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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg.sgml')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index f263b9b3b..e2effd555 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -1814,14 +1814,22 @@ clock problem. <varlistentry> <term>--ignore-crc-error</term> <listitem><para> -The ASCII armor used by OpenPG is protected by a CRC checksum against +The ASCII armor used by OpenPGP is protected by a CRC checksum against transmission errors. Sometimes it happens that the CRC gets mangled -somewhere on the transmission channel -but the actual content (which is anyway protected by -the OpenPGP protocol) is still okay. This option will let gpg ignore -CRC errors. +somewhere on the transmission channel but the actual content (which is +protected by the OpenPGP protocol anyway) is still okay. This option +will let gpg ignore CRC errors. </para></listitem></varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>--ignore-mdc-error</term> +<listitem><para> +This option changes a MDC integrity protection failure into a warning. +This can be useful if a message is partially corrupt, but it is +necessary to get as much data as possible out of the corrupt message. +However, be aware that a MDC protection failure may also mean that the +message was tampered with intentionally by an attacker. +</para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>--lock-once</term> @@ -1892,6 +1900,7 @@ Suppress the warning about unsafe file permissions. Suppress the warning about missing MDC integrity protection. </para></listitem></varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term>--no-armor</term> <listitem><para> |