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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2007-06-21 18:44:48 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2007-06-21 18:44:48 +0000
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parent[w32] gpg-agent is now started automagically by gpgsm. (diff)
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Implemented the --gen-key command as we can't use the gpgsm-gencert.sh under Windows.
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The @emph{Certificate Revocation List} is a list containing
certificates revoked by the issuer.
+@item CSR
+ The @emph{Certificate Signing Request} is a message send to a CA to
+ask them to issue a new certificate. The data format of such a signing
+request is called PCKS#10.
+
@item Keygrip
This term is used by GnuPG to describe a 20 byte hash value used
to identify a certain key without referencing to a concrete protocol.