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| author | David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> | 2002-08-20 14:56:51 +0200 |
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| committer | David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> | 2002-08-20 14:56:51 +0200 |
| commit | 12fb1e6d5573bb6eac5e9f17bc719f2c06782e81 (patch) | |
| tree | c8552d273c04a454d9da176d277a65c16801fd64 /doc | |
| parent | * keylist.c, keyedit.c, keyserver.c, sign.c: Some TODOs and comments. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg2-12fb1e6d5573bb6eac5e9f17bc719f2c06782e81.tar.xz gnupg2-12fb1e6d5573bb6eac5e9f17bc719f2c06782e81.zip | |
* DETAILS: Clarify that trust letters 'q' and '-' can be treated
identically.
* gpg.sgml: Document --ignore-mdc-error.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/DETAILS | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.sgml | 19 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 51b35e067..0246feca7 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2002-08-20 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> + + * DETAILS: Clarify that trust letters 'q' and '-' can be treated + identically. + + * gpg.sgml: Document --ignore-mdc-error. + 2002-08-06 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> * gpg.sgml: Clarify that only long-form options can go in the diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index ce4019b8a..37fcd0bb6 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ record. d = The key has been disabled r = The key has been revoked e = The key has expired - q = Undefined (no value assigned) + - = Unknown trust (i.e. no value assigned) + q = Undefined trust + '-' and 'q' may safely be treated as the same + value for most purposes n = Don't trust this key at all m = There is marginal trust in this key f = The key is full trusted. diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index f263b9b3b..e2effd555 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -1814,14 +1814,22 @@ clock problem. <varlistentry> <term>--ignore-crc-error</term> <listitem><para> -The ASCII armor used by OpenPG is protected by a CRC checksum against +The ASCII armor used by OpenPGP is protected by a CRC checksum against transmission errors. Sometimes it happens that the CRC gets mangled -somewhere on the transmission channel -but the actual content (which is anyway protected by -the OpenPGP protocol) is still okay. This option will let gpg ignore -CRC errors. +somewhere on the transmission channel but the actual content (which is +protected by the OpenPGP protocol anyway) is still okay. This option +will let gpg ignore CRC errors. </para></listitem></varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>--ignore-mdc-error</term> +<listitem><para> +This option changes a MDC integrity protection failure into a warning. +This can be useful if a message is partially corrupt, but it is +necessary to get as much data as possible out of the corrupt message. +However, be aware that a MDC protection failure may also mean that the +message was tampered with intentionally by an attacker. +</para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>--lock-once</term> @@ -1892,6 +1900,7 @@ Suppress the warning about unsafe file permissions. Suppress the warning about missing MDC integrity protection. </para></listitem></varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term>--no-armor</term> <listitem><para> |