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Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0 (2014-11-06)
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 This release introduces a lot of changes.  Most of them are internal
 and thus not user visible.  However, some long standing behavior has
 slightly changed and it is strongly suggested that an existing
 "~/.gnupg" directory is backed up before this version is used.

 A verbose description of the major new features and changes can be
 found in the file doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt.

 * gpg: All support for v3 (PGP 2) keys has been dropped.  All
   signatures are now created as v4 signatures.  v3 keys will be
   removed from the keyring.

 * gpg: With pinentry-0.9.0 the passphrase "enter again" prompt shows
   up in the same window as the "new passphrase" prompt.

 * gpg: Allow importing keys with duplicated long key ids.

 * dirmngr: May now be build without support for LDAP.

 * For a complete list of changes see the lists of changes for the
   2.1.0 beta versions below.  Note that all relevant fixes from
   versions 2.0.14 to 2.0.26 are also applied to this version.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta864 (2014-10-03)]

 * gpg: Removed the GPG_AGENT_INFO related code.  GnuPG does now
   always use a fixed socket name in its home directory.

 * gpg: Renamed --gen-key to --full-gen-key and re-added a --gen-key
   command with less choices.

 * gpg: Use SHA-256 for all signature types also on RSA keys.

 * gpg: Default keyring is now created with a .kbx suffix.

 * gpg: Add a shortcut to the key capabilies menu (e.g. "=e" sets the
   encryption capabilities).

 * gpg: Fixed obsolete options parsing.

 * Further improvements for the alternative speedo build system.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta834 (2014-09-18)]

 * gpg: Improved passphrase caching.

 * gpg: Switched to algorithm number 22 for EdDSA.

 * gpg: Removed CAST5 from the default preferences.

 * gpg: Order SHA-1 last in the hash preferences.

 * gpg: Changed default cipher for --symmetric to AES-128.

 * gpg: Fixed export of ECC keys and import of EdDSA keys.

 * dirmngr: Fixed the KS_FETCH command.

 * The speedo build system now downloads related packages and works
   for non-Windows platforms.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta783 (2014-08-14)]

 * gpg: Add command --quick-gen-key.

 * gpg: Make --quick-sign-key promote local key signatures.

 * gpg: Added "show-usage" sub-option to --list-options.

 * gpg: Screen keyserver responses to avoid importing unwanted keys
   from rogue servers.

 * gpg: Removed the option --pgp2 and --rfc1991 and the ability to
   create PGP-2 compatible messages.

 * gpg: Removed options --compress-keys and --compress-sigs.

 * gpg: Cap attribute packets at 16MB.

 * gpg: Improved output of --list-packets.

 * gpg: Make with-colons output of --search-keys work again.

 * gpgsm: Auto-create the ".gnupg" directory like gpg does.

 * agent: Fold new passphrase warning prompts into one.

 * scdaemon: Add support for the Smartcard-HSM card.

 * scdaemon: Remove the use of the pcsc-wrapper.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta751 (2014-07-03)]

 * gpg: Create revocation certificates during key generation.

 * gpg: Create exported secret keys and revocation certifciates with
   mode 0700

 * gpg: The validity of user ids is now shown by default.  To revert
   this add "list-options no-show-uid-validity" to gpg.conf.

 * gpg: Make export of secret keys work again.

 * gpg: The output of --list-packets does now print the offset of the
   packet and information about the packet header.

 * gpg: Avoid DoS due to garbled compressed data packets. [CVE-2014-4617]

 * gpg: Print more specific reason codes with the INV_RECP status.

 * gpg: Cap RSA and Elgamal keysize at 4096 bit also for unattended
   key generation.

 * scdaemon: Support reader Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and pinpad of SCT
   cyberJack go.

 * The speedo build system has been improved.  It is now also possible
   to build a partly working installer for Windows.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0-beta442 (2014-06-05)]

 * gpg: Changed the format of key listings.  To revert to the old
   format the option --legacy-list-mode is available.

 * gpg: Add experimental signature support using curve Ed25519 and
   with a patched Libgcrypt also encryption support with Curve25519.
   [Update: this encryption support has been removed from 2.1.0 until
   we have agreed on a suitable format.]

 * gpg: Allow use of Brainpool curves.

 * gpg: Accepts a space separated fingerprint as user ID.  This
   allows to copy and paste the fingerprint from the key listing.

 * gpg: The hash algorithm is now printed for signature records in key
   listings.

 * gpg: Reject signatures made using the MD5 hash algorithm unless the
   new option --allow-weak-digest-algos or --pgp2 are given.

 * gpg: Print a warning if the Gnome-Keyring-Daemon intercepts the
   communication with the gpg-agent.

 * gpg: New option --pinentry-mode.

 * gpg: Fixed decryption using an OpenPGP card.

 * gpg: Fixed bug with deeply nested compressed packets.

 * gpg: Only the major version number is by default included in the
   armored output.

 * gpg: Do not create a trustdb file if --trust-model=always is used.

 * gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.

 * gpg: The format of the fallback key listing ("gpg KEYFILE") is now
   more aligned to the regular key listing ("gpg -k").

 * gpg: The option--show-session-key prints its output now before the
   decryption of the bulk message starts.

 * gpg: New %U expando for the photo viewer.

 * gpg,gpgsm: New option --with-secret.

 * gpgsm: By default the users are now asked via the Pinentry whether
   they trust an X.509 root key.  To prohibit interactive marking of
   such keys, the new option --no-allow-mark-trusted may be used.

 * gpgsm: New commands to export a secret RSA key in PKCS#1 or PKCS#8
   format.

 * gpgsm: Improved handling of re-issued CA certificates.

 * agent: The included ssh agent does now support ECDSA keys.

 * agent: New option --enable-putty-support to allow gpg-agent on
   Windows to act as a Pageant replacement with full smartcard support.

 * scdaemon: New option --enable-pinpad-varlen.

 * scdaemon: Various fixes for pinpad equipped card readers.

 * scdaemon: Rename option --disable-pinpad (was --disable-keypad).

 * scdaemon: Better support fo CCID readers.  Now, internal CCID
   driver supports readers with no auto configuration feature.

 * dirmngr: Removed support for the original HKP keyserver which is
   not anymore used by any site.

 * dirmngr: Improved support for keyserver pools.

 * tools: New option --dirmngr for gpg-connect-agent.

 * The GNU Pth library has been replaced by the new nPth library.

 * Support installation as portable application under Windows.

 * All kind of other improvements - see the git log.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta3 (2011-12-20)]

 * gpg: Fixed regression in the secret key export function.

 * gpg: Allow generation of card keys up to 4096 bit.

 * gpgsm: Preliminary support for the validation model "steed".

 * gpgsm: Improved certificate creation.

 * agent: Support the SSH confirm flag.

 * agent: New option to select a passphrase mode.  The loopback
   mode may be used to bypass Pinentry.

 * agent: The Assuan commands KILLAGENT and KILLSCD are working again.

 * scdaemon: Does not anymore block after changing a card (regression
   fix).

 * tools: gpg-connect-agent does now proberly display the help output
   for "SCD HELP" commands.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta2 (2011-03-08)]

 * gpg: ECC support as described by draft-jivsov-openpgp-ecc-06.txt
   [Update: now known as RFC-6637].

 * gpg: Print "AES128" instead of "AES".  This change introduces a
   little incompatibility for tools using "gpg --list-config".  We
   hope that these tools are written robust enough to accept this new
   algorithm name as well.

 * gpgsm: New feature to create certificates from a parameter file.
   Add prompt to the --gen-key UI to create self-signed certificates.

 * agent: TMPDIR is now also honored when creating a socket using
   the --no-standard-socket option and with symcryptrun's temp files.

 * scdaemon: Fixed a bug where scdaemon sends a signal to gpg-agent
   running in non-daemon mode.

 * dirmngr: Fixed CRL loading under W32 (bug#1010).

 * Dirmngr has taken over the function of the keyserver helpers.  Thus
   we now have a specified direct interface to keyservers via Dirmngr.
   LDAP, DNS and mail backends are not yet implemented.

 * Fixed TTY management for pinentries and session variable update
   problem.


 [Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.0beta1 (2010-10-26)]

 * gpg: secring.gpg is not anymore used but all secret key operations
   are delegated to gpg-agent.  The import command moves secret keys
   to the agent.

 * gpg: The OpenPGP import command is now able to merge secret keys.

 * gpg: Encrypted OpenPGP messages with trailing data (e.g. other
   OpenPGP packets) are now correctly parsed.

 * gpg: Given sufficient permissions Dirmngr is started automagically.

 * gpg: Fixed output of "gpgconf --check-options".

 * gpg: Removed options --export-options(export-secret-subkey-passwd)
   and --simple-sk-checksum.

 * gpg: New options --try-secret-key.

 * gpg: Support DNS lookups for SRV, PKA and CERT on W32.

 * gpgsm: The --audit-log feature is now more complete.

 * gpgsm: The default for --include-cert is now to include all
   certificates in the chain except for the root certificate.

 * gpgsm: New option --ignore-cert-extension.

 * g13: The G13 tool for disk encryption key management has been
   added.

 * agent: If the agent's --use-standard-socket option is active, all
   tools try to start and daemonize the agent on the fly.  In the past
   this was only supported on W32; on non-W32 systems the new
   configure option --disable-standard-socket may now be used to
   disable this new default.

 * agent: New and changed passphrases are now created with an
   iteration count requiring about 100ms of CPU work.

 * dirmngr: Dirmngr is now a part of this package.  It is now also
   expected to run as a system service and the configuration
   directories are changed to the GnuPG name space. [Update: 2.1.0
   starts dirmngr on demand as user daemon.]

 * Support for Windows CE. [Update: This has not been tested for the
   2.1.0 release]

 * Numerical values may now be used as an alternative to the
   debug-level keywords.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)
-------------------------------------------------

 * GPG now generates 2048 bit RSA keys by default.  The default hash
   algorithm preferences has changed to prefer SHA-256 over SHA-1.
   2048 bit DSA keys are now generated to use a 256 bit hash algorithm

 * The envvars XMODIFIERS, GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE are now
   passed to the Pinentry to make SCIM work.

 * The GPGSM command --gen-key features a --batch mode and implements
   all features of gpgsm-gencert.sh in standard mode.

 * New option --re-import for GPGSM's IMPORT server command.

 * Enhanced writing of existing keys to OpenPGP v2 cards.

 * Add hack to the internal CCID driver to allow the use of some
   Omnikey based card readers with 2048 bit keys.

 * GPG now repeatly asks the user to insert the requested OpenPGP
   card.  This can be disabled with --limit-card-insert-tries=1.

 * Minor bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)
-------------------------------------------------

 * GPGSM now always lists ephemeral certificates if specified by
   fingerprint or keygrip.

 * New command "KEYINFO" for GPG_AGENT.  GPGSM now also returns
   information about smartcards.

 * Made sure not to leak file descriptors if running gpg-agent with a
   command.  Restore the signal mask to solve a problem in Mono.

 * Changed order of the confirmation questions for root certificates
   and store negative answers in trustlist.txt.

 * Better synchronization of concurrent smartcard sessions.

 * Support 2048 bit OpenPGP cards.

 * Support Telesec Netkey 3 cards.

 * The gpg-protect-tool now uses gpg-agent via libassuan.  Under
   Windows the Pinentry will now be put into the foreground.

 * Changed code to avoid a possible Mac OS X system freeze.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)
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 * Fixed a problem in SCDAEMON which caused unexpected card resets.

 * SCDAEMON is now aware of the Geldkarte.

 * The SCDAEMON option --allow-admin is now used by default.

 * GPGCONF now restarts SCdaemon if necessary.

 * The default cipher algorithm in GPGSM is now again 3DES.  This is
   due to interoperability problems with Outlook 2003 which still
   can't cope with AES.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)
-------------------------------------------------

 * [gpg] New keyserver helper gpg2keys_kdns as generic DNS CERT
   lookup.  Run with --help for a short description.  Requires the
   ADNS library.

 * [gpg] New mechanisms "local" and "nodefault" for --auto-key-locate.
   Fixed a few problems with this option.

 * [gpg] New command --locate-keys.

 * [gpg] New options --with-sig-list and --with-sig-check.

 * [gpg] The option "-sat" is no longer an alias for --clearsign.

 * [gpg] The option --fixed-list-mode is now implicitly used and obsolete.

 * [gpg] New control statement %ask-passphrase for the unattended key
   generation.

 * [gpg] The algorithm to compute the SIG_ID status has been changed.

 * [gpgsm] Now uses AES by default.

 * [gpgsm] Made --output option work with --export-secret-key-p12.

 * [gpg-agent] Terminate process if the own listening socket is not
   anymore served by ourself.

 * [scdaemon] Made it more robust on W32.

 * [gpg-connect-agent] Accept commands given as command line arguments.

 * [w32] Initialized the socket subsystem for all keyserver helpers.

 * [w32] The sysconf directory has been moved from a subdirectory of
   the installation directory to %CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%/GNU/etc/gnupg.

 * [w32] The gnupg2.nls directory is not anymore used.  The standard
   locale directory is now used.

 * [w32] Fixed a race condition between gpg and gpgsm in the use of
   temporary file names.

 * The gpg-preset-passphrase mechanism works again.  An arbitrary
   string may now be used for a custom cache ID.

 * Admin PINs are cached again (bug in 2.0.9).

 * Support for version 2 OpenPGP cards.

 * Libgcrypt 1.4 is now required.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.9 (2008-03-26)
------------------------------------------------

 * Gpgsm always tries to locate missing certificates from a running
   Dirmngr's cache.

 * Tweaks for Windows.

 * The Admin PIN for OpenPGP cards may now be entered with the pinpad.

 * Improved certificate chain construction.

 * Extended the PKITS framework.

 * Fixed a bug in the ambigious name detection.

 * Fixed possible memory corruption while importing OpenPGP keys (bug
   introduced with 2.0.8). [CVE-2008-1530]

 * Minor bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)
------------------------------------------------

 * Enhanced gpg-connect-agent with a small scripting language.

 * New option --list-config for gpgconf.

 * Fixed a crash in gpgconf.

 * Gpg-agent now supports the passphrase quality bar of the latest
   Pinentry.

 * The envvars XAUTHORITY and PINENTRY_USER_DATA are now passed to the
   Pinentry.

 * Fixed the auto creation of the key stub for smartcards.

 * Fixed a rare bug in decryption using the OpenPGP card.

 * Creating DSA2 keys is now possible.

 * New option --extra-digest-algo for gpgsm to allow verification of
   broken signatures.

 * Allow encryption with legacy Elgamal sign+encrypt keys with option
   --rfc2440.

 * Windows is now a supported platform.

 * Made sure that under Windows the file permissions of the socket are
   taken into account.  This required a change of our socket emulation
   code and changed the IPC protocol under Windows.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.7 (2007-09-10)
------------------------------------------------

 * Fixed encryption problem if duplicate certificates are in the
   keybox.

 * Made it work on Windows Vista.  Note that the entire Windows port
   is still considered Beta.

 * Add new options min-passphrase-nonalpha, check-passphrase-pattern,
   enforce-passphrase-constraints and max-passphrase-days to
   gpg-agent.

 * Add command --check-components to gpgconf.  Gpgconf now uses the
   installed versions of the programs and does not anymore search via
   PATH for them.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.6 (2007-08-16)
------------------------------------------------

 * GPGSM does now grok --default-key.

 * GPGCONF is now aware of --default-key and --encrypt-to.

 * GPGSM does again correctly print the serial number as well the the
   various keyids.  This was broken since 2.0.4.

 * New option --validation-model and support for the chain-model.

 * Improved Windows support.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.5 (2007-07-05)
------------------------------------------------

 * 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.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.4 (2007-05-09)
------------------------------------------------

 * The server mode key listing commands are now also working for
   systems without the funopen/fopencookie API.

 * PKCS#12 import now tries several encodings in case the passphrase
   was not utf-8 encoded.  New option --p12-charset for gpgsm.

 * Improved the libgcrypt logging support in all modules.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)
------------------------------------------------

 * By default, do not allow processing multiple plaintexts in a single
   stream.  Many programs that called GnuPG were assuming that GnuPG
   did not permit this, and were thus not using the plaintext boundary
   status tags that GnuPG provides.  This change makes GnuPG reject
   such messages by default which makes those programs safe again.
   --allow-multiple-messages returns to the old behavior. [CVE-2007-1263].

 * New --verify-option show-primary-uid-only.

 * gpgconf may now reads a global configuration file to select which
   options are changeable by a frontend.  The new applygnupgdefaults
   tool may be used by an admin to set default options for all users.

 * The PIN pad of the Cherry XX44 keyboard is now supported.  The
   DINSIG and the NKS applications are now also aware of PIN pads.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.2 (2007-01-31)
------------------------------------------------

 * Fixed a serious and exploitable bug in processing encrypted
   packages. [CVE-2006-6235].

 * Added --passphrase-repeat to set the number of times GPG will
   prompt for a new passphrase to be repeated.  This is useful to help
   memorize a new passphrase.  The default is 1 repetition.

 * Using a PIN pad does now also work for the signing key.

 * A warning is displayed by gpg-agent if a new passphrase is too
   short.  New option --min-passphrase-len defaults to 8.

 * The status code BEGIN_SIGNING now shows the used hash algorithms.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.1 (2006-11-28)
------------------------------------------------

 * Experimental support for the PIN pads of the SPR 532 and the Kaan
   Advanced card readers.  Add "disable-keypad" scdaemon.conf if you
   don't want it.  Does currently only work for the OpenPGP card and
   its authentication and decrypt keys.

 * Fixed build problems on some some platforms and crashes on amd64.

 * Fixed a buffer overflow in gpg2. [bug#728,CVE-2006-6169]


Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.0 (2006-11-11)
------------------------------------------------

 * First stable version of a GnuPG integrating OpenPGP and S/MIME.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.95 (2006-11-06)
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 * Minor bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.94 (2006-10-24)
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 * Keys for gpgsm may now be specified using a keygrip.  A keygrip is
   indicated by a prefixing it with an ampersand.

 * gpgconf now supports switching the CMS cipher algo (e.g. to AES).

 * New command --gpgconf-test for all major tools. This may be used to
   check whether the configuration file is sane.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.93 (2006-10-18)
-------------------------------------------------

 * In --with-validation mode gpgsm will now also ask whether a root
   certificate should be trusted.

 * Link to Pth only if really necessary.

 * Fixed a pubring corruption bug in gpg2 occurring when importing
   signatures or keys with insane lengths.

 * Fixed v3 keyID calculation bug in gpg2.

 * More tweaks for certificates without extensions.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.91 (2006-10-04)
-------------------------------------------------

 * New "relax" flag for trustlist.txt to allow root CA certificates
   without BasicContraints.

 * [gpg2] Removed the -k PGP 2 compatibility hack.  -k is now an
   alias for --list-keys.

 * [gpg2] Print a warning if "-sat" is used instead of "--clearsign".


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.90 (2006-09-25)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Made readline work for gpg.

 * Cleanups und minor bug fixes.

 * Included translations from gnupg 1.4.5.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.23 (2006-09-18)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Regular man pages for most tools are now build directly from the
   Texinfo source.

 * The gpg code from 1.4.5 has been fully merged into this release.
   The configure option --enable-gpg is still required to build this
   gpg part.  For production use of OpenPGP the gpg version 1.4.5 is
   still recommended.  Note, that gpg will be installed under the name
   gpg2 to allow coexisting with an 1.4.x gpg.

 * API change in gpg-agent's pkdecrypt command.  Thus an older gpgsm
   may not be used with the current gpg-agent.

 * The scdaemon will now call a script on reader status changes.

 * gpgsm now allows file descriptor passing for "INPUT", "OUTPUT" and
   "MESSAGE".

 * The gpgsm server may now output a key listing to the output file
   handle. This needs to be enabled using "OPTION list-to-output=1".

 * The --output option of gpgsm has now an effect on list-keys.

 * New gpgsm commands --dump-chain and list-chain.

 * gpg-connect-agent has new options to utilize descriptor passing.

 * A global trustlist may now be used.  See doc/examples/trustlist.txt.

 * When creating a new pubring.kbx keybox common certificates are
   imported.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.22 (2006-07-27)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Enhanced pkcs#12 support to allow import from simple keyBags.

 * Exporting to pkcs#12 now create bag attributes so that Mozilla is
   able to import the files.

 * Fixed uploading of certain keys to the smart card.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.21 (2006-06-20)
-------------------------------------------------

 * New command APDU for scdaemon to allow using it for general card
   access.  Might be used through gpg-connect-agent by using the SCD
   prefix command.

 * Support for the CardMan 4040 PCMCIA reader (Linux 2.6.15 required).

 * Scdaemon does not anymore reset cards at the end of a connection.

 * Kludge to allow use of Bundesnetzagentur issued X.509 certificates.

 * Added --hash=xxx option to scdaemon's PKSIGN command.

 * Pkcs#12 files are now created with a MAC.  This is for better
   interoperability.

 * Collected bug fixes and minor other changes.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Importing pkcs#12 files created be recent versions of Mozilla works
   again.

 * Basic support for qualified signatures.

 * New debug tool gpgparsemail.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)
-------------------------------------------------

 * The Belgian eID card is now supported for signatures and ssh.
   Other pkcs#15 cards should work as well.

 * Fixed bug in --export-secret-key-p12 so that certificates are again
   included.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.18 (2005-08-01)
-------------------------------------------------

 * [gpgsm] Now allows for more than one email address as well as URIs
   and dnsNames in certificate request generation.  A keygrip may be
   given to create a request from an existing key.

 * A couple of minor bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.17 (2005-06-20)
-------------------------------------------------

 * gpg-connect-agent has now features to handle Assuan INQUIRE
   commands.

 * Internal changes for OpenPGP cards. New Assuan command WRITEKEY.

 * GNU Pth is now a hard requirement.

 * [scdaemon] Support for OpenSC has been removed.  Instead a new and
   straightforward pkcs#15 modules has been written.  As of now it
   does allows only signing using TCOS cards but we are going to
   enhance it to match all the old capabilities.

 * [gpg-agent] New option --write-env-file and Assuan command
   UPDATESTARTUPTTY.

 * [gpg-agent] New option --default-cache-ttl-ssh to set the TTL for
   SSH passphrase caching independent from the other passphrases.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.16 (2005-04-21)
-------------------------------------------------

 * gpg-agent does now support the ssh-agent protocol and thus allows
   to use the pinentry as well as the OpenPGP smartcard with ssh.

 * New tool gpg-connect-agent as a general client for the gpg-agent.

 * New tool symcryptrun as a wrapper for certain encryption tools.

 * The gpg tool is not anymore build by default because those gpg
   versions available in the gnupg 1.4 series are far more matured.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.15 (2005-01-13)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Fixed passphrase caching bug.

 * Better support for CCID readers; the reader from Cherry RS 6700 USB
   does now work.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.14 (2004-12-22)
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 * [gpg-agent] New option --use-standard-socket to allow the use of a
   fixed socket.  gpgsm falls back to this socket if GPG_AGENT_INFO
   has not been set.

 * Ported to MS Windows with some functional limitations.

 * New tool gpg-preset-passphrase.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.13 (2004-12-03)
-------------------------------------------------

 * [gpgsm] New option --prefer-system-dirmngr.

 * Minor cleanups and debugging aids.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.12 (2004-10-22)
-------------------------------------------------

 * [scdaemon] Partly rewrote the PC/SC code.

 * Removed the sc-investigate tool.  It is now in a separate package
   available at ftp://ftp.g10code.com/g10code/gscutils/ .

 * [gpg-agent] Fixed logging problem.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.11 (2004-10-01)
-------------------------------------------------

 * When using --import along with --with-validation, the imported
   certificates are validated and only imported if they are fully
   valid.

 * [gpg-agent] New option --max-cache-ttl.

 * [gpg-agent] When used without --daemon or --server, gpg-agent now
   check whether a agent is already running and usable.

 * Fixed some i18n problems.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.10 (2004-07-22)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Fixed a serious bug in the checking of trusted root certificates.

 * New configure option --enable-agent-pnly allows to build and
   install just the agent.

 * Fixed a problem with the log file handling.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.9 (2004-06-08)
------------------------------------------------

 * [gpg-agent] The new option --allow-mark-trusted is now required to
   allow gpg-agent to add a key to the trustlist.txt after user
   confirmation.

 * Creating PKCS#10 requests does now honor the key usage.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.8 (2004-04-29)
------------------------------------------------

 * [scdaemon] Overhauled the internal CCID driver.

 * [scdaemon] Status files named ~/.gnupg/reader_<n>.status are now
   written when using the internal CCID driver.

 * [gpgsm] New commands --dump-{,secret,external}-keys to show a very
   detailed view of the certificates.

 * The keybox gets now compressed after 3 hours and ephemeral
   stored certificates are deleted after about a day.

 * [gpg] Usability fixes for --card-edit.  Note, that this has already
   been ported back to gnupg-1.3


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.7 (2004-04-06)
------------------------------------------------

 * Instrumented the modules for gpgconf.

 * Added support for DINSIG card applications.

 * Include the smimeCapabilities attribute with signed messages.

 * Now uses the gettext domain "gnupg2" to avoid conflicts with gnupg
   versions < 1.9.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.6 (2004-03-06)
------------------------------------------------

 * Code cleanups and bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.5 (2004-02-21)
------------------------------------------------

 * gpg-protect-tool gets now installed into libexec as it ought to be.
   Cleaned up the build system to better comply with the coding
   standards.

 * [gpgsm] The --import command is now able to autodetect pkcs#12
   files and import secret and private keys from this file format.
   A new command --export-secret-key-p12 is provided to allow
   exporting of secret keys in PKCS\#12 format.

 * [gpgsm] The pinentry will now present a description of the key for
   whom the passphrase is requested.

 * [gpgsm] New option --with-validation to check the validity of key
   while listing it.

 * New option --debug-level={none,basic,advanced,expert,guru} to map
   the debug flags to sensitive levels on a per program base.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.4 (2004-01-30)
------------------------------------------------

 * Added support for the Telesec NKS 2.0 card application.

 * Added simple tool addgnupghome to create .gnupg directories from
   /etc/skel/.gnupg.

 * Various minor bug fixes and cleanups; mainly gpgsm and gpg-agent
   related.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.3 (2003-12-23)
------------------------------------------------

 * New gpgsm options --{enable,disable}-ocsp to validate keys using
   OCSP. This option requires a not yet released DirMngr version.
   Default is disabled.

 * The --log-file option may now be used to print logs to a socket.
   Prefix the socket name with "socket://" to enable this.  This does
   not work on all systems and falls back to stderr if there is a
   problem with the socket.

 * The options --encrypt-to and --no-encrypt-to now work the same in
   gpgsm as in gpg.  Note, they are also used in server mode.

 * Duplicated recipients are now silently removed in gpgsm.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.2 (2003-11-17)
------------------------------------------------

 * On card key generation is no longer done using the --gen-key
   command but from the menu provided by the new --card-edit command.

 * PINs are now properly cached and there are only 2 PINs visible.
   The 3rd PIN (CHV2) is internally syncronized with the regular PIN.

 * All kind of other internal stuff.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.1 (2003-09-06)
------------------------------------------------

 * Support for OpenSC is back. scdaemon supports a --disable-opensc to
   disable OpenSC use at runtime, so that PC/SC or ct-API can still be
   used directly.

 * Rudimentary support for the SCR335 smartcard reader using an
   internal driver.  Requires current libusb from CVS.

 * Bug fixes.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (2003-08-05)
------------------------------------------------

      ====== PLEASE SEE README-alpha =======

 * gpg has been renamed to gpg2 and gpgv to gpgv2.  This is a
   temporary change to allow co-existing with stable gpg versions.

 * ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf-1.9.0 is fist tried as config file before the
   usual gpg.conf.

 * Removed the -k, -kv and -kvv commands.  -k is now an alias to
   --list-keys.  New command -K as alias for --list-secret-keys.

 * Removed --run-as-shm-coprocess feature.

 * gpg does now also use libgcrypt, libgpg-error is required.

 * New gpgsm commands --call-dirmngr and --call-protect-tool.

 * Changing a passphrase is now possible using "gpgsm --passwd"

 * The content-type attribute is now recognized and created.

 * The agent does now reread certain options on receiving a HUP.

 * The pinentry is now forked for each request so that clients with
   different environments are supported.  When running in daemon mode
   and --keep-display is not used the DISPLAY variable is ignored.

 * Merged stuff from the newpg branch and started this new
   development branch.


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