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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/OpenPGP | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.texi | 18 |
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diff --git a/doc/OpenPGP b/doc/OpenPGP index 96223d71d..794f6694e 100644 --- a/doc/OpenPGP +++ b/doc/OpenPGP @@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ =================== GnuPG (>=1.0.3) is in compliance with RFC2440 despite these exceptions: + * With GnuPG >= 2.1.0 all support for version 3 keys has been + removed. Thus there is no more compatibility with PGP-2. Users + who need to be able to decrypt old PGP 2 messages should use + GnuPG 1.4.x along with the option --allow-weak-digest-algos. + + * With GnuPG >= 2.1.0 all signatures (on messages and keys) are + created using version 4 signatures. Support for verifying + version 3 signature is still available. + * (9.2) states that IDEA SHOULD be implemented. This is not done due to patent problems. UPDATE: Since version 1.4.13 (or GnuPG 2.x with Libgcrypt 1.6) diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index e7360e913..54ca1b24e 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -2129,6 +2129,7 @@ platforms that have different line ending conventions (UNIX-like to Mac, Mac to Windows, etc). @option{--no-textmode} disables this option, and is the default. +@ifclear gpgtwoone @item --force-v3-sigs @itemx --no-force-v3-sigs @opindex force-v3-sigs @@ -2147,6 +2148,15 @@ Defaults to no. Always use v4 key signatures even on v3 keys. This option also changes the default hash algorithm for v3 RSA keys from MD5 to SHA-1. @option{--no-force-v4-certs} disables this option. +@end ifclear + +@ifset gpgtwoone +@item --force-v3-sigs +@itemx --no-force-v3-sigs +@item --force-v4-certs +@itemx --no-force-v4-certs +These options are obsolete and have no effect since GnuPG 2.1. +@end ifset @item --force-mdc @opindex force-mdc @@ -2301,8 +2311,12 @@ compression algorithms none and ZIP. This also disables --throw-keyids, and making signatures with signing subkeys as PGP 6 does not understand signatures made by signing subkeys. -This option implies @option{--disable-mdc --escape-from-lines ---force-v3-sigs}. +@ifclear gpgtwoone +This option implies @option{--disable-mdc --escape-from-lines --force-v3-sigs}. +@end ifclear +@ifset gpgtwoone +This option implies @option{--disable-mdc --escape-from-lines}. +@end ifset @item --pgp7 @opindex pgp7 |