[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Libgcrypt 1.5.2 released

[Ronald Cotoni]

Not sure how/why this was forwarded.  Most users of Linux and various other
open source operating systems use the package management of their
distribution to install GPG or other tools.  They handle updates, including
security fixes/backports of features.  I am sure people who use libgcrypt
from source are on their mailing list themselves so they can keep up to
date.   For the rest who use gentoo/ports/pkgsrc, it is most likely already
updated and you just need to update your sources and recompile.


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:53 PM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
> Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:38 AM
> Subject: Libgcrypt 1.5.2 released
> To: gnupg-announce at gnupg.org, info-gnu at gnu.org
> Cc: gcrypt-devel at gnupg.org
>
>
> Hello!
>
> The GNU project is pleased to announce the availability of Libgcrypt
> version 1.5.2.  This is a maintenance release for the stable branch.
>
> 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 1.5.2:
>
>  * Added support for IDEA.
>
>  * Made the Padlock code work again (regression since 1.5.0).
>
>  * Fixed alignment problems for Serpent.
>
>  * Fixed two bugs in ECC computations.
>
>
> 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-1.5.2.tar.bz2 (1.5M)
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.5.2.tar.bz2.sig
>
> This file is bzip2 compressed.  A gzip compressed version is also
> available:
>
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.5.2.tar.gz (1.8M)
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.5.2.tar.gz.sig
>
> Alternativley you may upgrade version 1.5.1 using this patch file:
>
>  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.5.1-1.5.2.diff.bz2 (12k)
>
> The SHA-1 checksums are:
>
> c9998383532ba3e8bcaf690f2f0d65e814b48d2f  libgcrypt-1.5.2.tar.bz2
> fb54bfea3e276a366009c5a6296eb83cf5e7c14b  libgcrypt-1.5.2.tar.gz
> 086ac76cf91987f66666872cc7d5d5d33c68967e  libgcrypt-1.5.1-1.5.2.diff.bz2
>
>
> For help on developing with Libgcrypt you should read the included
> manual and optional ask on the gcrypt-devel mailing list [1].  A
> listing with commercial support offers for Libgcrypt and related
> software is available at the GnuPG web site [2].
>
> The driving force behind the development of Libgcrypt is my company
> g10 Code.  Maintenance and improvement of Libgcrypt and related
> software takes up most of our resources.  To allow us to continue our
> work on free software, we ask to either purchase a support contract,
> engage us for custom enhancements, or to donate money:
>
>   http://g10code.com/gnupg-donation.html
>
> 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] See http://www.gnupg.org/service.html
>
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Ronald Cotoni
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