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author | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-04-25 03:19:38 +0000 |
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committer | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-04-25 03:19:38 +0000 |
commit | bf2c77073d63caacaa2dd6696ddd873108fc9215 (patch) | |
tree | 87d262ac5a9b60f1e2b70a838b643aec0c476813 | |
parent | gpg.sgml: Add some documentation for (diff) | |
download | gnupg-bf2c77073d63caacaa2dd6696ddd873108fc9215.tar.gz gnupg-bf2c77073d63caacaa2dd6696ddd873108fc9215.zip |
Update NEWS with recent changes
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-04-24 David Shaw <[email protected]> + + * Update NEWS with recent changes. + 2002-04-19 Werner Koch <[email protected]> Released 1.0.6e snapshot. @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ uses SHA-1 for integrity checks. This format renders the Rosa/Klima attack useless. Other OpenPGP implementations might not yet support this, so the option --simple-sk-checksum creates - the old vulnearbel format. + the old vulnerable format. * The default cipher algorithm for encryption is now CAST5, default default hash algorithm is SHA-1. This will give us @@ -13,9 +13,41 @@ 6, and 7. Note this was only an issue with RFC-1991 style symmetric messages. - * A lot of new features like photo ID support, better keyserver - support, non-revcable signatures and more things we need to list - here. + * Photographic user ID support. This uses an external program to + view the images. + + * Enhanced keyserver support via keyserver "plugins". GnuPG comes + with plugins for the NAI LDAP keyserver as well as the HKP email + keyserver. It retains internal support for the HKP HTTP + keyserver. + + * Nonrevocable signatures are now supported. If a user signs a + key nonrevocably, this signature cannot be taken back so be + careful! + + * Multiple signature classes are usable when signing a key to + specify how carefully the key information (fingerprint, photo + ID, etc) was checked. + + * --pgp2 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure + that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 2.x. + + * --pgp6 mode automatically sets all necessary options to ensure + that the resulting message will be usable by a user of PGP 6.x. + + * Signatures may now be given an expiration date. When signing a + key with an expiration date, the user is prompted whether they + want their signature to expire at the same time. + + * Revocation keys (designated revokers) are now supported if + present. There is currently no way to designate new keys as + designated revokers. + + * Permissions on the .gnupg directory and its files are checked + for safety. + + * --expert mode enables certain silly things such as signing a + revoked user id, expired key, or revoked key. * Some fixes to build cleanly under Cygwin32. |