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  Release of version 2.0 of gnu-pw-mgr Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org> - 2016-05-08 15:19 -0700

#1347 — Release of version 2.0 of gnu-pw-mgr

GNU gnu-pw-mgr "manages" passwords by re-computing them on demand.
It does an sha256 sum of a long, unguessable string stored in a
protected file conjoined with a never-recorded private permutation of
a domain name.  The result is cropped and twiddled in repeatable ways
to satisfy the password requirements of the intended web site.
By basing the check sum on a permutation of a domain, it winds up
easier to have different passwords for different domains than to
overuse a single password.

Since its initial release, none of the algorithms have changed, so
previously created passwords will still be produced by this modified
program.  That includes this "major" new release.

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-pw-mgr/manual/html_node/sharing-passwords.html

New in 2.0 - May, 2016
* A new option --shared to implement sharing passwords.
   This allows shared logins with secure passwords and still
   keeps all the other passwords very secret.  See the docs for
   the rationale and usage.

online docs: 
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-pw-mgr/manual/html_node/index.html
gnu-pw-id home:  http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-pw-mgr/
primary ftp:     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-pw-mgr/
.tar.gz:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-pw-mgr/gnu-pw-mgr-2.0.tar.gz
bug reports:     bug-gnu-pw-mgr at the usual GNU domain
bug archive:     https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-pw-mgr
maintainer:      Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain

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