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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2004-06-29 07:16:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2004-06-29 07:16:40 +0000 |
| commit | 7158c4db92f42799ae5df993431f0ebcdd80fe6c (patch) | |
| tree | 8b1e537303152c2511c684d518916035327f1705 | |
| parent | Added some doc stuff (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-7158c4db92f42799ae5df993431f0ebcdd80fe6c.tar.gz gnupg-7158c4db92f42799ae5df993431f0ebcdd80fe6c.zip | |
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diff --git a/doc/glossary.texi b/doc/glossary.texi new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c1b7d5a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/glossary.texi @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +@c Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c This is part of the GnuPG manual. +@c For copying conditions, see the file gnupg.texi. + +@node Glossary +@unnumbered Glossary + + +@table @samp +@item ARL + The @emph{Authority Revocation List} is technical identical to a +@acronym{CRL} but used for @acronym{CA}s and not for end user +certificates. + +@item CRL + The @emph{Certificate Revocation List} is a list containing +certificates revoked by the issuer. + +@item OCSP + The @emph{Online Certificate Status Protocol} is used as an +alternative to a @acronym{CRL}. It is described in @code{RFC 2560}. + + +@end table diff --git a/doc/gpgsm.texi b/doc/gpgsm.texi index 4bb688c44..384a36593 100644 --- a/doc/gpgsm.texi +++ b/doc/gpgsm.texi @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ performance, the dirmngr will actually optimize this by suppressing the loading for short time intervalls (e.g. 30 minutes). This option is useful to make sure that a fresh CRL is available for certificates hold in the keybox. The suggested way of doing this is by using it -along with the option @code{--with-validation} for a ke listing +along with the option @option{--with-validation} for a ke listing command. This option should not be used in a configuration file. @item --enable-ocsp @@ -305,8 +305,11 @@ command. This option should not be used in a configuration file. @opindex disable-ocsp Be default @acronym{OCSP} checks are disabled. The enable opton may be used to enable OCSP checks via Dirmngr. If @acronym{CRL} checks -are also enabled, CRLs willbe used as a fallback if for some reason an -OCSP request won't succeed. +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 +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}. @end table |