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authorDavid Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>2002-08-08 21:38:59 +0200
committerDavid Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>2002-08-08 21:38:59 +0200
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parent* tdbio.c (tdbio_set_dbname): Create new trustdbs with user-only (diff)
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* configure.ac: Add an --enable-tiger.
* NEWS: Clarify new permission checks.
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Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92
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+ * The file permission and ownership checks on files have been
+ clarified. Specifically, the homedir (usually ~/.gnupg) is
+ checked to protect everything within it. If the user specifies
+ keyrings outside this homedir, they are presumed to be shared
+ keyrings and therefore *not* checked. Configuration files
+ specified with the --options option and the IDEA cipher
+ extension specified with --load-extension are checked, along
+ with their enclosing directories.
+
* The default configuration file is now ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. If an
old ~/.gnupg/options is found it will still be used. This
change is required to have more consistent naming scheme with