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+<h3>
+<A NAME="gnunet0.11.0">2019-02: GNUnet 0.11.0 released</A>
+</h3>
+
+We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.11.0. <br>
+
+This is a major release after about five years of development.  In
+terms of usability, users should be aware that there are still a large
+number of known open issues in particular with respect to ease of use,
+but also some critical privacy issues especially for mobile users.
+Also, the nascent network is tiny (~200 peers) and thus unlikely to
+provide good anonymity or extensive amounts of interesting
+information.  As a result, the 0.11.0 release is still only suitable
+for early adopters with some reasonable pain tolerance.
+
+<h4>Download links</h4>
+<p>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+    <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+    <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+    <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-gtk-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+    <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0.tar.gz">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0.tar.gz</a></li>
+    <li><a href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-fuse-0.11.0.tar.gz.sig</a></li>
+  </ul>
+Note that GNUnet is now started using <tt>gnunet-arm -s</tt>. GNUnet should be
+stopped using <tt>gnunet-arm -e</tt>.
+</p>
+
+<h4><Noteworthy changes in 0.11.0</h4>
+<p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>The Web site and manuals have undergone significant rework. You can find an
+        archive of the old Web site at <a href="https://old.gnunet.org/">old.gnunet.org</a>.</li>
+    <li>The code now builds again on MacOS.</li>
+    <li>Build process now works properly with idn2</li>
+    <li>Except for <tt>gnunet-qr</tt>, all Python code was migrated to Python 3.7.</li>
+    <li>Fixed security issues in secret sharing cryptography logic</li>
+    <li>Services running out of file descriptors on <tt>accept()</tt> no longer busy wait</li>
+    <li>Fixed crash in gnunet-gns2dns proxy</li>
+    <li>GNS responses are now padded to minimize information disclosure from the size</li>
+    <li>Fixed API issues and (rare) crash bugs in CADET</li>
+    <li>The experimental SecuShare code is not included in the release, you can
+        now find it in the <a href="git://git.gnunet.org/gnunet-secushare/">gnunet-secushare</a>
+        Git repository.</li>
+  </ul>
+  The above is just the short list, our bugtracker lists
+  <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/changelog_page.php?version_id=258">
+  over 50 individual issues</a> that were resolved since 0.11.0pre66.
+</p>
+
+<h4>Known Issues</h4>
+<p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>There are known major design issues in TRANSPORT, ATS and CORE
+        which will need to be addressed for usability, performance
+        and security.</li>
+    <li>There are known moderate implementation limitations in CADET that
+        impact performance.</li>
+    <li>There are known moderate design issues in FS that also impact
+        usability and performance.</li>
+    <li>There are minor implementation limitations in SET that create
+        unnecessary attack surface for availability.</li>
+    <li>The RPS subsystem remains experimental.</li>
+  </ul>
+
+In addition to this list, you may also want to consult our bug tracker
+at <a href="https://bugs.gnunet.org/">bugs.gnunet.org</a> which lists
+about 150 more specific issues.
+</p>
+
+<h4>Thanks</h4>
+<p>
+This release was the work of many people. The following people
+contributed code and were thus easily identified:
+Christian Grothoff, Matthias Wachs, Bart Polot, Sree Harsha Totakura,
+Nathan S. Evans, Martin Schanzenbach, Julius Bünger, Nils Gillmann,
+Philipp Tölke, Florian Dold, Руслан Ижбулатов, tg(x), David Barksdale,
+Christian Fuchs, Nils Durner, Omar Tarabai, Maximilian Szengel, Supriti
+Singh, lurchi, David Brodski, xrs, Fabian Oehlmann, Carlo von lynX,
+Christophe Genevey Metat, Jeffrey Burdges, Safey A.Halim, Daniel Golle,
+Phil, Bruno Cabral, Ji Lu, Heikki Lindholm, Markus Teich, t3sserakt,
+Claudiu Olteanu, Marcello Stanisci, Moon, anryko, Arthur Dewarumez,
+Julien Morvan, Adnan H, Lin Tong, Andreas Fuchs, Christian Rupp, jah,
+Alejandra Morales, Matthias Kolja Miehl, Andrew Cann, Antonio Ojea,
+Pascal Mainini, amirouche and hark.
+</p>