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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-08-18 09:45:00 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-08-18 09:45:00 +0000
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parentyat2m: Support @set and @value. (diff)
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gpg: Change default cipher for --symmetric from CAST5 to AES-128.
* g10/main.h (DEFAULT_CIPHER_ALGO): Chhange to AES or CAST5 or 3DES depending on configure option. * g10/gpg.c (main): Set opt.s2k_cipher_algo to DEFAULT_CIPHER_ALGO.
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 36aa18ef1..7ac1613f9 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@c Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
+ @c Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
@c 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GnuPG manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gnupg.texi.
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
@cindex command options
@cindex options, GPG command
+@c Begin algorithm defaults
+
+@ifclear gpgtwoone
+@set DEFSYMENCALGO CAST5
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifset gpgtwoone
+@set DEFSYMENCALGO AES128
+@end ifset
+
+@c End algorithm defaults
+
+
@c Begin GnuPG 1.x specific stuff
@ifset gpgone
@macro gpgname
@@ -217,7 +230,7 @@ decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase).
@itemx -c
@opindex symmetric
Encrypt with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase. The default
-symmetric cipher used is CAST5, but may be chosen with the
+symmetric cipher used is @value{DEFSYMENCALGO}, but may be chosen with the
@option{--cipher-algo} option. This option may be combined with
@option{--sign} (for a signed and symmetrically encrypted message),
@option{--encrypt} (for a message that may be decrypted via a secret key
@@ -2272,7 +2285,7 @@ to consider (e.g. @option{--symmetric}).
@item --s2k-cipher-algo @code{name}
@opindex s2k-cipher-algo
Use @code{name} as the cipher algorithm used to protect secret keys.
-The default cipher is CAST5. This cipher is also used for
+The default cipher is @value{DEFSYMENCALGO}. This cipher is also used for
conventional encryption if @option{--personal-cipher-preferences} and
@option{--cipher-algo} is not given.