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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index add7eecba..f1de7be10 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -582,17 +582,20 @@ each time. @item ---keyserver-options @code{parameters} This is a space or comma delimited string that gives options for the keyserver. Options can be prepended with a `no-' to give the opposite -meaning. While not all options are available for all keyserver -schemes, some common options are: +meaning. While not all options are available for all keyserver types, +some common options are: @table @asis @item include-revoked When receiving or searching for a key, include keys that are marked on -the keyserver as revoked. +the keyserver as revoked. Note that this option is always set when +using the NAI HKP keyserver, as this keyserver does not differentiate +between revoked and unrevoked keys. @item include-disabled When receiving or searching for a key, include keys that are marked on -the keyserver as disabled. +the keyserver as disabled. Note that this option is not used with HKP +keyservers, as they do not support disabling keys. @item use-temp-files On most Unix-like platforms, GnuPG communicates with the keyserver @@ -911,7 +914,9 @@ Try to be more RFC1991 (PGP 2.x) compliant. @item ---pgp2 Set up all options to be as PGP 2.x compliant as possible, and warn if an action is taken (e.g. encrypting to a non-RSA key) that will create -a message that PGP 2.x will not be able to handle. +a message that PGP 2.x will not be able to handle. Note that `PGP +2.x' here means `MIT PGP 2.6.2'. There are other versions of PGP 2.x +available, but the MIT release is a good common baseline. This option implies `---rfc1991 --no-openpgp --no-force-v4-certs ---no-comment --escape-from --no-force-v3-sigs --cipher-algo IDEA @@ -949,16 +954,14 @@ Reset the ---force-v4-certs option. Force the use of encryption with appended manipulation code. This is always used with the newer ciphers (those with a blocksize greater than 64 bit). -This option might not be implemented yet. @item ---allow-non-selfsigned-uid -Allow the import of keys with user IDs which are not self-signed, but -have at least one signature. -This only allows the import - key validation will fail and you -have to check the validity of the key by other means. This hack is -needed for some German keys generated with pgp 2.6.3in. You should really -avoid using it, because OpenPGP has better mechanics to do separate signing -and encryption keys. +Allow the import and use of keys with user IDs which are not +self-signed. This is not recommended, as a non self-signed user ID is +trivial to forge. + +@item ---no-allow-non-selfsigned-uid +Reset the ---allow-non-selfsigned-uid option. @item ---allow-freeform-uid Disable all checks on the form of the user ID while generating a new |