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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2009-07-22 12:24:46 +0200
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2009-07-22 12:24:46 +0200
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@@ -60,30 +60,10 @@ API (called here @emph{W32}) will be supported to some extend.
@node W32 Notes
@section Microsoft Windows Notes
-The port to Microsoft Windows based OSes is pretty new and has some
-limitations we might remove over time. Note, that we have not yet done
-any security audit and you should not use any valuable private key. In
-particular, @strong{using it on a box with more than one user, might
-lead to a key compromise}.
-
-@strong{It is quite possible that the current version does not even
-build.}
-
@noindent
Current limitations are:
@itemize
-@item
-The @code{LISTKEYS} Assuan command of @command{gpgsm} is not supported.
-Using the command line options @option{--list-keys} or
-@option{--list-secret-keys} does however work.
-
-@item
-No support for CRL checks. By default the option
-@option{--disable-crl-checks} has been turned on and the log will show
-an appropriate warning message. The reason for this is that the
-separate CRL checking daemin (@command{dirmngr}) has not been ported to
-W32.
@item
@command{gpgconf} does not create backup files, so in case of trouble
@@ -97,10 +77,6 @@ possible.
The periodical smartcard status checking done by @command{scdaemon} is
not yet supported.
-@item
-Detached running of the gpg-agent is not directly supported. It needs
-to be started in a console and left alone then.
-
@end itemize