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| author | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-12-01 21:06:13 +0000 |
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| committer | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-12-01 21:06:13 +0000 |
| commit | d37aad469c432a6a3d08b42baf222b74e5ac01d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c3ead665cdd2193ea4b5f8901baa86087d60a2c | |
| parent | * distfiles, gnupg.spec.in: Include convert-from-106. (diff) | |
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* gpg.sgml: Point out that if the user absolutely must, it's better to use
--pgpX than forcing an algorithm manually. Better still not to use
anything, of course. CVS:
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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index bf7baa5f1..c0c7cd32c 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2002-12-01 David Shaw <[email protected]> + + * gpg.sgml: Point out that if the user absolutely must, it's + better to use --pgpX than forcing an algorithm manually. Better + still not to use anything, of course. + 2002-11-25 David Shaw <[email protected]> * gpg.sgml: Document --primary-keyring. Clarify diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index af06de9c6..b34468afe 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -2561,6 +2561,15 @@ compression algorithm. By default, GnuPG will do the right thing and create messages that are usable by any OpenPGP program. Only override this safe default if you know what you are doing. </para> + +<para> +If you absolutely must override the safe default, you are far better +off using the --pgp2, --pgp6, or --pgp7 options. These options are +safe as they do not force any particular algorithms in violation of +OpenPGP, but rather reduce the available algorithms to a "PGP-safe" +list. +</para> + </refsect1> |