Download GnuPG 2.2.12

Version 2.2.12 of GnuPG has been released. 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 main changes made in this release are listed below.

Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.12

• tools: New commands –install-key and –remove-key for gpg-wks-client. This allows to prepare a Web Key Directory on a local file system for later upload to a web server.
• gpg: New –list-option “show-only-fpr-mbox”. This makes the use of the new gpg-wks-client –install-key command easier on Windows.
• gpg: Improve processing speed when –skip-verify is used.
• gpg: Fix a bug where a LF was accidentally written to the console.
• gpg: –card-status now shwos whether a card has the new KDF feature enabled.
• agent: New runtime option –s2k-calibration=MSEC. New configure option –with-agent-s2k-calibration=MSEC. [more info]
• dirmngr: Try another keyserver from the pool on receiving a 502, 503, or 504 error. [more info]
• dirmngr: Avoid possible CSRF attacks via http redirects. A HTTP query will not anymore follow a 3xx redirect unless the Location header gives the same host. If the host is different only the host and port is taken from the Location header and the original path and query parts are kept.
• dirmngr: New command FLUSHCRL to flush all CRLS from disk and memory. [more info]
• New simplified Chinese translation (zh_CN).