Hello!
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new stable GnuPG-2
release: Version 2.0.5.This is maintenance release with a few bug fixes and support for building for W32 platforms. 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. 1.4.7) 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). GnuPG-2 works best on GNU/Linux or *BSD systems. What's New =========== * Switched license to GPLv3. * Basic support for Windows. Run "./autogen.sh --build-w32" to build it. As usual the mingw cross compiling toolchain is required. * Fixed bug when using the --p12-charset without --armor. * The command --gen-key may now be used instead of the gpgsm-gencert.sh script. * Changed key generation to reveal less information about the machine. Bug fixes for gpg2's card key generation. Note that we plan to released GnuPG 1.4.8 within the next few weeks. Getting the Software ==================== Please follow the instructions found at http://www.gnupg.org/download/ or read on: GnuPG 2.0.5 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 ist mirrors you should find the following files in the gnupg/ directory: gnupg-2.0.5.tar.bz2 (3432k) gnupg-2.0.5.tar.bz2.sig GnuPG source compressed using BZIP2 and OpenPGP signature. gnupg-2.0.4-2.0.5.diff.bz2 (251k) A patch file to upgrade a 2.0.4 GnuPG source tree. This patch does not include updates of the language files. Note, that we don't distribute gzip compressed tarballs. 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-2.0.5.tar.bz2 you would use this command: gpg --verify gnupg-2.0.5.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-2.0.5.tar.bz2, you would run the sha1sum command like this: sha1sum gnupg-2.0.5.tar.bz2 and check that the output matches the first line from the following list: 9435e7fabe525ce943a5818008d412ecad244018 gnupg-2.0.5.tar.bz2 e9ff3b74aaa23e6a8503f7b910e44c0c34eead3b gnupg-2.0.4-2.0.5.diff.bz2 Internationalization ==================== GnuPG comes with support for 27 languages. Due to a lot of new and changed strings most translations are not entirely complete. The Swedish, Turkish, German and Russian translations are close to be 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. 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 as an PDF at http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg.pdf . For questions on how to build for W32 you are best advised to ask on the gnupg-devel mailing list. 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, or by donating money. 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 (David, Marcus, Werner and all other contributors)
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