GnuPG 1.4.9 for RISC OS released
Stefan Bellon
Hash: RIPEMD160
I've just released GnuPG 1.4.9 for RISC OS. Since that last release of
GnuPG 1.4.1 for RISC OS more than three years ago, this is the first
update.
News
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* Easier key management (updated key fetchers and keyring management
commands).
* Fixed a few security issues.
* Removed internationalisation from the RISC OS version (I doubt anybody
has used GnuPG with another language than English in the past anyway).
Apart from those issues, it's mainly a maintenance release. If you are
keen to know the exact changes, please refer to the NEWS file inside
the distribution or linked to from my web page.
Overview
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GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. Because it does not
use the patented IDEA algorithm, it can be used without any
restrictions. GnuPG is a RFC2440 and RFC4880 (OpenPGP) compliant
application.
GnuPG itself is a commandline tool without any graphical stuff. It is
the real crypto engine which can be used directly from a command
prompt, from obey scripts or by other programs. Therefore it can be
considered as a backend for other applications.
Features
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* Full replacement of PGP.
* Does not use any patented algorithms.
* GPLed, written from scratch.
* Full OpenPGP implementation.
* Better functionality than PGP and some security enhancements over
PGP 2.
* Decrypts and verifies PGP 5, 6, 7 and 8 messages.
* Supports ElGamal (signature and encryption), DSA, RSA, AES, 3DES,
Blowfish, Twofish, CAST5, MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512,
and RIPEMD160 (and optionally -- not GNU anymore -- you can use IDEA
as well)
* Supports key and signature expiration dates.
* Integrated support for HKP and LDAP keyservers and directly fetching
keys from URIs.
* Support for photo IDs.
* And many more things....
Messenger Pro and Pluto support GnuPG.
Download
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You can download it from my homepage at http://www.sbellon.de/
There are four different archives:
* The normal GPLed GnuPG for RISC OS binary (without IDEA).
If you're not worried about backwards compatibility to PGP 2.x, then
you'll want only this archive.
* The IDEA archive, which is not GNU anymore.
You are only allowed to use this for non-commercial purposes legally!
* The partially linked GnuPG for RISC OS archive.
You need the two above and this in order to build yourself a version
which supports IDEA. You don't need any compiler or programming
experience in order to create this version.
But you only need it for backwards compatibility and are only allowed
to use it non-commercially!
* The GPLed source code archive.
This is the source code without IDEA. If you want to compile yourself
an IDEA-aware version, you'll need the IDEA archive as well. You'll
need Norcroft C and UnixLib in order to compile GnuPG for RISC OS.
Have fun and a Pretty Good Privacy,
Stefan.
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Stefan Bellon
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