GnuPG - Release Notes

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Release Notes

Please read the NEWS file for a more complete list. 2.0.22 is the stable and modern version of GnuPG. (Version 1.4.16 is from the old GnuPG-1 series, which is still maintained and useful on some platforms: It is smaller than versions from the GnuPG-2 series, easier to build and also better portable to ancient platforms. In contrast to GnuPG-2 it comes with no support for S/MIME, Secure Shell, or other tools useful for desktop environments.

GnuPG-2

GnuPG 2.0.21 (2013-08-19)

GnuPG 2.0.20 (2013-05-10)

GnuPG 2.0.19 (2012-03-27)

GnuPG 2.0.18 (2011-08-04)

GnuPG 2.0.17 (2011-01-13)

GnuPG 2.0.16 (2010-07-19)

GnuPG 2.0.15 (2010-03-09)

GnuPG 2.0.14 (2009-12-21)

GnuPG 2.0.13 (2009-09-04)

GnuPG 2.0.12 (2009-06-17)

GnuPG 2.0.11 (2009-03-03)

GnuPG 2.0.10 (2009-01-12)

GnuPG 2.0.8 (2007-12-20)

GnuPG 2.0.7 (2007-09-10 19:18)

GnuPG 2.0.6 (2007-08-16 17:48)

GnuPG 2.0.5 (2007-07-06 12:46)

GnuPG 2.0.4 (2007-05-09 13:02)

GnuPG 2.0.3 (2007-03-08)

GnuPG 2.0.1 (2006-11-29)

GnuPG 2.0 (2006-11-13)

GnuPG 1.9.92 (2006-10-11)

One of the last steps towards a 2.0 release.

GnuPG 1.9.20 (2005-12-20)

The development branch of GnuPG featuring the S/MIME and the gpg-agent.

GnuPG 1.9.19 (2005-09-12)

The development branch of GnuPG featuring the S/MIME and the gpg-agent.

GnuPG 1.9.17 (S/MIME and gpg-agent) (2005-06-20)

The development branch of GnuPG featuring the S/MIME and the gpg-agent.

GnuPG 1.9.16 (S/MIME) (2005-04-21)

The development branch of GnuPG featuring the S/MIME and the gpg-agent.

GnuPG-1

GnuPG 1.4.14 (2013-07-25) important

GnuPG 1.4.13 (2012-12-20)

GnuPG 1.4.12 (2012-01-30)

GnuPG 1.4.11 (2010-10-18)

GnuPG 1.4.10 (2009-09-02)

GnuPG 1.4.8 (2007-12-20)

GnuPG 1.4.5 (2006-08-01)

GnuPG 1.4.4 (2006-06-25)

GnuPG 1.4.3 (2006-04-03)

GnuPG 1.4.2 (2005-07-27)

GnuPG 1.2.7 (2004-12-28)

This is an update of the old stable branch..

GnuPG stable 1.4.0 (2004-12-16)

This is the first relese of the new stable branch of GnuPG.

GnuPG 1.3.93 (2004-12-14)

The latest and hopefully last release candidate for GnuPG 1.4 is ready for public consumption.

GnuPG 1.3.92 (2004-10-28)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.3.91 (2004-10-16)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.3.90 (2004-10-02)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.2.6 (2004-08-26)

GnuPG 1.2.5 (2004-07-27)

GnuPG 1.3.6 (2004-05-22)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.3.5 (2004-02-26)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.2.4 (2003-12-24)

GnuPG 1.3.4 (2003-11-27)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.3.3 (2003-10-10)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.2.3 (2003-08-22)

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GnuPG 1.3.2 (2003-05-27)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.2.2 (2003-05-03)

GnuPG 1.3.1 (2002-11-12)

This is from the development branch.

GnuPG 1.2.1 for Windows (2002-10-26)

This is an update of Windows binary release

GnuPG 1.2.1 (2002-10-25)

GnuPG 1.3.0 (2002-10-18)

This is the first release of a new development branch.

GnuPG 1.2.0 (2002-09-21)

This is a new stable branch.

GnuPG 1.0.7 (2002-04-29)

GnuPG 1.0.6 (2001-05-29)

GnuPG 1.0.5 for Windows (2001-05-02)

This is a binary release for Windows.

GnuPG 1.0.5 (2001-04-29)

The semantics of –verify have changed.
Corrected hash calculation for input data larger than 512M.
Large File Support is now working.
A bunch of new options and commands.
Keyserver support for the W32 version.
Better handling of key expiration and subkeys.
Estonian and Turkish translation.
The usual fixes and other enhancements.

Patch for GnuPG 1.0.4 (2000-11-30)

Fixed a serious bug which could lead to false positives when checking detached signatures.

GnuPG 1.0.4 for Windows (2000-10-23)

GnuPG 1.0.3 (2000-09-20)

RSA support.
Supports the new MDC encryption packet.
Default options changed for better compatibility with PGP 7.
The usual fixes and other enhancements.

GnuPG 1.0.2 (2000-07-12)

A lot of fixes and enhancements.

GnuPG 1.0.1 (1999-12-16)

Bug fixes and small enhancements.

GnuPG 1.0.0 (1999-09-07)

Released the first production version.

GnuPG 0.9.11 (1999-09-03)

Some more fixes and cleanups.

GnuPG 0.9.10 (1999-08-04)

Minor bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.9.9 (1999-07-23)

Yet another chunk of options.
More bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.9.8 (1999-06-26)

A couple of new options.
Yet another workaround for PGP2.
Other bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.9.7 (1999-05-23)

Workarounds for a couple of PGP2 bugs.
Other bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.9.6 (1999-05-06)

Bug fixes.
Subkey and signature revocations.

GnuPG 0.9.5 (1999-03-20)

Bug fixes.
–recv-keys command

GnuPG 0.9.4 (1999-03-08)

Bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.9.3 (1999-02-19)

Bug fixes.
Some new options.

GnuPG 0.9.2 (1999-01-20)

Bug fixes.
HKP keyserver support.

GnuPG 0.9.1 (1999-01-01)

Fixed some serious bugs.
Some internal redesign.
Polish language support.
Setup a anonymous rsync server.

GnuPG 0.9.0 (1998-12-23)

Option to dash-escape "From" in clear text messages.
Better support for unices without /dev/random.
Fixed some bugs.

GnuPG 0.4.5 (1998-12-08)

Brazilian translation.
Improved key import.
Loadable random gathering stuff.
Files are now locked during updates.

GnuPG 0.4.4 (1998-11-20)

Spanish translation.
Fixed the way expiration dates are stored.
Key validation is now much faster and some more bugs fixed.
New feature to support signed patch files.

GnuPG 0.4.3 (1998-11-08)

Russian translation.
Now lists all matching names.
Experimental support for keyrings store in GDBM files.
Many bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.4.1 (1998-10-07)

Fixed a couple of bugs and add some more features.
Checked OpenPGP compliance.
PGP 5 passphrase are now working.

GnuPG 0.4.0 (1998-09-18)

Fixed a serious Bug in 0.3.5.
Added 3DES.

GnuPG 0.3.5 (1998-09-14)

Do not use this version!
Anonymous enciphered messages.
Building in another directory now work better.
Blowfish weak key detection mechanism.

GnuPG 0.3.4 (1998-08-11)

Relased revision 0.3.4.

GnuPG 0.3.3 (1998-08-08)

Alternate user IDs.
A menu to sign, add, remove user ids and other tasks.
Twofish as a new experimental cipher algorithm.
Ability to run as a coprocess; this is nice for frontends.

GnuPG 0.3.2 (1998-07-09)

Bug fixes.

GnuPG 0.3.1 (1998-07-06)

Bug fixes.
More in compliance with OpenPGP.

GnuPG 0.3.0 (1998-06-25)

Major enhancements.
More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time is set into the self signature.
Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are interoperable with pgp5.
Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.

GnuPG 0.2.19 (1998-05-29)

Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
GnuPG now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions.
--add-key works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create valid OpenPGP keys.
Some new features for better integration into MUAs.

GnuPG 0.2.18 (1998-05-15)

Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
Fixed a small bug in the key generation.
New option --compress-algo 1 to allow the creation of compressed messages which are readable by PGP.

GnuPG 0.2.17 (1998-05-04)

More stuff for OpenPGP: Blowfish is now type 20, comment packets moved to a private type, packet type 3 now prepends conventional encryption packets.
Fixed a passphrase bug and some others.

GnuPG 0.2.16 (1998-04-28)

Experimental support for TIGER/192.
Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB mode.

GnuPG 0.2.15 (1998-04-09)

Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
CAST5 works (using PGP's strange CFB mode).

GnuPG 0.0.0 (1997-12-20)

First release.

Related Software

GnuPG Explorer Extension (GPGee) 1.2.1 (2005-09-08)

GnuPG Explorer Extension (GPGee) 1.2.0 (2005-09-06)

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