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| author | Nils Ellmenreich <[email protected]> | 2000-12-19 15:39:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Nils Ellmenreich <[email protected]> | 2000-12-19 15:39:57 +0000 |
| commit | d188c1c37fff1c2ff6cf541ef28b4f459298bc05 (patch) | |
| tree | 299ab1d4856941ad537fc175eff98441d33027f6 | |
| parent | 1.0.4c snapshot (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-d188c1c37fff1c2ff6cf541ef28b4f459298bc05.tar.gz gnupg-d188c1c37fff1c2ff6cf541ef28b4f459298bc05.zip | |
cipher deprecated warning explained
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/faq.raw | 12 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ GNUPG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS -Version: 0.35 -Last-Modified: Dec 14, 2000 +Version: 0.36 +Last-Modified: Dec 19, 2000 Maintained-by: Nils Ellmenreich <nils 'at' gnupg.org> @@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ you could search in the mailing list archive. 6.10) If I submit a key to a keyserver, nothing happens ... 6.11) I get "gpg: waiting for lock ..." 6.12) Older gpg's (e.g., 1.0) have problems with keys from newer gpgs ... - 6.13) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug? + 6.13) With 1.0.4, I get "this cipher algorithm is deprecated ..." + 6.14) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug? 7. ADVANCED TOPICS 7.1) How does this whole thing work? @@ -638,7 +639,15 @@ in it - why? force gpg to use a previous default cipher algo by putting cipher-algo cast5 into your options file. -6.13) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug? +6.13) With 1.0.4, I get "this cipher algorithm is deprecated ..." + + If you just generated a new key and get this message while + encrypting, you've witnessed a bug in 1.0.4. It uses the new AES + cipher Rijndael that is incorrectly being referred as + "deprecated". Ignore this warning, more recent versions of gpg are + corrected. + +6.14) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug? Are you sure that it's not been mentioned somewhere on the mailing lists? Did you have a look at the bug list (You'll find a link to diff --git a/doc/faq.raw b/doc/faq.raw index 781de3549..1db84903a 100644 --- a/doc/faq.raw +++ b/doc/faq.raw @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ The most recent version of the FAQ is available from [H H1]GNUPG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS[H /H1] -Version: 0.35[H p] -Last-Modified: Dec 14, 2000[H p] +Version: 0.36[H p] +Last-Modified: Dec 19, 2000[H p] Maintained-by: [$maintainer] @@ -607,6 +607,14 @@ in it - why? force gpg to use a previous default cipher algo by putting [H pre]cipher-algo cast5[H /pre] into your options file. +<Q> With 1.0.4, I get "this cipher algorithm is deprecated ..." + + If you just generated a new key and get this message while + encrypting, you've witnessed a bug in 1.0.4. It uses the new AES + cipher Rijndael that is incorrectly being referred as + "deprecated". Ignore this warning, more recent versions of gpg are + corrected. + <Q> I still have a problem. How do I report a bug? Are you sure that it's not been mentioned somewhere on the mailing |