-*- org -*- #+TITLE: sequoia-sq NEWS – history of user-visible changes #+STARTUP: content hidestars * Changes in 0.39.0 ** Notable changes - Subcommand `sq key userid strip` has been moved to `sq toolbox strip-userid`. - `sq key adopt` supports adopting bare keys (i.e., a primary key without any signatures). - `sq key adopt` add options (`--can-sign`, `--cannot-sign`, `--can-authenticate`, `--cannot-authenticate`, `--can-encrypt`, `--cannot-encrypt`) to allow overriding the key flags. - `sq key adopt` now accepts the option `--creation-time` to allow the user to override the key's creation time. - `sq key adopt` sets the key's creation time to the current time (while respecting `--time`) if `--creation-time` is not specified, and the key's time is the Unix epoch. - To select the type of generated DNS resource records a new switch has been introduced. `sq network dane generate --type generic` replaces the old `--generic` flag. - `sq key adopt` is now called `sq key subkey bind`. - The option to verify a detached signature has been renamed from `--detached` to `--signature-file`: `sq verify --signature-file foo.sig foo.txt`. - `sq key userid revoke` has a new flag `--add-userid` that adds missing user IDs, analogous to the flag in `sq pki certify`. Previously, the global `--force` was used for this. - `sq pki link add` and `sq pki link retract` have a new flag `--recreate` that forces a signature to be created even if it should not be necessary because the parameters did not change. Previously, the global `--force` was used for this. - The global `--force` flag has been renamed to `--overwrite` and now controls whether existing files are overwritten. - The argument `--signer-key` is now just called `--signer`. - The arguments to name recipients for encryption now use the `--for` prefix, as in `sq encrypt --for-email alice@example.org`. Further, `--recipient-cert` is now just called `--for` - The environment variables to override the default cert store and key store location have been renamed from SQ_CERT_STORE to SEQUOIA_CERT_STORE, and SQ_KEY_STORE to SEQUOIA_KEY_STORE, respectively. - `sq toolbox packet split` now requires an explicit output parameter. - `sq pki certify` no longer supports using expired or revoked certificates; the options `--allow-not-alive-certifier` and `--allow-revoked-certifier` have been removed. - `sq toolbox keyring filter --handle` has been made more robust by splitting `--handle` into `--cert` and `--key`, where the former only matches on primary keys, and the latter matches on both primary keys and subkeys. - The argument `sq network keyserver publish --require-all` is the default now and has been removed. - The argument `sq key generate --rev-cert ...` is now mandatory if `--output` has been given. - `sq network fetch` has been renamed to `sq network search` to emphasize that this is key discovery, and may return related or even wrong results. Likewise for the key server, WKD, and DANE methods. - `sq pki certify`'s positional argument for specifying the user ID to certify must now be specified using a named argument, `--userid`, or `--email`. The `--email` argument no longer changes the meaning of how `--userid` is interpreted, but takes an email address. The `--userid` and `--email` arguments may be given multiple times to certify multiple user IDs at once. - `sq pki certify`'s positional argument for specifying the certificate to certify must now be specified using a named argument, `--cert` or `--cert-file`. - Previously `sq pki certify` could create certifications, and mark a certificate as a trusted introducer (when the user set `--depth` to be greater than zero). The latter functionality has been split off to the new subcommand `sq pki authorize`. - Add the `--domain` argument to `sq pki authorize` so the user doesn't have to manually convert a domain to a regular expression. - `sq pki link add`'s positional argument for specifying the certificate to link must now be specified using a named argument, `--cert`. - `sq pki link retract`'s positional argument for specifying the certificate to unlink must now be specified using a named argument, `--cert`. - Removed `sq pki link add`'s positional argument for specifying a user ID directly or by email address. Use the named arguments, `--userid` or `--email` instead. - Add `--add-userid` to `sq pki link add`. This aligns it with `sq pki certify`. - Removed `sq pki link add`'s `--petname` argument. Use `--userid` in conjunction with `--add-userid` instead. - Previously `sq pki link certify` could create certifications, and mark a certificate as a trusted introducer (when the user set `--depth` to be greater than zero). The latter functionality has been split off to the new subcommand `sq pki link authorize`. - Move `sq pki certify` to `sq pki vouch certify`. - Move `sq pki authorize` to `sq pki vouch authorize`. - Move `sq pki list` to `sq cert list`. - Add a new flag `--all` to `sq network wkd publish` and `sq network dane generate` that adds all certificates with a user ID in the target domain that can be authenticated. - The argument `sq verify --signer-cert` is now called `--signer`. - The argument `sq network wkd --rsync` which previously had an optional value argument has been split into two arguments, a boolean `--rsync` to enable the use of rsync, and `--rsync-path`, which implies `--rsync`, to specify a path to the local rsync executable. - When exporting certificates selected by user IDs (i.e. --email, --userid, --domain, or --grep), the bindings are authenticated and only those certificates that can be authenticated are exported. - The do-what-I-mean query parameter has been removed from `sq cert export`. - `sq autocrypt import` has been merged into `sq cert import`. - `sq autocrypt decode` and `sq autocrypt encode-sender` are removed without substitute. - `--cert` now only looks up by primary key fingerprint. - The argument `sq key delete --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key delete --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq cert lint --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key password --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key password --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key expire --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key expire --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key revoke --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key revoke --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key userid add --cert-file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key userid revoke --cert-file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key subkey add --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key subkey add --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key subkey delete --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key subkey delete --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key subkey password --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key subkey password --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key subkey expire --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key subkey expire --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key subkey revoke --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key subkey revoke --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key subkey bind --cert-file` has been renamed to `--file`. - The argument `sq key subkey bind --file` now requires `--output`. - The argument `sq key approvals update --cert-file` now requires `--output`. - The pEp store integration has been removed. - Removed `sq pki path`'s `--gossip` argument, it didn't actually do anything. - Changed `sq key subkey expire`'s expiration argument from a positional argument to a named argument, `--expiration`. - Changed `sq key expire`'s expiration argument from a positional argument to a named argument, `--expiration`. - Changed `sq key revoke`'s reason and message arguments from positional arguments to named arguments, `--reason`, and `--message`, respectively. - Changed `sq key subkey revoke`'s reason and message arguments from positional arguments to named arguments, `--reason`, and `--message`, respectively. - Changed `sq key userid revoke`'s reason and message arguments from positional arguments to named arguments, `--reason`, and `--message`, respectively. - `sq cert import` now supports importing bare revocation certificates. * Changes in 0.38.0 ** Notable changes - New subcommand `sq key subkey delete` to delete secret key material. - New subcommand `sq network wkd publish` that publishes certificates in a WKD over rsync. - Removed now obsolete `sq network wkd generate`. - Removed `sq network wkd url` and `sq network wkd direct-url`. - Renamed subcommand `sq key attest-certifications` to `sq key approvals update` to reflect the new name in the draft, and to make room for introspection commands. - New subcommand `sq key subkey password` to change the password protecting secret key material. - The subcommand `sq network keyserver publish` can now publish certs from the certificate store using the `--cert` parameter. - The subcommands `sq key generate` and `sq key userid add` gained the options `--name` and `--email` as a more user-friendly way to specify user IDs. - All short options with the exception of `-v` have been removed. We will judiciously add some back before releasing 1.0. - The dot output has been removed. Those relying on it can use the standalone sq-wot tool. - New subcommand `sq key subkey export` to export individual keys. This functionality was split off from `sq key export`. - `sq key generate` and `sq key subkey add` now prompt for a password by default. This can be disabled by passing `--without-password`. - New subcommand `sq key approvals list` that lists approved third-party certifications and those pending approval. - Remove `sq cert export`'s `--key` argument. Change `--cert` to match both primary keys and subkeys. * Changes in 0.37.0 ** Notable changes - Remove PKS support. - `sq key userid add` can now use the certificate store and the keystore. - `sq key userid add` no longer accepts positional arguments. The user ID is provided by the `--userid` argument, and the certificate by `--cert` or `--cert-file`. - Drop the `--certificate-file` argument from `sq key revoke`, `sq key subkey revoke`, and `sq key userid revoke` drop the `--certificate-file`. (The certificate can still be specified using `--cert-file`.) - Rename the `--revocation-file` argument to `--revoker-file` in `sq key revoke`, `sq key subkey revoke`, and `sq key userid revoke`. - `sq key revoke --cert-file`, `sq key revoke --revoker-file` `sq key subkey revoke --cert-file`, `sq key subkey revoke --revoker-file`, `sq key userid revoke --cert-file`, and `sq key userid revoke --revoker-file` now accept `-`, which means to read from stdin. - `sq key revoke`, `sq key subkey revoke`, and `sq key userid revoke` now reads from the certificate store when using `--cert` or --revoker`. When `--cert` is used, and `--output` is not specified, the resulting revocation certificate is saved to the certificate store. - The user ID argument to `sq key userid revoke` is no longer a positional argument, but must be specified with `--userid`. - Change `sq cert lint` to not read from stdin by default. - In `sq cert lint`, change the certificate file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--cert-file`. - `sq cert lint` can now use the certificate store and the keystore. - In `sq key subkey add`, change the certificate file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--cert-file`. - `sq key subkey add` now reads from the certificate store when using `--cert`. When `--cert` is used, and `--output` is not specified, the new subkey is saved to the key store. - In `sq key expire`, change the certificate file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--cert-file`. - Split the functionality to update a subkey's expiration time off of `sq key expire` and into `sq key subkey expire`. - Rename `sq key subkey expire`'s `--subkey` argument to `--key`. - `sq key expire` and `sq key subkey expire` can now use the cert store and the key store. - Add the `--password-file` argument to the `sq sign` command to allow the user to prefill the password cache with a password from a file. - In `sq key password`, change the certificate file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--cert-file`. - `sq pki certify`'s certifier parameter interprets `-` as meaning it should read the certificate from stdin. - In `sq pki certify`, change the certifier file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--certifier-file`. - `sq pki certify` can now use the cert store and the key store. - In `sq key adopt`, change the certificate file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--cert-file`. - `sq key adopt` can now use the cert store and the key store. - In `sq key attest-certifications`, change the certificate file parameter from a positional parameter to a named parameter, `--cert-file`. - In `sq key attest-certifications`, don't make `--all` the default, but require the user to specify it (or `--none`) explicitly. - `sq key attest-certifications` can now use the cert store and the key store. - Rename the `--expiry` argument to `--expiration`. - Rename `sq key password`'s `--clear` argument to `--clear-password`. - Add a top-level `--password-file` argument to seed the password cache. Remove `sq key password`'s `--old-password-file`, and `sq sign`'s `--password-file` local arguments in favor of this argument. * Changes in 0.36.0 - Missing * Changes in 0.35.0 - Missing * Changes in 0.34.0 ** Notable changes - `sq` now uses `sequoia-keystore` for secret key operations. When decrypting a message, `sq` will automatically ask the keystore to decrypt the message. `sq sign --signer-key` can be used to specify a signing key managed by the key store. - New top-level option: `sq --no-key-store`: A new switch to disable the use of the key store. - New top-level option: `sq --key-store`: A new option to use an alternate key store. - New subcommand `sq key list` to list keys managed by the key store. - New subcommand `sq key import` to import a key into the key store. - When showing a user ID for a certificate, choose the one that is most authenticated. - `sq network wkd publish` publishes and updates WKD hierarchies via rsync. * Changes in 0.33.0 ** Notable changes - The command line interface has been restructured. Please consult the manual pages and review any code and documents using the interface. Notably: - `sq import` and `sq export` have been moved to `sq cert`. - `sq wot` has been renamed to `sq pki`. - `sq link` and `sq certify` have been moved to `sq pki`. - `sq lookup, `sq keyserver`, `sq wkd`, and `sq dane` have been moved to `sq network`. - All commands retrieving certificates from network services are now called `fetch`, e.g. `sq network fetch` and `sq network dane fetch`. The command for publishing certs on key servers is now called `sq network keyserver publish`. - `sq armor`, `sq dearmor`, and `sq packet` have been moved to `sq toolbox`. - `sq --version` is now `sq version`, and `sq output-versions` has been integrated with that command. - The manual page generation has been improved, and manual pages and shell completions are generated during the build process. To write the assets to a predictable location, set the environment variable `ASSET_OUT_DIR` to a suitable location. * Changes in 0.32.0 ** New functionality - Support for password-encrypted keys has been improved. For example, a newly generated subkey can be password protected. - When encrypting a message with a password, or creating a new password-protected key or subkey, or changing passwords on a key, sq now prompts you to repeat the password to catch typos. - Literal data metadata can now be set using `--set-metadata-filename` and `--set-metadata-time`. - sq now reads the file /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/sequoia.config to configure its cryptographic policy. The file to load can be overridden using the SEQUOIA_CRYPTO_POLICY environment variable. For more information on the format, see: https://docs.rs/sequoia-policy-config/latest/sequoia_policy_config/#format - New subcommand: `sq dane generate`. Generates DANE records for the given domain and certificates. DANE is a way to distribute OpenPGP certificates via DNS. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7929.html - When querying network resources via `sq keyserver get`, `sq wkd get`, or `sq dane get`, multiple queries can be given that are executed simultaneously. - When querying key servers via `sq keyserver get` or `sq keyserver send`, multiple servers are queried simultaneously. - There are now four default keyservers: - hkps://keys.openpgp.org - hkps://mail-api.proton.me - hkps://keys.mailvelope.com - hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com - New subcommand: `sq lookup`. Searches for certificates using all supported network services. ** Notable changes - Padding has been disabled to increase compatibility with other implementations. The padding method we previously used relies on a compressed data packet to pad the message. However, some implementations do not gracefully process these padded encryption containers, so until we get proper padding support from the next revision of OpenPGP, we disable padding. - Message notarization has been disabled. Message notarization and their semantics are not well defined, and there is no consensus on how to do that. - When doing a userid, subkey, or third-party certificate revocation, with the cert given to --certificate-file containing secret key material, we previously emitted a revocation certificate containing secret key material. This has been fixed, and tests have been added to ensure secret key material is only emitted where we expect it to be. * Changes in 0.31.0 ** New functionality - `sq key subkey add` allows to create and add a new subkey to an existing certificate. - The functionality of `sq-keyring-linter` is now available as `sq keyring lint`. - The new subcommands `sq key revoke`, `sq key subkey revoke` and `sq key userid revoke`, allow writing to a file using the `--output` option. ** Notable changes - The `--keyring` option is now global and can be specified anywhere when calling `sq`. ** Deprecated functionality - The `--expires` and `--expires-in` options used in various subcommands are deprecated in favor of the unifying `--expiry`. - `sq key generate --export FILE` is deprecated in favor of the more generic `sq key generate --output FILE`. - The `sq revoke certificate` command has been renamed to `sq key revoke`. - The `sq revoke subkey` command has been renamed to `sq key subkey revoke`. - The `sq revoke userid` command has been renamed to `sq key userid revoke`. * Changes in 0.30.1 ** Notable changes - The `crypto-botan` feature now selects Botan's v3 interface. Use the new `crypto-botan2` feature to continue using Botan's v2 interface. ** Notable fixes - Several parser bugs were fixed in sequoia-openpgp 1.16.0 and buffered-reader 1.2.0. These are all low-severity as Rust correctly detects the out of bounds access and panics. Update Cargo.lock to make sure we use these versions. * Changes in 0.30 ** New functionality - `sq key adopt` now honors `--time`. - Add `sq key adopt --expire` to allow setting an adopted key's expiration time. - Add support for using pEp's certificate store. A pEp certificate store can be used by specifying `sq --pep-cert-store PATH` or setting the environment variable `PEP_CERT_STORE`. * Changes in 0.29 ** New functionality - `sq` now supports and implicitly uses a certificate store. By default, `sq` uses the standard OpenPGP certificate directory. This is located at `$HOME/.local/share/pgp.cert.d` on XDG compliant systems. - `sq --no-cert-store`: A new switch to disable the use of the certificate store. - `sq --cert-store`: A new option to use an alternate certificate store. Currently, only OpenPGP certificate directories are supported. - `sq import`: A new command to import certificates into the certificate store. - `sq export`: A new command to export certificates from the certificate store. - `sq encrypt --recipient-cert`: A new option to specify a recipient's certificate by fingerprint or key ID, which is then looked up in the certificate store. - `sq verify --signer-cert`: A new option to specify a signer's certificate by fingerprint or key ID, which is then looked up in the certificate store. - `sq verify` now also implicitly looks for missing certificates in the certificate store. But, unless they are explicitly named using `--signer-cert`, they are not considered authenticated and the verification will always fail. - `sq certify`: If the certificate to certify is a fingerprint or Key ID, then the corresponding certificate is looked up in the certificate store. - Add a global option, `--time`, to set the reference time. This option replaces the various subcommand's `--time` argument as well as `sq key generate` and `sq key userid add`'s `--creation-time` arguments. - Add top-level option, `--trust-root`, to allow the user to specify trust roots. - Extend `sq encrypt` to allow addressing recipients by User ID (`--recipient-userid`) or email address (`--recipient-email`). Only User IDs that can be fully authenticated are considered. - Extend `sq verify` to verify certificates looked up from the certificate store using the web of trust. If the signature includes a Signer's User ID packet, and the binding can be fully authenticated, consider the signature to be authenticated. If there is no Signer's User ID packet, consider the signature to be authenticated if any binding can fully be authenticated. - Add `sq link add`, which uses the local trust root to certify the specified bindings. - Add `sq link retract`, which retracts certifications made by the local trust root on the specified bindings. - Add `sq link list`, which lists the links. - Add a top-level option, `--keyring`, to allow the user to specify additional keyrings to search for certificates. - Import web of trust subcommands from sq-wot. Specifically, add: - `sq wot authenticate` to authenticate a binding. - `sq wot lookup` to find a certificate with a particular User ID. - `sq wot identify` to list authenticated bindings for a certificate. - `sq wot list` to list authenticated bindings. - `sq wot path` to authenticate and lint a path in a web of trust. - `sq keyserver get`, `sq wkd get`, and `sq dane get` now import any certificates into the certificate store by default instead of exporting them on stdout. It is still possible to export them using the `--output` option. - When `sq keyserver get` (for verifying key servers), `sq wkd get`, or `sq dane get` saves a certificate to the local certificate store, `sq` certifies the validated User IDs (all returned User IDs in the case of verifying key servers; User IDs that contain the looked up email address in the case of WKD and DANE) using a local service-specific proxy CA. If the proxy key doesn't exist, it is created, and certified as a minimally trusted CA (trust amount 1 of 120) by the local trust root. The proxy certificates can be managed in the usual way using `sq link add` and `sq link retract`. - Extend `sq inspect` to inspect certificates from the certificate store using the `--cert` option. ** Deprecated functionality - `sq key generate --creation-time TIME` is deprecated in favor of `sq key generate --time TIME`. - `sq key user id --creation-time TIME` is deprecated in favor of `sq user id --time TIME`. * Started the NEWS file.