Hello! The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt version 1.4.2. Libgcrypt is a general purpose library of cryptographic building blocks. It is originally based on code used by GnuPG. It does not provide any implementation of OpenPGP or other protocols. Thorough understanding of applied cryptography is required to use Libgcrypt. Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.2: * The long missing gcry_mpi_lshift function has been added. * RSA key generation now supports a "transient-key" flag. * The keygrip computation for ECDSA has been implemented thus ECDSA is now fully supported. * A few macros have been replaced by functions for better type checking. * The thread initialization structure now carries version information. * The manual describes more clearly how to initialize Libgcrypt. * The library may now be switched into a FIPS mode. * Interface changes relative to the 1.3.0 release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GCRYCTL_OPERATIONAL_P NEW. GCRYCTL_FIPS_MODE_P NEW. GCRYCTL_FORCE_FIPS_MODE NEW. gcry_cipher_setkey NEW: Replaces macro. gcry_cipher_setiv NEW: Replaces macro. gcry_cipher_setctr NEW: Replaces macro. gcry_mpi_lshift NEW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source code is hosted at the GnuPG FTP server and its mirrors as listed at http://www.gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html . On the primary server the source file and its digital signatures is: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.2.tar.bz2 (1049k) ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.2.tar.bz2.sig This file is bzip2 compressed. A gzip compressed version is also available: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.gz (1301k) ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1.tar.gz.sig Alternativley you may upgrade version 1.4.1 using this patch file: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.4.1-1.4.2.diff.bz2 (171k) The SHA-1 checksums are: f4eda0d4a63905aef3bcdf24bb3dad787ef4b918 libgcrypt-1.4.2.tar.gz e9c65688e3191c4cad2910bda2f6c69fc05997a2 libgcrypt-1.4.2.tar.bz2 e0e5e4192f144ae0fc093d08aff50b725f46c0f9 libgcrypt-1.4.1-1.4.2.diff.bz2 For help on developing with Libgcrypt you should read the included manual and optional ask on the gcrypt-devel mailing list [1]. Improving Libgcrypt is costly, but you can help! We are looking for organizations that find Libgcrypt useful and wish to contribute back. You can contribute by reporting bugs, improve the software [2], order extensions or support or more general by donating money to the Free Software movement [3]. Commercial support contracts for Libgcrypt are available [4], and they help finance continued maintenance. g10 Code GmbH, a Duesseldorf based company, is currently funding Libgcrypt development. We are always looking for interesting development projects. Many thanks to all who contributed to Libgcrypt development, be it bug fixes, code, documentation, testing or helping users. Happy hacking, Werner [1] See http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html . [2] Note that copyright assignments to the FSF are required. [3] For example see http://donate.fsf.org . [4] See the service directory at http://www.gnupg.org/service.html . -- Linux-Kongress 2008 + Hamburg + October 7-10 + www.linux-kongress.org Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-announce mailing list Gnupg-announce@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-announce