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diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 4b8eda8ed..6f1d895ad 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -234,3 +234,52 @@ There is one enhavement used ith the old style packet headers: + another packet version to tell the application that it can not assume, + that this is the last packet. + + + + +Keyserver Message Format +------------------------- + +The keyserver may be contacted by a Unix Domain socket or via TCP. + +The Format of a request is: + +---- +command-tag +"Content-length:" digits +CRLF +------ + +Where command-tag is + +GET <user-name> +PUT +DELETE <user-name> + + +The format of a response is: + +------ +"GNUPG/1.0" status-code status-text +"Content-length:" digits +CRLF +------------ +followed by <digits> bytes of data + + +Status codes are: + + o 1xx: Informational - Request received, continuing process + + o 2xx: Success - The action was successfully received, understood, + and accepted + + o 4xx: Client Error - The request contains bad syntax or cannot be + fulfilled + + o 5xx: Server Error - The server failed to fulfill an apparently + valid request + + + |