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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 2 |
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2002-08-19 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> + + * NEWS: Document new ways to enable MDC, and change in automatic + compression disabling. + + * configure.ac: No such thing as the "none" random gather any + longer. + 2002-08-08 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> * configure.ac: Add an --enable-tiger. @@ -1,6 +1,19 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 ------------------------------------------------- + * The use of MDCs have increased. A MDC will be used if the + recipients directly request it, if the recipients have AES, + AES192, AES256, or TWOFISH in their cipher preferences, or if + the chosen cipher has a blocksize not equal to 64 bits + (currently this is also AES, AES192, AES256, and TWOFISH). + + * GnuPG will no longer automatically disable compression when + processing an already-compressed file unless a MDC is being + used. This is to give the message a certain amount of + resistance to the chosen-ciphertext attack while communicating + with other programs (most commonly PGP earlier than version 7.x) + that do not support MDCs. + * The option --interactive has now the desired effect when importing keys. diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index bcc4a41c6..33bf4e5b8 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dnl Check for random module options dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING([which random module to use]) AC_ARG_ENABLE(static-rnd, - [ --enable-static-rnd=[egd|unix|linux|none] ], + [ --enable-static-rnd=[egd|unix|linux] ], [use_static_rnd=$enableval], [use_static_rnd=default] ) if test "$use_static_rnd" = no; then |