About this tag
Libgcrypt is a cryptographic component library commonly used by GnuPG-derived software, secure messaging clients, and package tools on Windows. Recent releases, such as Libgcrypt 1.12.3, address security issues like DLL loading risks in Windows builds and introduce performance improvements for cryptographic operations on recent Intel processors. While these changes are largely invisible to end users, developers integrating Libgcrypt into applications should track updates to benefit from security fixes and hardware acceleration. The tag covers release announcements, security patches, and developer-focused details relevant to Windows deployments of this library.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Windows Apps: Libgcrypt 1.12.3 Fixes DLL Loading Risk

    Libgcrypt 1.12.3 is a small maintenance release with a meaningful security fix for Windows builds and new code paths that let applications take advantage of cryptographic instructions in recent Intel PCs. The speedups will be invisible to most Windows users because Libgcrypt is a component...