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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/DETAILS')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/DETAILS | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index a3a2773fb..81aff2912 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Record type 1: against the pubring) 1 u32 Local-Id-Counter. Used to keep track of Local-IDs. 32 bits are enough numbers for all practial purposes; if this - counter rolls over (due to deleted keyblock,an d new ones), + counter rolls over (due to deleted keyblock and new ones), the software should reassign new Local-Ids to the whole database (not expected to ever occur). 1 byte marginals needed @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Record type 1: Record type 2: -------------- Informations about a public key certificate. + These are static values which are never changed without user interaction. 1 byte value 2 1 byte reserved @@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Record type 2: and usefull if we have duplicate keyids It is not defined, how an implementaion selects such a Local-Id, but it may use the local-ID counter from - record type 1 + record type 1, or simply use the offset of Record type 2 8 bytes keyid (of the primary key) 1 byte pubkey algorithm 1 byte reserved @@ -67,9 +68,9 @@ Record type 2: 0 = undefined (not yet initialized) 1 = unknown owner (could not initialize it) 2 = do not trust this owner - 3 = usually trust this owner - 4 = always trust this owner - 5 = ultimately trust this owner. This can only be set if + 4 = usually trust this owner + 5 = always trust this owner + 7 = ultimately trust this owner. This can only be set if we have control over the secret key too. Bit 3: set if key is revoked; do not use it. Bit 7-4: reserved |