[Announce] GnuPG 2.2.1 released
Werner Koch
wk at gnupg.org
Tue Sep 19 13:10:46 CEST 2017
Hello!
We are is pleased to announce the availability of a new GnuPG release:
version 2.2.1. This is a maintenance release; see below for a list of
fixed bugs.
About GnuPG
===========
The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a complete and free implementation
of the OpenPGP standard which is commonly abbreviated as PGP.
GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign data and communication, features a
versatile key management system as well as access modules for public key
directories. GnuPG itself is a command line tool with features for easy
integration with other applications. A wealth of frontend applications
and libraries making use of GnuPG are available. As an Universal Crypto
Engine GnuPG provides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell in addition to
OpenPGP.
GnuPG is Free Software (meaning that it respects your freedom). It can
be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.1
===================================
* gpg: Fix formatting of the user id in batch mode key generation
if only "name-email" is given.
* gpgv: Fix annoying "not suitable for" warnings.
* wks: Convey only the newest user id to the provider. This is the
case if different names are used with the same addr-spec.
* wks: Create a complying user id for provider policy mailbox-only.
* wks: Add workaround for posteo.de.
* scd: Fix the use of large ECC keys with an OpenPGP card.
* dirmngr: Use system provided root certificates if no specific HKP
certificates are configured. If build with GNUTLS, this was
already the case.
Further, the Windows installer has been built against an updated NTBTLS
libary which does now support ECC curves secp384r1, secp521r1, as well
as brainpool curves.
Getting the Software
====================
Please follow the instructions found at <https://gnupg.org/download/> or
read on:
GnuPG 2.2.1 may be downloaded from one of the GnuPG mirror sites or
direct from its primary FTP server. The list of mirrors can be found at
<https://gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html>. Note that GnuPG is not
available at ftp.gnu.org.
The GnuPG source code compressed using BZIP2 and its OpenPGP signature
are available here:
https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2 (6385k)
https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2.sig
An installer for Windows without any graphical frontend except for a
very minimal Pinentry tool is available here:
https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.2.1_20170919.exe (3799k)
https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.2.1_20170919.exe.sig
The source used to build the Windows installer can be found in the same
directory with a ".tar.xz" suffix. The new Gpg4win 3.0 installer
featuring this version of GnuPG will be available in a few days.
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 version of GnuPG installed, you can simply
verify the supplied signature. For example to verify the signature
of the file gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2 you would use this command:
gpg --verify gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2.sig gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2
This checks whether the signature file matches the source file.
You should see a message indicating that the signature is good and
made by one or more of the release signing keys. Make sure that
this is a valid key, either by matching the shown fingerprint
against a trustworthy list of valid release signing keys or by
checking that the key has been signed by trustworthy other keys.
See the end of this mail for information on the signing keys.
* If you are not able to use an existing version of GnuPG, you have
to verify the SHA-1 checksum. On Unix systems the command to do
this is either "sha1sum" or "shasum". Assuming you downloaded the
file gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2, you run the command like this:
sha1sum gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2
and check that the output matches the next line:
5455373fd7208b787f319027de2464721cdd4413 gnupg-2.2.1.tar.bz2
bcf1905655e52e2eec794bcbba72485f7b9ed2d3 gnupg-w32-2.2.1_20170919.exe
72ab40a7336be7b2c9fb4f6ff1f15e5c5b8cdb6f gnupg-w32-2.2.1_20170919.tar.xz
Internationalization
====================
This version of GnuPG has support for 26 languages with Chinese, Czech,
French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, and Ukrainian being almost
completely translated.
Documentation
=============
If you used GnuPG in the past you should read the description of
changes and new features at doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt or online at
https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html
The file gnupg.info has the complete reference manual of the system.
Separate man pages are included as well but they miss some of the
details availabale only in thee manual. The manual is also available
online at
https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/
or can be downloaded as PDF at
https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg.pdf .
The chapters on gpg-agent, gpg and gpgsm include information on how to
set up the whole thing. You may also want search the GnuPG mailing list
archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing list for advise on how to
solve problems. Most of the new features are around for several years
and thus enough public experience is available.
Support
========
Please consult the archive of the gnupg-users mailing list before
reporting a bug: <https://gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html>.
We suggest to send bug reports for a new release to this list in favor
of filing a bug at <https://bugs.gnupg.org>. If you need commercial
support check out <https://gnupg.org/service.html>.
If you are a developer and you need a certain feature for your project,
please do not hesitate to bring it to the gnupg-devel mailing list for
discussion.
Maintenance and development of GnuPG is mostly financed by donations.
The GnuPG project employs 2 full-time developers, one part-timer, and
one contractor. They all work exclusivly on GnuPG and closely related
software like Libgcrypt, GPGME, and GPA. Please consider to donate via:
https://gnupg.org/donate/
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, answering questions on the mailing lists,
and for financing the project.
Happy hacking,
Your GnuPG Team
p.s.
This is an announcement only mailing list. Please send replies only to
the gnupg-users'at'gnupg.org mailing list.
p.p.s
List of Release Signing Keys:
To guarantee that a downloaded GnuPG version has not been tampered by
malicious entities we provide signature files for all tarballs and
binary versions. The keys are also signed by the long term keys of
their respective owners. Current releases are signed by one or more
of these five keys:
2048R/4F25E3B6 2011-01-12 [expires: 2019-12-31]
Key fingerprint = D869 2123 C406 5DEA 5E0F 3AB5 249B 39D2 4F25 E3B6
Werner Koch (dist sig)
rsa2048/E0856959 2014-10-29 [expires: 2019-12-31]
Key fingerprint = 46CC 7308 65BB 5C78 EBAB ADCF 0437 6F3E E085 6959
David Shaw (GnuPG Release Signing Key) <dshaw 'at' jabberwocky.com>
rsa2048/33BD3F06 2014-10-29 [expires: 2016-10-28]
Key fingerprint = 031E C253 6E58 0D8E A286 A9F2 2071 B08A 33BD 3F06
NIIBE Yutaka (GnuPG Release Key) <gniibe 'at' fsij.org>
rsa2048/7EFD60D9 2014-10-19 [expires: 2020-12-31]
Key fingerprint = D238 EA65 D64C 67ED 4C30 73F2 8A86 1B1C 7EFD 60D9
Werner Koch (Release Signing Key)
rsa3072/4B092E28 2017-03-17 [expires: 2027-03-15]
Key fingerprint = 5B80 C575 4298 F0CB 55D8 ED6A BCEF 7E29 4B09 2E28
Andre Heinecke (Release Signing Key)
You may retrieve these keys from a keyserver using this command
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys \
249B39D24F25E3B6 04376F3EE0856959 \
2071B08A33BD3F06 8A861B1C7EFD60D9 BCEF7E294B092E28
The keys are also available at https://gnupg.org/signature_key.html and
in any recently released GnuPG tarball in the file g10/distsigkey.gpg .
Note that this mail has been signed by a different key.
--
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