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@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ command. This option should not be used in a configuration file.
@itemx --disable-ocsp
@opindex enable-ocsp
@opindex disable-ocsp
-Be default @acronym{OCSP} checks are disabled. The enable opton may
+Be default @acronym{OCSP} checks are disabled. The enable option may
be used to enable OCSP checks via Dirmngr. If @acronym{CRL} checks
are also enabled, CRLs will be used as a fallback if for some reason an
OCSP request won't succeed. Note, that you have to allow OCSP
@@ -413,6 +413,17 @@ requests in Dirmngr's configuration too (option
@option{--allow-ocsp} and configure dirmngr properly. If you don't do
so you will get the error code @samp{Not supported}.
+@item --auto-issuer-key-retrieve
+@opindex auto-issuer-key-retrieve
+If a required certificate is missing while validating the chain of
+certificates, try to load that certificate from an external location.
+This usually means that Dirmngr is employed t search for the
+certificate. Note that this option makes a "web bug" like behavior
+possible. LDAP server operators can see which keys you request, so by
+sending you a message signed by a brand new key (which you naturally
+will not have on your local keybox), the operator can tell both your IP
+address and the time when you verified the signature.
+
@item --validation-model @var{name}
@opindex validation-model