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  Release of version 1.6 of gnu-pw-mgr Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org> - 2015-10-07 09:53 -0700

#1258 — Release of version 1.6 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.

New in 1.6 - October, 2015

An important release (for me).  I got fed up with being bitten by
unanswerable "security questions":

* A fix for security questions.  They are too hard to remember,
   and tend to be consistent from web site to web site.
   A "--confirm" option has been added to provide secure answers
   that varies from site to size for these questions.

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-1.6.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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