now be specified during key generation.
748 * Some speedups for Blowfish and SHA-1, rewrote SHA-1 transform.
749 Reduced the amount of random bytes needed for key generation in
750 some cases.
753 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.13
754 ------------------------------------
756 * Verify of DSA signatures works.
758 * Re-implemented the slower random number generator.
761 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.12
762 ------------------------------------
764 * --delete-key checks that there is no secret key. The new
765 option --delete-secret-key maybe used to delete a secret key.
767 * "-kv" now works as expected. Options "--list-{keys,sigs]"
768 and "--check-sigs" are now working.
770 * New options "--verify" and "--decrypt" to better support integration
771 into MUAs (partly done for Mutt).
773 * New option "--with-colons" to make parsing of key lists easier.
775 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.11
776 ------------------------------------
778 * GPG now asks for a recipient's name if option "-r" is not used.
780 * If there is no good trust path, the program asks whether to use
781 the public keys anyway.
783 * "--delete-key" works for public keys. What semantics shall I use
784 when there is a secret key too? Delete the secret key or leave him
785 and auto-regenerate the public key, next time the secret key is used?
787 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.10
788 ------------------------------------
790 * Code for the alpha is much faster (about 20 times); the data
791 was misaligned and the kernel traps this, so nearly all time
792 was used by system to trap the misalignments and to write
793 syslog messages. Shame on me and thanks to Ralph for
794 pointing me at this while drinking some beer yesterday.
796 * Changed some configure options and add an option
797 --disable-m-guard to remove the memory checking code
798 and to compile everything with optimization on.
800 * New environment variable GNUPGHOME, which can be used to set
801 another homedir than ~/.gnupg. Changed default homedir for
802 Windoze version to c:/gnupg.
804 * Fixed detached signatures; detached PGP signatures caused a SEGV.
806 * The Windoze version works (as usual w/o a strong RNG).
809 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.9
810 -----------------------------------
812 * Fixed FreeBSD bug.
814 * Added a simple man page.
816 * Switched to automake1.2f and a newer gettext.
818 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.8
819 -----------------------------------
821 * Changed the name to GNUPG, the binaries are called gpg and gpgm.
822 You must rename rename the directory "~/.g10" to ~/.gnupg/, rename
823 {pub,sec}ring.g10 to {pub,sec}ring.gpg, trustdb.g10 to trustdb.gpg
824 and g10.sig to gnupg.sig.
826 * New or changed passphrases are now salted.
829 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.7
830 -----------------------------------
832 * New command "gen-revoke" to create a key revocation certificate.
834 * New option "homedir" to set the homedir (which defaults to "~/.g10").
835 This directory is created if it does not exists (only the last
836 part of the name and not the complete hierarchy)
838 * Command "import" works. (Try: "finger gcrypt@ftp.guug.de|g10 --import")
840 * New commands "dearmor/enarmor" for g10maint. These are mainly
841 used for internal test purposes.
843 * Option --version now conforming to the GNU standards and lists
844 the available ciphers, message digests and public key algorithms.
846 * Assembler code for m68k (not tested).
848 * "make check" works.
850 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.6
851 -----------------------------------
853 * Option "--export" works.
856 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.5
857 -----------------------------------
859 * Added zlib for systems which don't have it.
860 Use "./configure --with-zlib" to link with the static version.
862 * Generalized some more functions and rewrote the encoding of
863 message digests into MPIs.
865 * Enhanced the checkit script
868 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.4
869 -----------------------------------
871 * nearly doubled the speed of the ElGamal signature verification.
873 * backup copies of keyrings are created.
875 * assembler stuff for Pentium; gives about 15% better performance.
877 * fixed a lot of bugs.
880 Noteworthy changes in version 0.2.3
881 -----------------------------------
883 * Found a bug in the calculation of ELG fingerprints. This is now
884 fixed, but all existing fingerprints and keyids for ELG keys
885 are not any more valid.
887 * armor should now work; including clear signed text.
889 * moved some options to the new program g10maint
891 * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
893 * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
894 so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
895 ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
896 to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
897 which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
899 * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
901 * We have secure memory on systems which support mlock().
902 It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler
903 which does a cleanup in very case.
904 We should also check the ulimit for the user in the case
905 that the admin does not have set a limit on locked pages.
907 * started with internationalization support.
909 * The logic to handle the web of trust is now implemented. It is
910 has some bugs; but I'm going to change the algorithm anyway.
911 It works by calculating the trustlevel on the fly. It may ask
912 you to provide trust parameters if the calculated trust probability
913 is too low. I will write a paper which discusses this new approach.
915 * a couple of changes to the configure script.
917 * New option "--quick-random" which uses a much quicker random
918 number generator. Keys generated while this option is in effect
919 are flags with "INSECURE!" in the user-id. This is a development
920 only option.
922 * Read support for new version packets (OpenPGP).
924 * Comment packets are now of correct OpenPGP type 16. Old comment
925 packets written by G10 are detected because they always start with
926 a hash which is an invalid version byte.
928 * The string "(INSECURE!)" is appended to a new user-id if this
929 is generated on a system without a good random number generator.