Hi! We are pleased to announce the availibility of Gpg4win, version 1.0.2. The gpg4win project aims at updating the gpg4win Windows installation package with GnuPG encryption tool, associated applications and documentation on a regular basis. Especially the documentation (handbooks "Einsteiger" and "Durchblicker") are directly maintained as part of the gpg4win project. It is an international project. Due to the origin of the project the German language is fully supported. As of now the the handbooks are only available in German. People helping with translations are very welcome! The main difference compared to all other similar approaches (mainly GnuPP, GnuPT, Windows Privacy Tools and GnuPG-Basics) is that the first thing developed was the *gpg4win-Builder*. This builder allows to easily create new gpg4win.exe installers with updated components. The builder runs on any decent Unix system, preferable Debian GNU/Linux. Almost all products are automatically cross-compiled for integration into the installer. With this concept it is hoped to *prevent quick aging of the* *installer package*. This is due to easier updating and less dependancy on single developers. Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.2 (2006-05-30) ------------------------------------------------ * Fixed a bug in GPA which led to a non-working backup on some Windows systems. * Updated Sylpheed-Claws to the latest stable version. * Included components are: GnuPG: 1.4.3 WinPT: 0.12.1 [*] GPA: 0.7.3 GPGol: 0.9.10 GPGee: 1.3.1 Sylpheed-Claws: 2.2.0 [*] Einsteiger: 2.0.2 [*] Durchblicker: 2.0.2 [*] (Marked packages are updated since the last release) For installation instuctions, please visit http://www.gpg4win.org or read on. Developers who want to *build an installer* need to get the following files from http://wald.intevation.org/projects/gpg4win/ : gpg4win-1.0.2.tar.bz2 (3.9M) gpg4win-1.0.2.tar.bz2.sig The second file is a digital signature of the the first file. Either check that this signature is fine or compare with the checksums given below. (see also http://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html) The *ready to use installer* is available at: http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-1.0.2.exe (6.2M) http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-1.0.2.exe.sig Or using the ftp protocol at: ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.2.exe (6.2M) ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.2.exe.sig SHA1 and MD5 checksums for these files are given below. If you don't need the German PDF manuals, you might alternatively download the "light" version of the installer: http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-light-1.0.2.exe (4.6M) http://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win-light- 1.0.2.exe.sig or using the ftp protocol at: ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.2.exe (4.6M) ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-1.0.2.exe.sig A separate installer with the the sources used to build the above installer is available at: ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-src-1.0.2.exe (41M) ftp://ftp.gpg4win.org/gpg4win/gpg4win-src-1.0.2.exe.sig Most people don't need this source installer; it is merely stored on that server to satisfy the conditions of the GPL. In general it is better to get the gpg4win builder tarball (see above) and follow the instructions in the README to build new installers; building the installer is not possible on Windows machines and works best on current Debian GNU/Linux systems (we use the mingw32 package from Sid). SHA1 checksums are: 8d4aa1799096da33c8e961f44e5b5ceff0fc6647 gpg4win-1.0.2.exe ed93fc55e3cb221f2b0e0b96c660fb7d87f490bb gpg4win-light-1.0.2.exe 1d82a8f54819d487f6078aab4343fefa24504aa4 gpg4win-src-1.0.2.exe caa3c502645ece898281ca2f47cff4ce81657d0c gpg4win-1.0.2.tar.bz2 MD5 checksums are: ce25314e788c0434ead74cfe0662f6c5 gpg4win-1.0.2.exe 9886cbb42200393be5f3e0d019ee31ba gpg4win-light-1.0.2.exe c216828825d606dcdfe9e1b70cb3fcc7 gpg4win-src-1.0.2.exe 20f0588c5777cbe7834d751175fe98e2 gpg4win-1.0.2.tar.bz2 We like to thank the authors of the included packages, the NSIS authors, all other contributors and first of all, those folks who stayed with us and tested the early releases of gpg4win. Happy hacking, Jan, Marcus, Timo and Werner -- Marcus Brinkmann <mb@g10code.com> The GnuPG Experts http://g10code.com Join the Fellowship and protect your Freedom! http://www.fsfe.org