From wk at gnupg.org Fri Dec 11 17:48:02 2009 From: wk at gnupg.org (Werner Koch) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:48:02 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Libgcrypt 1.4.5 released Message-ID: <87bpi5qwxp.fsf@vigenere.g10code.de> Hello! The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt version 1.4.5. Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building blocks. It is originally based on code used by GnuPG. It does not provide any implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols. Thorough understanding of applied cryptography is required to use Libgcrypt. Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.5: * Fixed minor memory leak in DSA key generation. * No more switching to FIPS mode if /proc/version is not readable. * Fixed a sigill during Padlock detection on old CPUs. * Fixed a hang on some W2000 machines. * Boosted SHA-512 performance by 30% on ia32 boxes and gcc 4.3; SHA-256 went up by 25%. Source code is hosted at the GnuPG FTP server and its mirrors as listed at . On the primary server the source file and its digital signature is: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.5.tar.bz2 (1121k) ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.5.tar.bz2.sig This file is bzip2 compressed. A gzip compressed version is also available: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.5.tar.gz (1386k) ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.5.tar.gz.sig Alternativley you may upgrade version 1.4.4 using this patch file: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.4-1.4.5.diff.bz2 (93k) The SHA-1 checksums are: ef7ecbd3a03a7978094366bcd1257b3654608d28 libgcrypt-1.4.5.tar.bz2 8d83a60ca55f2ea40b5d5bc99463905b7a1dcb56 libgcrypt-1.4.5.tar.gz 5307e361da5232cd771c300adddc69e57f0e366d libgcrypt-1.4.4-1.4.5.diff.bz2 For help on developing with Libgcrypt you should read the included manual and optional ask on the gcrypt-devel mailing list [1]. Note that this version is from the stable branch; the current development version is available at . Improving Libgcrypt is costly, but you can help! We are looking for organizations that find Libgcrypt useful and wish to contribute back. You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software [2], order extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free Software movement (e.g. ). Commercial support contracts for Libgcrypt are available [3], and they help finance continued maintenance. g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf based company, is currently funding Libgcrypt development. We are always looking for interesting development projects. Many thanks to all who contributed to Libgcrypt development, be it bug fixes, code, documentation, testing or helping users. Happy hacking, Werner [1] See . [2] Note that copyright assignments to the FSF are required. [3] See the service directory at . -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. From wk at gnupg.org Mon Dec 21 18:58:19 2009 From: wk at gnupg.org (Werner Koch) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:58:19 +0100 Subject: [Announce] GnuPG 2.0.14 released Message-ID: <87my1cqkec.fsf@vigenere.g10code.de> Hello! We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2 release: Version 2.0.14. The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital signatures, help authenticating using Secure Shell and to provide a framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards. GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.10) in that it splits up functionality into several modules. However, both versions may be installed alongside without any conflict. In fact, the gpg version from GnuPG-1 is able to make use of the gpg-agent as included in GnuPG-2 and allows for seamless passphrase caching. The advantage of GnuPG-1 is its smaller size and the lack of dependency on other modules at run and build time. We will keep maintaining GnuPG-1 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. What's New =========== * The default for --include-cert is now to include all certificates in the chain except for the root certificate. * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the debug-level keywords. * The GPGSM --audit-log feature is now more complete. * GPG now supports DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32. * New GPGSM option --ignore-cert-extension. * New and changed passphrases are now created with an iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work. Getting the Software ==================== Please follow the instructions found at http://www.gnupg.org/download/ or read on: GnuPG 2.0.14 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. On the FTP server and its mirrors you should find the following files in the gnupg/ directory: gnupg-2.0.14.tar.bz2 (3889k) gnupg-2.0.14.tar.bz2.sig GnuPG source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature. gnupg-2.0.13-2.0.14.diff.bz2 (42k) A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.13 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. Checking the Integrity ====================== In order to check that the version of GnuPG which you are going to install is an original and unmodified one, you can do it in one of 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-2.0.14.tar.bz2 you would use this command: gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.14.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 made by that signing key. Make sure that you have the right key, either by checking the fingerprint of that key with other sources or by checking that the key has been signed by a trustworthy other key. Note, that you can retrieve the signing key using the command finger wk ,at' g10code.com or using a keyserver like gpg --recv-key 1CE0C630 The distribution key 1CE0C630 is signed by the well known key 5B0358A2. If you get an key expired message, you should retrieve a fresh copy as the expiration date might have been prolonged. NEVER USE A GNUPG VERSION YOU JUST DOWNLOADED TO CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOURCE - USE AN EXISTING GNUPG INSTALLATION! * 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-2.0.14.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this: sha1sum gnupg-2.0.14.tar.bz2 and check that the output matches the first line from the following list: cc5e4637f37f5bc82b00c73fc094ddadb7401821 gnupg-2.0.14.tar.bz2 cad88a7f3653479df41ddb7956b9f8a0ff6f2185 gnupg-2.0.13-2.0.14.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. Jedi, Maxim Britov, Jaime Su?rez and Nilg?n Belma Bug?ner have been kind enough to go over their translations and thus the Chinese, German, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish translations are pretty much complete. 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 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 . 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: http://www.gnupg.org/service.html 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. Happy Hacking, The GnuPG Team -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP Digital Signature URL: