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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Mail-Followup-To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
Hello!
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2
release: Version 2.0.17.
release: Version 2.0.18.
The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication
and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital
@ -25,25 +25,21 @@ versions because they are very useful for small systems and for server
based applications requiring only OpenPGP support.
GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(GPL version 3). GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux or *BSD systems.
(GPLv3+). GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux and *BSD systems but is
also available for other Unices, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
What's New
===========
* Allow more hash algorithms with the OpenPGP v2 card.
* Bug fix for newer versions of Libgcrypt.
* The gpg-agent now tests for a new gpg-agent.conf on a HUP.
* Support the SSH confirm flag and show SSH fingerprints in ssh
related pinentries.
* Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".
* Improved dirmngr/gpgsm interaction for OCSP.
* Fixed a bug where Scdaemon sends a signal to Gpg-agent running in
non-daemon mode.
* Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
problem.
* Minor bug fixes.
* Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.
Getting the Software
@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ Getting the Software
Please follow the instructions found at http://www.gnupg.org/download/
or read on:
GnuPG 2.0.17 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
GnuPG 2.0.18 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
direct from ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/ . The list of mirrors
can be found at http://www.gnupg.org/mirrors.html . Note, that GnuPG
is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
@ -60,17 +56,17 @@ is not available at ftp.gnu.org.
On the FTP server and its mirrors you should find the following files
in the gnupg/ directory:
gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2 (3904k)
gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2.sig
gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 (3922k)
gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
GnuPG source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature.
gnupg-2.0.16-2.0.17.diff.bz2 (75k)
gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2 (188k)
A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.16 GnuPG source tree. This patch
A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.17 GnuPG source tree. This patch
does not include updates of the language files.
Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs for GnuPG-2.
Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs for GnuPG-2.
Checking the Integrity
@ -82,9 +78,9 @@ the following ways:
* If you already have a trusted version of GnuPG installed, you
can simply check the supplied signature. For example to check the
signature of the file gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
signature of the file gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2.sig
gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2.sig
This checks whether the signature file matches the source file.
You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and
@ -107,69 +103,64 @@ the following ways:
* If you are not able to use an old version of GnuPG, you have to verify
the SHA-1 checksum. Assuming you downloaded the file
gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this:
sha1sum gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
and check that the output matches the first line from the
following list:
41ef5460417ca0a1131fc730849fe3afd49ad2de gnupg-2.0.17.tar.bz2
ba49d5ab2659bfe6403d52df58722f439e393bbb gnupg-2.0.16-2.0.17.diff.bz2
Internationalization
====================
GnuPG comes with support for 27 languages. Due to a lot of new and
changed strings many translations are not entirely complete. Jakub
Bogusz, Petr Pisar, Jedi and Daniel Nylander have been kind enough to
update their translations on short notice. Thus the Chinese, Czech,
German, Polish and Swedish translations are complete.
5ec2f718760cc3121970a140aeea004b64545c46 gnupg-2.0.18.tar.bz2
998cde3e4383bea771930e9f4934494fa09ed669 gnupg-2.0.17-2.0.18.diff.bz2
Documentation
=============
We are currently working on an installation guide to explain in more
detail how to configure the new features. As of now the chapters on
gpg-agent and gpgsm include brief information on how to set up the
whole thing. Please watch the GnuPG website for updates of the
documentation. In the meantime you may search the GnuPG mailing list
archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on how to
solve problems. Many of the new features are around for several years
and thus enough public knowledge is already available. KDE's KMail is
the most prominent user of GnuPG-2. In fact it has been developed along
with the KMail folks. Mutt users might want to use the configure
option "--enable-gpgme" and "set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to make
use of GnuPG-2 to enable S/MIME in addition to a reworked OpenPGP
support.
The gnupg.info file has the complete user manual of the system.
Separate man pages are included as well; however they have not all the
details available in the manual. It is also possible to read the
complete manual online in HTML format at
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/
or in Portable Document Format at
The manual is also available online in HTML format at
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/
and in Portable Document Format at
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg.pdf .
The chapters on gpg-agent, gpg and gpgsm include information on how
to set up the whole thing. You may also want search the GnuPG mailing
list archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing lists for advise on
how to solve problems. Many of the new features are around for
several years and thus enough public knowledge is already available.
Almost all mail clients support GnuPG-2. Kmail might be the most
prominent user of all GnuPG-2 features. In fact it has been developed
in cooperation with the Kmail folks. Mutt users may want to use the
configure option "--enable-gpgme" during build time and put a
"set use_crypt_gpgme" in ~/.muttrc to enable S/MIME support along with
the reworked OpenPGP support.
Support
=======
Improving GnuPG is costly, but you can help! We are looking for
organizations that find GnuPG useful and wish to contribute back.
You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software, order
extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free
Software movement (e.g. http://www.fsfeurope.org/help/donate.en.html).
Commercial support contracts for GnuPG are available, and they help
finance continued maintenance. g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf based
company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal author, is currently
funding GnuPG development. We are always looking for interesting
development projects.
The GnuPG service directory is available at:
Please consult the archive of the gnupg-users mailing list before
reporting a bug <http://gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html>.
We suggest to send bug reports for a new release to this list in favor
of filing a bug at <http://bugs.gnupg.org>. We also have a dedicated
service directory at:
http://www.gnupg.org/service.html
Maintaining and improving GnuPG is costly. For more than 10 years
now, g10 Code, a German company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal
author Werner Koch, is bearing the majority of these costs. To help
them carry on this work, they need your support. Please consider to
visit the GnuPG donation page at:
http://g10code.com/gnupg-donation.html
Thanks
======
@ -177,10 +168,9 @@ Thanks
We have to thank all the people who helped with this release, be it
testing, coding, translating, suggesting, auditing, administering the
servers, spreading the word or answering questions on the mailing
lists.
lists.
Happy Hacking,
The GnuPG Team