Tink v1.3.0-rc4 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-02-20 // about 4 years ago
  • Tink is a multi-language, cross-platform library that provides simple and misuse-proof APIs for common cryptographic tasks.

    ๐Ÿš€ This is Tink 1.3.0 Release Candidate 4.

    ๐Ÿ”„ Changes

    The complete list of changes since 1.3.0-rc3 can be found here.

    ๐Ÿ”„ Changes of note include (from rc3 to rc4):

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix an inconsistency in the Envelope Encryption approach in the C++ implementation (8e4b5c7)

    Please note that Tink JavaScript and Tink Python are not a part of this release. Moreover, streaming envelope encryption (for Java and C++) has been de-prioritized and also is not a part of this release.

    Installation

    C++ with prebuilt binaries

    OS="$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"TARGET\_DIR="/usr/local"curl -L \ "https://storage.googleapis.com/tink/releases/libtink-${OS}-x86\_64-1.3.0-rc4.tar.gz" |sudo tar -xz -C ${TARGET\_DIR}
    

    Obj-C with CocoaPods

    ๐Ÿšš The Obj-C artifacts are pending publication. This note will be removed once they are published.

    cd /path/to/your/Xcode project/ pod init pod 'Tink', '1.3.0-rc4'pod install
    

    Golang

    To install Tink locally run:

    go get github.com/google/tink/go/...
    

    Java with Maven

    \<dependency\> \<groupId\>com.google.crypto.tink\</groupId\> \<artifactId\>tink\</artifactId\> \<version\>1.3.0-rc4\</version\> \</dependency\>
    

    Android with Gradle

    dependencies {
      compile 'com.google.crypto.tink:tink-android:1.3.0-rc4'
    }
    

    What's next

    ๐Ÿš€ This should be the last release candidate before the final 1.3.0 release.