From wk at gnupg.org  Wed Aug  5 14:30:17 2026
From: wk at gnupg.org (Werner Koch)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:30:17 +0200
Subject: [Announce] GnuPG bug tracker not available due to heavy DDoS
Message-ID: <875x1o3g2u.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>

Hi,

our admin asked me to post this on the status of dev.gnupg.org:

The GnuPG project has been facing increasing AI scraper attacks for
more than a year, but now the situation switched to SYN flood attacks.
We are dealing with the situation, but for the moment our development
server with the bugtracker is not available to the public world.

We are working on a solution which keeps the community involved in
contributing to the project, but for the moment inconvenience cannot
be avoided.

We regret to be forced acting this way, but the AI driven attacks don't
leave much of a choice.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner


-- 
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
refuse military service.             - A. Einstein
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From rms at gnu.org  Sun Aug  9 21:36:10 2026
From: rms at gnu.org (Richard Stallman)
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:36:10 -0400
Subject: GnuPG 2.5.21 released
In-Reply-To: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de> (message from Werner Koch on
	Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:49:49 +0200)
References: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>
Message-ID: <E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org>

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

Belated congratulations on the new release.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)



From dan.git at lispclub.com  Wed Aug 19 20:21:02 2026
From: dan.git at lispclub.com (Daniel Cerqueira)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:21:02 +0100
Subject: GnuPG 2.5.21 released
In-Reply-To: <E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message
	of "Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:36:10 -0400")
References: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>
	<E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org>
Message-ID: <87ik56rmy9.fsf@lispclub.com>

Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org> writes:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
> Belated congratulations on the new release.

Hi Richard and Werner :-) .

Hope you are okay.  Or are keeping with living until NIL.

I am happy to be able to send messages to you all.  Even in this
"smart"-times, is wonderful that we do keep on exchanging messages.

Richard, thank you for the courage, and for keeping Lisp alive today :-)
.

Werner, thank you for the courage, and for defending digital privacy :-)
.


Cheers for Freedom,

-- 
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes
all the difference. ~ Alan Alexander Milne
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From rms at gnu.org  Sun Aug 23 05:46:45 2026
From: rms at gnu.org (Richard Stallman)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:46:45 -0400
Subject: GnuPG 2.5.21 released
In-Reply-To: <87ik56rmy9.fsf@lispclub.com> (message from Daniel Cerqueira on
	Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:21:02 +0100)
References: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>
	<E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org> <87ik56rmy9.fsf@lispclub.com>
Message-ID: <E1wxzAT-004S3x-Pe@fencepost.gnu.org>

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

We're all glad to hear from people who appreciate freedom in their computing.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)



From rjh at sixdemonbag.org  Thu Aug 27 11:45:58 2026
From: rjh at sixdemonbag.org (Robert J. Hansen)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:45:58 -0400
Subject: Building Safer Technology
Message-ID: <d2bd45be-e9c9-4769-82b3-234fa23aef6d@sixdemonbag.org>

For those interested in safety critical systems --

A new book hits the shelves on September 1 (in the US, at least: I don't
know about internationally). "Building Safer Technology: A Field guide
to Failing Well", by Zunger, Kissner, Coles, Hernandez, Mabrey, and Misner.

I've known one of the authors (Yonatan Zunger) for better than a decade.
We've had many fruitful conversations on the subject of security and
safety. I'm really looking forward to it.

https://www.amazon.com/Building-Safer-Technology-Field-Failing-ebook/dp/B0H4CZ7Y68

(I don't have any non-Amazon links for it, I'm sorry.)

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From wk at gnupg.org  Wed Aug  5 14:30:17 2026
From: wk at gnupg.org (Werner Koch)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:30:17 +0200
Subject: [Announce] GnuPG bug tracker not available due to heavy DDoS
Message-ID: <875x1o3g2u.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>

Hi,

our admin asked me to post this on the status of dev.gnupg.org:

The GnuPG project has been facing increasing AI scraper attacks for
more than a year, but now the situation switched to SYN flood attacks.
We are dealing with the situation, but for the moment our development
server with the bugtracker is not available to the public world.

We are working on a solution which keeps the community involved in
contributing to the project, but for the moment inconvenience cannot
be avoided.

We regret to be forced acting this way, but the AI driven attacks don't
leave much of a choice.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner


-- 
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
refuse military service.             - A. Einstein
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From rms at gnu.org  Sun Aug  9 21:36:10 2026
From: rms at gnu.org (Richard Stallman)
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:36:10 -0400
Subject: GnuPG 2.5.21 released
In-Reply-To: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de> (message from Werner Koch on
	Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:49:49 +0200)
References: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>
Message-ID: <E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org>

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

Belated congratulations on the new release.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)



From dan.git at lispclub.com  Wed Aug 19 20:21:02 2026
From: dan.git at lispclub.com (Daniel Cerqueira)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:21:02 +0100
Subject: GnuPG 2.5.21 released
In-Reply-To: <E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message
	of "Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:36:10 -0400")
References: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>
	<E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org>
Message-ID: <87ik56rmy9.fsf@lispclub.com>

Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org> writes:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
> Belated congratulations on the new release.

Hi Richard and Werner :-) .

Hope you are okay.  Or are keeping with living until NIL.

I am happy to be able to send messages to you all.  Even in this
"smart"-times, is wonderful that we do keep on exchanging messages.

Richard, thank you for the courage, and for keeping Lisp alive today :-)
.

Werner, thank you for the courage, and for defending digital privacy :-)
.


Cheers for Freedom,

-- 
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes
all the difference. ~ Alan Alexander Milne
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From rms at gnu.org  Sun Aug 23 05:46:45 2026
From: rms at gnu.org (Richard Stallman)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:46:45 -0400
Subject: GnuPG 2.5.21 released
In-Reply-To: <87ik56rmy9.fsf@lispclub.com> (message from Daniel Cerqueira on
	Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:21:02 +0100)
References: <8733y11oxu.fsf@jacob.g10code.de>
	<E1wt9Ja-00GjRJ-CA@fencepost.gnu.org> <87ik56rmy9.fsf@lispclub.com>
Message-ID: <E1wxzAT-004S3x-Pe@fencepost.gnu.org>

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

We're all glad to hear from people who appreciate freedom in their computing.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)



From rjh at sixdemonbag.org  Thu Aug 27 11:45:58 2026
From: rjh at sixdemonbag.org (Robert J. Hansen)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:45:58 -0400
Subject: Building Safer Technology
Message-ID: <d2bd45be-e9c9-4769-82b3-234fa23aef6d@sixdemonbag.org>

For those interested in safety critical systems --

A new book hits the shelves on September 1 (in the US, at least: I don't
know about internationally). "Building Safer Technology: A Field guide
to Failing Well", by Zunger, Kissner, Coles, Hernandez, Mabrey, and Misner.

I've known one of the authors (Yonatan Zunger) for better than a decade.
We've had many fruitful conversations on the subject of security and
safety. I'm really looking forward to it.

https://www.amazon.com/Building-Safer-Technology-Field-Failing-ebook/dp/B0H4CZ7Y68

(I don't have any non-Amazon links for it, I'm sorry.)

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