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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Mail-Followup-To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
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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 2.0.17.
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release: Version 2.0.18.
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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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@ -25,25 +25,21 @@ versions because they are very useful for small systems and for server
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based applications requiring only OpenPGP support.
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GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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(GPL version 3). GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux or *BSD systems.
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(GPLv3+). GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux and *BSD systems but is
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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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* Allow more hash algorithms with the OpenPGP v2 card.
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* Bug fix for newer versions of Libgcrypt.
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* The gpg-agent now tests for a new gpg-agent.conf on a HUP.
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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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* Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
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* Improved dirmngr/gpgsm interaction for OCSP.
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* Fixed a bug where Scdaemon sends a signal to Gpg-agent running in
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non-daemon mode.
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* Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
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problem.
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* Minor bug fixes.
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* Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
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Getting the Software
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@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ 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 2.0.17 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
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GnuPG 2.0.18 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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@ -60,17 +56,17 @@ 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-2.0.17.tar.bz2 (3904k)
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gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2.sig
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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 source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature.
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gnupg-2.0.16-2.0.17.diff.bz2 (75k)
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gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2 (188k)
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A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.16 GnuPG source tree. This patch
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A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.17 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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Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs for GnuPG-2.
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Checking the Integrity
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@ -82,9 +78,9 @@ the following ways:
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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-2.0.17.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
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signature of the file gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
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gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2.sig
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gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.18.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-2.0.17.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
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gnupg-2.0.18.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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and check that the output matches the first line from the
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following list:
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41ef5460417ca0a1131fc730849fe3afd49ad2de gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
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ba49d5ab2659bfe6403d52df58722f439e393bbb gnupg-2.0.16-2.0.17.diff.bz2
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Internationalization
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====================
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GnuPG comes with support for 27 languages. Due to a lot of new and
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changed strings many translations are not entirely complete. Jakub
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Bogusz, Petr Pisar, Jedi and Daniel Nylander have been kind enough to
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update their translations on short notice. Thus the Chinese, Czech,
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German, Polish and Swedish translations are complete.
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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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Documentation
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=============
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We are currently working on an installation guide to explain in more
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detail how to configure the new features. As of now the chapters on
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gpg-agent and gpgsm include brief information on how to set up the
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whole thing. Please watch the GnuPG website for updates of the
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documentation. In the meantime you may search the GnuPG mailing list
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archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on how to
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solve problems. Many of the new features are around for several years
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and thus enough public knowledge is already available. KDE's KMail is
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the most prominent user of GnuPG-2. In fact it has been developed along
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with the KMail folks. Mutt users might want to use the configure
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option "--enable-gpgme" and "set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to make
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use of GnuPG-2 to enable S/MIME in addition to a reworked OpenPGP
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support.
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The gnupg.info file 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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http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/
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or in Portable Document Format at
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The manual is also available online in HTML format at
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http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/
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and in Portable Document Format at
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http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg.pdf .
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The chapters on gpg-agent, gpg and gpgsm include information on how
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to set up the whole thing. You may also want search the GnuPG mailing
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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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Support
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=======
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Improving GnuPG is costly, but you can help! We are looking for
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organizations that find GnuPG useful and wish to contribute back.
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You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software, order
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extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free
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Software movement (e.g. http://www.fsfeurope.org/help/donate.en.html).
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Commercial support contracts for GnuPG are available, and they help
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finance continued maintenance. g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf based
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company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal author, is currently
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funding GnuPG development. We are always looking for interesting
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development projects.
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The GnuPG service directory is available at:
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Please consult the archive of the gnupg-users mailing list before
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reporting a bug <http://gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html>.
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We suggest to send bug reports for a new release to this list in favor
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of filing a bug at <http://bugs.gnupg.org>. We also have a dedicated
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service directory at:
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http://www.gnupg.org/service.html
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Maintaining and improving GnuPG is costly. For more than 10 years
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now, g10 Code, a German company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal
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author Werner Koch, is bearing the majority of these costs. To help
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them carry on this work, they need your support. Please consider to
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visit the GnuPG donation page at:
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http://g10code.com/gnupg-donation.html
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Thanks
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======
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We have to thank all the people who helped with this release, be it
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testing, coding, translating, suggesting, auditing, administering the
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servers, spreading the word or answering questions on the mailing
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lists.
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lists.
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Happy Hacking,
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The GnuPG Team
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