Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.1.19 released

2017-03-04 Thread Werner Koch 
On Fri,  3 Mar 2017 18:28, thomas.jaro...@intra2net.com said:

> The support for multiple card readers sounds very promising.

Indeed, I do not anymore need to open the door to the server room to
change the card several times during release preparing (the commit key
and the releasing signing key are on different cards).

Caveat: You need to take to enter the right PIN for the right card.
This was the reason why the prompts have been reworked to print the
serial number of the card and the Name stored on the card.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.1.19 released

2017-03-03 Thread Thomas Jarosch 
On Wednesday, 01 March 2017 20:27:00 CET Werner Koch wrote:
> Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19
> 
>
> ..
>
>   * scd: Support for multiple card readers.
> 
>   * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.

thanks for the new release!

The support for multiple card readers sounds very promising.
I tried that setup a year ago and it was difficult to configure
two isolated scademons at the same time.

Cheers,
Thomas


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Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.1.19 released

2017-03-03 Thread Werner Koch 
On Wed,  1 Mar 2017 21:03, ankos...@gmail.com said:
> Would it be possible with the next release to build also the python-2
> & 3 bindings for Windows?

Good suggestion - we will look into it.


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Re: [Announce] GnuPG 2.1.19 released

2017-03-01 Thread ankostis 
Thank you for your efforts.
Would it be possible with the next release to build also the python-2
& 3 bindings for Windows?

Best,
  Kostis Anagnostopoulos

On 1 March 2017 at 20:27, Werner Koch  wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The GnuPG team is pleased to announce the availability of a new release
> of GnuPG: version 2.1.19.  See below for a list of new features and bug
> fixes.
>
>
> About GnuPG
> =
>
> The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a complete and free implementation
> of the OpenPGP standard which is commonly abbreviated as PGP.
>
> GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign data and communication, features a
> versatile key management system as well as access modules for public key
> directories.  GnuPG itself is a command line tool with features for easy
> integration with other applications.  A wealth of frontend applications
> and libraries making use of GnuPG are available.  As an Universal Crypto
> Engine GnuPG provides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell in addition to
> OpenPGP.
>
> There are two major flavours of GnuPG:
>
> - GnuPG 2.1 (dubbed "modern") comes with the latest features and is
>   suggested for most users.  This announcement is about this branch.
>
> - GnuPG 2.0 is an older but widely used branch which we will maintain
>   until 2017-12-31.
>
> GnuPG is Free Software (meaning that it respects your freedom). It can
> be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the GNU
> General Public License.
>
>
> Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19
> 
>
>   * gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon
> is not running.
>
>   * gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private
> key used for decryption.
>
>   * gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug.
>
>   * gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs.
>
>   * scd: Support for multiple card readers.
>
>   * scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker.  Ticker is used
> only when it is required to watch removal of device/card.
>
>   * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.
>
>   * dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4.
>
>   * dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of
> Tor.
>
>   * dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if
> the option --use-tor is also used.
>
>   * dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully.
>
>   * dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools.  The are only done
> for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable".
>
>   * dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes
> of certificates.  Load system provided certificates on startup.
> Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE"
> command.
>
>   * dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library.
>
>   * wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header.  Fix detection of
> Draft-2 mode.
>
>   * The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support.
>
>   * Many other bug fixes and new regression tests.
>
> A detailed description of the changes found in this 2.1 branch can be
> found at .
>
>
> Getting the Software
> 
>
> Please follow the instructions found at  or
> read on:
>
> GnuPG 2.1.19 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
> direct from its primary FTP server.  The list of mirrors can be found at
> .  Note that GnuPG is not
> available at ftp.gnu.org.
>
> The GnuPG source code compressed using BZIP2 and its OpenPGP signature
> are available here:
>
>  https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 (6255k)
>  https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig
> or here:
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig
>
> An installer for Windows without any graphical frontend except for a
> very minimal Pinentry tool is available here:
>
>  https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe  (3670k)
>  https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe.sig
> or here
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe.sig
>
> The source used to build the Windows installer can be found in the same
> directory with a ".tar.xz" suffix.  The Windows installer now comes with
> TOFU support, many translations, support for Tor, and limited support
> for HKPS and Web Key Directory.
>
>
> 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 version of GnuPG installed, you can simply
>verify the supplied signature.  For example to verify the signature
>of the file gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 you would use this

[Announce] GnuPG 2.1.19 released

2017-03-01 Thread Werner Koch 
Hello!

The GnuPG team is pleased to announce the availability of a new release
of GnuPG: version 2.1.19.  See below for a list of new features and bug
fixes.


About GnuPG
=

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a complete and free implementation
of the OpenPGP standard which is commonly abbreviated as PGP.

GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign data and communication, features a
versatile key management system as well as access modules for public key
directories.  GnuPG itself is a command line tool with features for easy
integration with other applications.  A wealth of frontend applications
and libraries making use of GnuPG are available.  As an Universal Crypto
Engine GnuPG provides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell in addition to
OpenPGP.

There are two major flavours of GnuPG:

- GnuPG 2.1 (dubbed "modern") comes with the latest features and is
  suggested for most users.  This announcement is about this branch.

- GnuPG 2.0 is an older but widely used branch which we will maintain
  until 2017-12-31.

GnuPG is Free Software (meaning that it respects your freedom). It can
be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19


  * gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon
is not running.

  * gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private
key used for decryption.

  * gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug.

  * gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs.

  * scd: Support for multiple card readers.

  * scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker.  Ticker is used
only when it is required to watch removal of device/card.

  * scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.

  * dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4.

  * dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of
Tor.

  * dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if
the option --use-tor is also used.

  * dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully.

  * dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools.  The are only done
for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable".

  * dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes
of certificates.  Load system provided certificates on startup.
Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE"
command.

  * dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library.

  * wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header.  Fix detection of
Draft-2 mode.

  * The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support.

  * Many other bug fixes and new regression tests.

A detailed description of the changes found in this 2.1 branch can be
found at .


Getting the Software


Please follow the instructions found at  or
read on:

GnuPG 2.1.19 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
direct from its primary FTP server.  The list of mirrors can be found at
.  Note that GnuPG is not
available at ftp.gnu.org.

The GnuPG source code compressed using BZIP2 and its OpenPGP signature
are available here:

 https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 (6255k)
 https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig
or here:
 ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 
 ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig

An installer for Windows without any graphical frontend except for a
very minimal Pinentry tool is available here:

 https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe  (3670k)
 https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe.sig
or here
 ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe
 ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.19_20170301.exe.sig

The source used to build the Windows installer can be found in the same
directory with a ".tar.xz" suffix.  The Windows installer now comes with
TOFU support, many translations, support for Tor, and limited support
for HKPS and Web Key Directory.


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 version of GnuPG installed, you can simply
   verify the supplied signature.  For example to verify the signature
   of the file gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2 you would use this command:

 gpg --verify gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2.sig gnupg-2.1.19.tar.bz2

   This checks whether the signature file matches the source file.
   You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and
   made by one or more of the release signing keys.  Make sure that
   this is a valid key, either by matching the shown fingerprint
   against a trustworthy list of valid release signing keys or by
   checking that the key