The GnuPG Project, through Werner Koch, has announced the immediate availability for download of the eight maintenance release of the GnuPG 2.1 software, an open-source, free, and complete implementation of the OpenPGP standard.
According to the release notes, which we have attached at the end of the article for reference, GnuPG 2.1.8 is a bugfix release that fixes a regression that occurred when using EdDSA keys with SSH (Secure Shell), re-implements the ability to send very large keys to key servers, and adds support for exporting secret keys via Assuan.
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