X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=website%2Fnews%2Fmodified-gnutls-2.4.x-available.mdwn;h=36cfbfc51c949dbbef14777c02644262e40baa94;hb=c77f491ca9c98623a7af4a958d653d527b53eaac;hp=02acbc9ed304fe0e38964f2d1fb1c4d015423050;hpb=1e3aa94f4676ba9ef76df0235c07dec0b9acdd86;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/news/modified-gnutls-2.4.x-available.mdwn b/website/news/modified-gnutls-2.4.x-available.mdwn index 02acbc9..36cfbfc 100644 --- a/website/news/modified-gnutls-2.4.x-available.mdwn +++ b/website/news/modified-gnutls-2.4.x-available.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ [[meta title="Modified GnuTLS 2.4.x available"]] +----- + +**2008-10-25 UPDATE:** [GnuTLS 2.6 has been released, and it contains the +functionality we needed](/news/gnutls-2.6-enables-monkeysphere). +Please upgrade to GnuTLS 2.6 if you need Monkeysphere to deal with +passphrase-protected authentication subkeys. The information on this +page is now of historical interest only. + +----- + The MonkeySphere project is now making available a patched version of [GnuTLS](http://gnutls.org/) version 2.4.x, which enhances the utility of the `monkeysphere` package by enabling it to read authentication @@ -9,8 +19,8 @@ circumstances. You can track this package in debian lenny by adding the following lines to `/etc/apt/sources.list`: - deb http://monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls - deb-src http://monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls + deb http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls + deb-src http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls Or you can patch and build the packages yourself with the patches and scripts provided in [the MonkeySphere git repo](/download). @@ -40,7 +50,7 @@ describes this extension this way: And [`gpg(1)`](http://linux.die.net/man/1/gpg) says of `--export-secret-subkeys`: - \[This\] command has the special property to render the secret + [This] command has the special property to render the secret part of the primary key useless; this is a GNU extension to OpenPGP and other implementations can not be expected to successfully import such a key.