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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-09-27 09:17:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-09-27 09:17:07 +0000 |
| commit | f16e76cfb8a1c872d1e01332b5d32022aa7b2fe8 (patch) | |
| tree | 56691918015a4f49bafea388e09aa41cef5bab03 /doc/OpenPGP | |
| parent | gpg: Add shortcut for setting key capabilities. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-f16e76cfb8a1c872d1e01332b5d32022aa7b2fe8.tar.gz gnupg-f16e76cfb8a1c872d1e01332b5d32022aa7b2fe8.zip | |
doc: Update the file OpenPGP
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It should actually be completey reworked but for now I added just a
few notes.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/OpenPGP b/doc/OpenPGP index a511ad7fd..96223d71d 100644 --- a/doc/OpenPGP +++ b/doc/OpenPGP @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ GnuPG and OpenPGP ================= - See RFC2440 for a description of OpenPGP. We have an annotated version - of this RFC online: http://www.gnupg.org/rfc2440.html - + See RFC-4880 for a description of OpenPGP. These notes are older + than RFC-4880 and refer to the predecessor of the specs (RFC-2440). Compatibility Notes @@ -12,7 +11,9 @@ * (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) + IDEA support has been added to allow decryption of old + PGP-2 encrypted material. All MAY features are implemented with this exception: @@ -28,17 +29,17 @@ A special format of partial packet length exists for v3 packets which can be considered to be in compliance with RFC1991; this format is only created if a special option is active. + UPDATE: This support has been removed with version 1.3.6. GnuPG uses a S2K mode of 101 for GNU extensions to the secret key protection algorithms. This number is not defined in OpenPGP, but - given the fact that this number is in a range which used at many - other places in OpenPGP for private/experimenat algorithm identifiers, - this should be not a so bad choice. The 3 bytes "GNU" are used - to identify this as a GNU extension - see the file DETAILS for a + given that this number is in a range which is used at many other + places in OpenPGP for private/experimental algorithm identifiers, + this should be not a too bad choice. The 3 bytes "GNU" are used to + identify this as a GNU extension - see the file DETAILS for a definition of the used data formats. - Some Notes on OpenPGP / PGP Compatibility: ========================================== @@ -104,5 +105,3 @@ The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. - - |