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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2001-12-15 18:25:55 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2001-12-15 18:25:55 +0000
commit0f47bb3c198d6828fb21415147c65e40da9efaa7 (patch)
tree67ef3d67059edff9429382a826fec7a56497d43a
parentMinor fixes (diff)
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manual fixes and some hints for the forthcoming gpgsm in DETAILS
-rw-r--r--doc/DETAILS7
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg.texi4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS
index 025a938b9..430122ed5 100644
--- a/doc/DETAILS
+++ b/doc/DETAILS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ssb::1536:20:5CE086B5B5A18FF4:1998-07-07:0:::
1. Field: Type of record
pub = public key
+ crt = X.509 certificate
sub = subkey (secondary key)
sec = secret key
ssb = secret subkey (secondary key)
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ ssb::1536:20:5CE086B5B5A18FF4:1998-07-07:0:::
sig = signature
fpr = fingerprint: (fingerprint is in field 10)
pkd = public key data (special field format, see below)
+ grp = reserved for gpgsm
+
2. Field: A letter describing the calculated trust. This is a single
letter, but be prepared that additional information may follow
@@ -38,12 +41,14 @@ ssb::1536:20:5CE086B5B5A18FF4:1998-07-07:0:::
5. Field: KeyID
6. Field: Creation Date (in UTC)
7. Field: Key expiration date or empty if none.
- 8. Field: reserved (used to be the Local-ID)
+ 8. Field: Used for serial number in crt records (used to be the Local-ID)
9. Field: Ownertrust (primary public keys only)
This is a single letter, but be prepared that additional
information may follow in some future versions.
10. Field: User-ID. The value is quoted like a C string to avoid
control characters (the colon is quoted "\x3a").
+ This is not used with --fixed-list-mode in gpg.
+ In gpgsm the issuer name does here
11. Field: Signature class. This is a 2 digit hexnumber followed by
either the letter 'x' for an exportable signature or the
letter 'l' for a local-only signature.
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 9b8a90ddd..bbdbfc0b4 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -792,8 +792,8 @@ signatures on data.
Reset the ---force-v3-sigs option.
@item ---force-v4-certs
-Always use v4 key signatures even on v3 version keys. This make the
-signature unusable for PGP 2.
+Always use v4 key signatures even on v3 keys. This option does also
+change the default hash algorithm for v3 RSA keys from MD5 to SHA-1.
@item ---no-force-v3-certs
Reset the ---force-v4-certs option.