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| author | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-03-19 04:37:41 +0000 |
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| committer | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-03-19 04:37:41 +0000 |
| commit | 162dbff533c86d3e716fff31cedd8fb1a2a3da42 (patch) | |
| tree | 246e24278568b8df827d72e677d3381b4271a82f | |
| parent | Properly handle a "no keys found" case from the internal HKP code (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-162dbff533c86d3e716fff31cedd8fb1a2a3da42.tar.gz gnupg-162dbff533c86d3e716fff31cedd8fb1a2a3da42.zip | |
Change meaning of --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to match change in code, and
add --no-allow-non-selfsigned-uid.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.sgml | 17 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 62d0680ff..e3d894bb9 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-03-18 David Shaw <[email protected]> + + * gpg.sgml: Change meaning of --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to match + change in code, and add --no-allow-non-selfsigned-uid. + 2002-03-13 Werner Koch <[email protected]> * faq.raw: Due to a lack of time Nils can't serve anymore as a diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index 19a858829..8fc8a4059 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -1531,22 +1531,23 @@ Reset the --force-v4-certs option. Force the use of encryption with appended manipulation code. This is always used with the newer ciphers (those with a blocksize greater than 64 bit). -This option might not be implemented yet. </para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>--allow-non-selfsigned-uid</term> <listitem><para> -Allow the import of keys with user IDs which are not self-signed, but -have at least one signature. -This only allows the import - key validation will fail and you -have to check the validity of the key by other means. This hack is -needed for some German keys generated with pgp 2.6.3in. You should really -avoid using it, because OpenPGP has better mechanics to do separate signing -and encryption keys. +Allow the import and use of keys with user IDs which are not +self-signed. This is not recommended, as a non self-signed user ID is +trivial to forge. </para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>--no-allow-non-selfsigned-uid</term> +<listitem><para> +Reset the --allow-non-selfsigned-uid option. +</para></listitem></varlistentry> + <term>--allow-freeform-uid</term> <listitem><para> Disable all checks on the form of the user ID while generating a new |