gpgdir-1.7 released

The 1.7 release of gpgdir is ready for download. This release fixes a bug that was introduced in gpgdir-1.6 that caused previously encrypted directories to not be decrypted in --decrypt mode. This bug was reported by Per Ronny Westin, and the result is the addition of a new test suite so that bugs of this type don't creep back into the gpgdir development process. Here is some sample output of the new test suite in action:

[+] ==> Running gpgdir test suite <==

(Setup) gpgdir program compilation..................................pass (0)
(Setup) Command line argument processing............................pass (1)
(Test mode) gpgdir basic test mode..................................pass (2)
(Encrypt dir) gpgdir directory encryption...........................pass (3)
(Encrypt dir) Files recursively encrypted...........................pass (4)
(Encrypt dir) Excluded hidden files/dirs............................pass (5)
(Decrypt dir) gpgdir directory decryption...........................pass (6)
(Decrypt dir) Files recursively decrypted...........................pass (7)
(MD5 digest) match across encrypt/decrypt cycle.....................pass (8)
(Ascii-armor dir) gpgdir directory encryption.......................pass (9)
(Ascii-armor dir) Files recursively encrypted.......................pass (10)
(Ascii-armor dir) Excluded hidden files/dirs........................pass (11)
(Decrypt dir) gpgdir directory decryption...........................pass (12)
(Decrypt dir) Files recursively decrypted...........................pass (13)
(MD5 digest) match across encrypt/decrypt cycle.....................pass (14)

[+] ==> Passed 15/15 tests against gpgdir. <==
[+] This console output has been stored in: test.log

Here is the complete ChangeLog: for the 1.7 release:

• Bugfix to ensure that encrypted directories can actually be decrypted. This bug was reported by Per Ronny Westin.


• Updated to use the ".asc" extension for encrypted files in --Plain-ascii mode.


• Added gpgdir test suite. All future gpgdir releases (and including this 1.7 release) require that all gpgdir tests pass on the systems where gpgdir is developed.

Software Release - gpgdir-1.4

The 1.4 release of gpgdir is ready for download. This release adds two new options that allow previously encrypted or decrypted files to be overwritten. Here is the ChangeLog:

• (Anthony Chivetta) Submitted patch to implement the --overwrite-encrypted command line argument to allow previously encrypted files to be overwritten. This is useful for updating an encrypted directory with new versions of the previously encrypted files. Also added the --overwrite-decrypted command line argument to perform the same function for previously decrypted files.
• (Anthony Chivetta) Submitted patch to fix a bug where a filename of "0.gpg" could not be decrypted because "0"

As an example, here is the output gpgdir produces when encrypting a directory:

[mbr@minastirith ~/src/gpgdir]$ gpgdir --Exclude "GnuPG-Interface/t" --encrypt GnuPG-Interface
[+] Executing: gpgdir --Exclude GnuPG-Interface/t --encrypt GnuPG-Interface
Using GnuPG key: A742839F
Enter password (for initial encrypt/decrypt test)
Password:

[+] Encrypting directory: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface
[+] Building file list...
[-] Skipping encrypted file: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/test/pubring.gpg
[-] Skipping encrypted file: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/test/encrypted.1.gpg
[-] Skipping encrypted file: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/test/secring.gpg
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/PublicKey.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/Options.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/Makefile.PL
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/MANIFEST
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/README
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/NEWS
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/Signature.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/Handles.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/PrimaryKey.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/THANKS
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/Fingerprint.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/ChangeLog
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/SecretKey.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/SubKey.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/Key.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/VERSION
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/COPYING
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/UserId.pm
[+] Encrypting: /home/mbr/src/gpgdir/GnuPG-Interface/lib/GnuPG/Interface.pm

[+] Total number of files encrypted: 19

Software Release - gpgdir-1.2

The 1.2 release of gpgdir is ready for download. This release concentrates on getting gpgdir to function on non-Linux systems - specifically Windows under Cygwin and FreeBSD. Here is the ChangeLog:

• Added support for installing gpgdir on Windows under Cygwin (via the install.pl script). Installing gpgdir on FreeBSD systems also works.
• Added support for installing gpgdir within a user home directory without the need for root access (this requires installing gpgdir with the install.pl script).
• Added --agent to have gpgdir acquire gpg key password from a running gpg-agent instance.
• Added --no-password so gpgdir can use a gpg key with no associated password (this is not common). The user is not prompted for a password in this case.

Software Release - gpgdir-1.1

The 1.1 release of gpgdir is ready for download. This is a major release with new functionality such as the ability to drive the wipe program to securely delete original files after successful encryption. Here is the ChangeLog:

• Added the ability to securely delete the original versions of files with the 'wipe' program (after they have been successfully encrypted). Also added --wipe-path to specify a path to the wipe binary (the default is /usr/bin/wipe), --wipe-interactive to force the wipe program to prompt the user before a file is deleted, and --wipe-cmdline to allow the user to build a set of command line arguments that are passed to the wipe program.
• Added --Force to have gpgdir skip over the error condition where a file cannot be deleted (because of a permissions issue for example).
• Added --Trial-run to allow the user to see what actions gpgdir would take to encrypt or decrypt files, but no files are actually modified.
• Added --Interactive to have gpgdir prompt the user before every file is encrypted, decrypted.
• Added the gpgdir.SlackBuild script (contributed by pyllyukko originally for the psad project) for building gpgdir on Slackware systems.