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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 1998-05-15 18:49:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 1998-05-15 18:49:19 +0000 |
| commit | f9a70437820d05f7f98ffd1c9003edd83872e9b5 (patch) | |
| tree | dc17bdc0dea76ddc28ae651a3dc341b83784dd12 /doc/gpg.1pod | |
| parent | can create v4 signatures (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-0-2-18.tar.gz gnupg-0-2-18.zip | |
new releaseV0-2-18
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.1pod b/doc/gpg.1pod index 60e2d7e4b..e5d51c62c 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.1pod +++ b/doc/gpg.1pod @@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ B<--digest-algo> I<name> program with the option B<--verbose> yields a list of supported algorithms. +B<--compress-algo> I<number> + Use compress algorithm I<number>. Default is I<2> which is + RFC1950 compression; you may use I<1> to use the old zlib + version which is used by PGP. This is only used for + new messages. The default algorithm may give better + results because the window size is not limited to 8K. + B<--passphrase-fd> I<n> Read the passphrase from file descriptor I<n>. If you use 0 for I<n>, the passphrase will be read from stdin. This @@ -323,7 +330,7 @@ F<~/.gnupg/options> May contain options =head1 SEE ALSO -gpgm(1) gpgk(1) +gpgm(1) gpgd(1) =head1 WARNINGS @@ -334,4 +341,10 @@ to protect your secret key. Keep in mind that, if this program is used over a network (telnet), it is B<very> easy to spy out your passphrase! +=head1 BUGS + +On many systems this program should be installed as setuid(root); this +is necessary to lock some pages of memory. If you get no warning message +about insecure memory you have a nice OS kernel and you don't need to make +it setuid. |