Download GnuPG 2.1.16

GnuPG stands for GNU Privacy Guard and is also often abbreviated to GPG. This is a collection of tools for securing communication flows and data. It can be used to encrypt data and create digital signatures, and to provide a framework for public key cryptography. It supports both OpenPGP and s/mime standards. For more information, please refer to this page† The developers have released GnuPG 2.1.16 and the major changes made to it are listed below for you.

Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.16

• gpg: New algorithm for selecting the best ranked public key when using a mail address with -r, -R, or –locate-key.
• gpg: New option –with-tofu-info to print a new “tfs” record in colon formatted key listings.
• gpg: New option –compliance as an alternative way to specify options like –rfc2440, –rfc4880, et al.
• gpg: Many changes to the TOFU implementation.
• gpg: Improve usability of –quick-gen-key.
• gpg: In –verbose mode print a diagnostic when a pinentry is launched.
• gpg: Remove code which warns for old versions of gnome-keyring.
• gpg: New option –override-session-key-fd.
• gpg: Option –output does now work with –verify.
• gpgv: New option –output to allow saving the verified data.
• gpgv: New option –enable-special-filenames.
• agent, dirmngr: New –supervised mode for use by systemd and alike.
• agent: By default listen on all available sockets using standard names.
• agent: Invoke scdaemon with –homedir.
• dirmngr: On Linux now detects the removal of its own socket and terminates.
• scd: Support ECC key generation.
• scd: Support more card readers.
• dirmngr: New option –allow-version-check to download a software version database in the background.
• dirmngr: Use system provided CAs if no –hkp-cacert is given.
• dirmngr: Use a default keyserver if none is explicitly set
• gpgconf: New command –query-swdb to check software versions against an copy of an online database.
• gpgconf: Print the socket directory with –list-dirs.
• tools: The WKS tools now support draft version -02.
• tools: Always build gpg-wks-client and install under libexec.
• tools: New option –supported for gpg-wks-client.
• The log-file option now accepts a value “socket://” to log to the socket named “S.log” in the standard socket directory.
• Provide fake pinentries for use by tests cases or downstream developers.
• Fixed many bugs and regressions.
• Many changes and improvements for the test suite.