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## Release Notes

Please read the NEWS file for a more complete list.

0.9.10 (1999-08-04)
  - Minor bug fixes.
0.9.9 (1999-07-23)
  - Yet another chunk of options.
  - More bug fixes.
0.9.8 (1999-06-26)
  - A couple of new options.
  - Yet another workaround for PGP2.
  - Other bug fixes.
0.9.7 (1999-05-23)
  - Workarounds for a couple of PGP2 bugs.
  - Other bug fixes.
0.9.6 (1999-05-06)
  - Bug fixes.
  - Subkey and signature revocations
0.9.5 (1999-03-20)
  - Bug fixes.
  - --recv-keys command
0.9.4 (1999-03-08)
  - Bug fixes.
0.9.3 (1999-02-19)
  - Bug fixes.
  - Some new options.
0.9.2 (1999-01-20)
  - Bug fixes.
  - HKP keyserver support.
0.9.1 (1999-01-01)
  - Fixed some serious bugs.
  - Some internal redesign.
  - Polish language support.
  - Setup a anonymous rsync server.
0.9.0 (1998-12-23)
  - Option to dash-escape "From" in clear text messages.
  - Better support for unices without /dev/random.
  - Fixed some bugs.
0.4.5 (1998-12-08)
  - Brazilian translation.
  - Improved key import.
  - Loadable random gathering stuff.
  - Files are now locked during updates.
0.4.4 (1998-11-20)
  - Spanish translation.
  - Fixed the way expiration dates are stored.
  - Key validation is now much faster and some more bugs fixed.
  - New feature to support signed patch files.
0.4.3 (1998-11-08)
  - Russian translation.
  - Now lists all matching names.
  - Experimental support for keyrings store in GDBM files.
  - Many bug fixes.
0.4.1 (1998-10-07)
  - Fixed a couple of bugs and add some more features.
  - Checked OpenPGP compliance.
  - PGP 5 passphrase are now working.
0.4.0 (1998-09-18)
  - Fixed a serious Bug in 0.3.5.
  - Added 3DES
0.3.5 (1998-09-14)
  Do not use this version!
  - Anonymous enciphered messages.
  - Building in another directory now work better.
  - Blowfish weak key detection mechanism.
0.3.4 (1998-08-11)
  Bug fixes
0.3.3 (1998-08-08)
  - Alternate user IDs.
  - A menu to sign, add, remove user ids and other tasks.
  - Twofish as a new experimental cipher algorithm.
  - Ability to run as a coprocess; this is nice for frontends.
0.3.2 (1998-07-09)
  - Bug fixes
0.3.1 (1998-07-06)
  - Bug fixes
  - More in compliance with OpenPGP.
0.3.0 (1998-06-25)
  - Major enhancements
  - More complete v4 key support: Preferences and expiration time is set into the self signature.
  - Key generation defaults to DSA/ElGamal keys, so that new keys are interoperable with pgp5
  - Support for dynamic loading of new algorithms.
0.2.19 (1998-05-29)
  - Tiger has now the OpenPGP assigned number 6. Because the OID has changed, old signatures using this algorithm can't be verified.
  - gnupg now encrypts the compressed packed and not any longer in the reverse order; anyway it can decrypt both versions.
  - `--add-key` works and you are now able to generate subkeys.
  - It is now possible to generate ElGamal keys in v4 packets to create valid OpenPGP keys.
  - Some new features for better integration into MUAs.
0.2.18 (1998-05-15)
  - Add key generation for DSA and v4 signatures.
  - Fixed a small bug in the key generation.
  - New option `--compress-algo 1` to allow the creation of compressed messages which are readable by PGP.
0.2.17 (1998-05-04)
  - More stuff for OpenPGP: Blowfish is now type 20, comment packets moved to a private type, packet type 3 now prepends conventional encryption packets.
  - Fixed a passphrase bug and some others
0.2.16 (1998-04-28)
  - Experimental support for TIGER/192.
  - Standard cipher is now Blowfish with 128 bit key in OpenPGP's CFB mode.
0.2.15 (1998-04-09)
  - Fixed a bug with the old checksum calculation for secret keys.
  - CAST5 works (using PGP's strange CFB mode).
0.0.0 (1997-12-22)
  First release.

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