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Hello!
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We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2
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release: Version 2.0.18.
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release: Version 2.0.19.
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The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication
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and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital
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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key
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management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME
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standards.
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GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.11) in
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GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.12) in
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that it splits up functionality into several modules. However, both
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versions may be installed alongside without any conflict. In fact,
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the gpg version from GnuPG-1 is able to make use of the gpg-agent as
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@ -29,17 +29,24 @@ GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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also available for other Unices, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
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What's New
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===========
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What's New in 2.0.19
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====================
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* Bug fix for newer versions of Libgcrypt.
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* GPG now accepts a space separated fingerprint as a user ID. This
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allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.
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* Support the SSH confirm flag and show SSH fingerprints in ssh
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related pinentries.
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* GPG now uses the longest key ID available. Removed support for the
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original HKP keyserver which is not anymore used by any site.
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* Improved dirmngr/gpgsm interaction for OCSP.
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* Rebuild the trustdb after changing the option --min-cert-level.
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* Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
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* Ukrainian translation.
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* Honor option --cert-digest-algo when creating a cert.
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* Emit a DECRYPTION_INFO status line.
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* Improved detection of JPEG files.
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Getting the Software
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@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ Getting the Software
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Please follow the instructions found at http://www.gnupg.org/download/
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or read on:
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GnuPG 2.0.18 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
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GnuPG 2.0.19 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
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direct from ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/ . The list of mirrors
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can be found at http://www.gnupg.org/mirrors.html . Note, that GnuPG
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is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
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@ -56,14 +63,14 @@ is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
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On the FTP server and its mirrors you should find the following files
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in the gnupg/ directory:
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gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 (3922k)
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gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
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gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2 (4089k)
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gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2.sig
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GnuPG source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature.
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gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2 (188k)
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gnupg-2.0.18-2.0.19.diff.bz2 (305k)
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A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.17 GnuPG source tree. This patch
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A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.18 GnuPG source tree. This patch
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does not include updates of the language files.
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Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs for GnuPG-2.
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* If you already have a trusted version of GnuPG installed, you
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can simply check the supplied signature. For example to check the
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signature of the file gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
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signature of the file gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
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gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
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gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2.sig
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This checks whether the signature file matches the source file.
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You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and
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* If you are not able to use an old version of GnuPG, you have to verify
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the SHA-1 checksum. Assuming you downloaded the file
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gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
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gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
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sha1sum gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
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sha1sum gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2
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and check that the output matches the first line from the
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following list:
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5ec2f718760cc3121970a140aeea004b64545c46 gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2
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998cde3e4383bea771930e9f4934494fa09ed669 gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2
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190c09e6688f688fb0a5cf884d01e240d957ac1f gnupg-2.0.19.tar.bz2
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d5e5643dc5ecb4e5296f1a9500f850cfbfd0f8ff gnupg-2.0.18-2.0.19.diff.bz2
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Documentation
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=============
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The gnupg.info file has the complete user manual of the system.
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The file gnupg.info has the complete user manual of the system.
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Separate man pages are included as well; however they have not all the
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details available in the manual. It is also possible to read the
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complete manual online in HTML format at
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@ -134,12 +141,10 @@ list archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on
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how to solve problems. Many of the new features are around for
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several years and thus enough public knowledge is already available.
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Almost all mail clients support GnuPG-2. Kmail might be the most
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prominent user of all GnuPG-2 features. In fact it has been developed
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in cooperation with the Kmail folks. Mutt users may want to use the
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configure option "--enable-gpgme" during build time and put a
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"set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to enable S/MIME support along with
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the reworked OpenPGP support.
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Almost all mail clients support GnuPG-2. Mutt users may want to use
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the configure option "--enable-gpgme" during build time and put a "set
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use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to enable S/MIME support along with the
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reworked OpenPGP support.
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