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Our Task List

Name	State	Current Release	Next Release scheduled for	Work done
GnuPG 1.4	production	1.4.9	-	-
GnuPG 2.0	production	2.0.12	-	-
GPGME	stable	1.2.0	-	-
OpenPGP Card	stable	2.0	-	-
Libgcrypt	stable	1.4.4	-	-
ECC	development	-	Fall 2009	80%
Crypto Accelerators	planned	-	n/a	0%
DirMngr	stable	1.0.3	-	-
S/MIME for Mutt	stable	-	-	-
S/MIME for Sylpheed	development	-	n/a	60%
OpenPGP PAM (Poldi)	development	-	n/a	95%

GNU Privacy Guard 1.4

GnuPG 1.4 is the current stable version to be used for all security critical applications with real data. New releases are usually only done for bug and portability fixes.

GNU Privacy Guard 2.0

GnuPG 2.0 ist the modularized version of GnuPG. It has an entirely different design and changes to the code and features are very frequent.

Features of GnuPG 2.0 are:

• Support for smart cards
• Higly modularized design
• Supports S/MIME by implementing CMS and X.509
• A new way to store private keys
• Direct support of modern USB smart card readers.
• Replacement for the Secure Shell Agent.

GnuPG Made Easy

The GPGME library has recently be overhauled and the new API makes the use easier. GPGME is now multi-thread safe.

OpenPGP Smartcard

More details are available.

Libgcrypt

Libgcrypt is the GNU projects low-level cryptographic library.

ECC Support for Libgcrypt

Libgcrypt features some support Elliptic Curve algorithm. ECDSA is quite usable now, other algorithms are in the works.

Hardware Support for Libgcrypt

For certain applications (e.g. web servers), it is often highly desirable to keep the CPU clear of lengthly mathematical calculations. Libgcrypt has some limited support for the VIA Padlock engine. We are interested in extended the support to other hardware.

Directory Manager

The Directory Manager (dirmngr) is designed to be the central place to keep track of LDAP and other directory requests for Certifiction Revocation Lists (CRL) and direct certificate lookup. It was orginally developed as part of the Aegypten project.

Better S/MIME support for Mutt

The well known mailer Mutt has some limited support for S/MIME. In the course of the Ägypten project we implemented a new and far better S/MIME support which may be enabled using a run time option.

S/MIME support for Sylpheed

The graphical mailer Sylpheed comes with OpenPGP support and basic S/MIME support.

PAM for the OpenPGP smartcard