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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy - --------------------------- + GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy + --------------------------- - Copyright 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 g10 Code GmbH + Copyright 2001-2016 g10 Code GmbH This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ to public key crypto engines like GnuPG or GpgSM easier for applications. GPGME provides a high-level crypto API for encryption, decryption, signing, signature verification and key management. +GPGME comes with language bindings for Common Lisp, C++, QT, Python2 +and Python 3. + GPGME uses GnuPG and GpgSM as its backends to support OpenPGP and the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). -GPGME runs best on GNU/Linux or *BSD systems. Other Unices may -require small portability fixes, please send us your patches. - See the files COPYING, COPYING.LESSER, and each file for copyright and warranty information. The file AUTHORS has a list of authors and useful web and mail addresses. @@ -70,18 +70,32 @@ a) If you have a trusted Version of GnuPG installed, you can simply check indeed a a signature of gpgme-x.y.z.tar.gz. The key used to create this signature is either of: - "pub 2048R/4F25E3B6 2011-01-12 Werner Koch (dist sig)" - "pub 1024D/87978569 1999-05-13 - Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]> - Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>" + 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) - If you do not have this key, you can get it from any keyserver. You - have to make sure that this is really the key and not a faked one. - You can do this by comparing the output of: + You may retrieve these files from the keyservers using this command - $ gpg --fingerprint 0x4F25E3B6 + gpg --recv-keys 249B39D24F25E3B6 04376F3EE0856959 \ + 2071B08A33BD3F06 8A861B1C7EFD60D9 - with the fingerprint published elsewhere. + The keys are also available at https://gnupg.org/signature_key.html + and in released GnuPG tarballs in the file g10/distsigkey.gpg . + You have to make sure that these are really the desired keys and + not faked one. You should do this by comparing the fingerprints + with the fingerprints published elsewhere. b) If you don't have any of the above programs, you have to verify the SHA1 checksum: @@ -101,7 +115,7 @@ Documentation For information how to use the library you can read the info manual, which is also a reference book, in the doc/ directory. The programs -in the tests/gpg/ directory may also prove useful. +in the tests/ directory may also prove useful. Please subscribe to the [email protected] mailing list if you want to do serious work. |