1 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1
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4 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
5 Advanced card readers. Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
6 don't want it. Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
7 the authentication and decrypt keys.
10 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
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13 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.
16 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
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22 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
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25 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip. A keygrip is
26 indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.
28 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).
30 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
31 check whether the configuration file is sane.
34 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
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37 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
38 certificate should be trusted.
40 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.
42 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
43 signatures or keys with insane lengths.
45 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.
47 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.
50 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
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56 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
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59 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
60 without BasicContraints.
62 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack. -k is now an
63 alias for --list-keys.
65 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".
68 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
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71 * Made readline work for gpg.
73 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.
75 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.
78 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
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81 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
84 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
85 The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
86 gpg part. For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
87 still recommended. Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
88 gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.
90 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command. Thus an older gpgsm
91 may not be used with the current gpg-agent.
93 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.
95 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
98 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
99 handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".
101 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.
103 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.
105 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.
107 * A global trustlist may now be used. See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.
109 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
113 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
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116 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.
118 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
119 able to import the files.
121 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.
124 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
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127 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
128 access. Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
131 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).
133 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.
135 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.
137 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.
139 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC. This is for better
142 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.
145 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
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148 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
151 * Basic support for qualified signatures.
153 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.
156 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
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159 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
160 Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.
162 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
166 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
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169 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
170 and dnsNames in certificate request generation. A keygrip may be
171 given to create a request from an existing key.
173 * A couple of minor bug fixes.
176 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
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179 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
182 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.
184 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.
186 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed. Instead a new and
187 straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written. As of now it
188 does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
189 enhance it to match all the old capabilities.
191 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
194 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
195 SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.
198 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
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201 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
202 to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.
204 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.
206 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.
208 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
209 versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.
212 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
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215 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.
217 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
221 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
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224 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
225 fixed socket. gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
228 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.
230 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.
233 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
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236 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.
238 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.
241 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
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244 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.
246 * Removed the sc-investigate tool. It is now in a separate package
247 available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .
249 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.
252 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
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255 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
256 certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
259 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.
261 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
262 check whether a agent is already running and usable.
264 * Fixed some i18n problems.
267 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
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270 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.
272 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
273 install just the agent.
275 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.
278 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
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281 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
282 allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
285 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.
288 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
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291 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.
293 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
294 written when using the internal CCID driver.
296 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
297 detailed view of the certificates.
299 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
300 stored certificates are deleted after about a day.
302 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit. Note, that this has already
303 been ported back to gnupg-1.3
306 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
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309 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.
311 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.
313 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.
315 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
319 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
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322 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.
325 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
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328 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
329 Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
332 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
333 files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
334 A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
335 exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.
337 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
338 whom the passphrase is requested.
340 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
343 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
344 the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.
347 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
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350 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.
352 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
355 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
359 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
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362 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
363 OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
366 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
367 Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this. This does
368 not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
369 problem with the socket.
371 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
372 gpgsm as in gpg. Note, they are also used in server mode.
374 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.
377 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
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380 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
381 command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.
383 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
384 The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.
386 * All kind of other internal stuff.
389 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
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392 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
393 disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
396 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
397 internal driver. Requires current libusb from CVS.
402 Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
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405 ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======
407 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2. This is a
408 temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.
410 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
413 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands. -k is now an alias to
414 --list-keys. New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.
416 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.
418 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.
420 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.
422 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"
424 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.
426 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.
428 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
429 different environments are supported. When running in daemon mode
430 and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.
432 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
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