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diff --git a/doc/faq.raw b/doc/faq.raw index 640beee90..0e4502773 100644 --- a/doc/faq.raw +++ b/doc/faq.raw @@ -1033,12 +1033,8 @@ you could search in the mailing list archive. <Q> Why doesn't GnuPG support X.509 certificates? - GnuPG, first and foremost, is an implementation of the OpenPGP - standard (RFC 2440), which is a competing infrastructure, different - from X.509. - - They are both public-key cryptosystems, but how the public keys are - actually handled is different. + That is only the case for GnuPG version 1.x. GnuPG 2.x fully + supports X.509 and S/MIME using the gpgsm tool. <Q> Why do national characters in my user ID look funny? diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 8189ae8ac..5aec7a842 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ specified as @var{user_id}. This is a shortcut for the sub-command @node GPG Options @section Option Summary -@command{@gpgname} comes features a bunch of options to control the exact +@command{@gpgname} features a bunch of options to control the exact behaviour and to change the default configuration. @menu @@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ violation of OpenPGP, but rather reduce the available algorithms to a @mansect bugs @chapheading BUGS -On many systems this program should be installed as setuid(root). This +On older systems this program should be installed as setuid(root). This is necessary to lock memory pages. Locking memory pages prevents the operating system from writing memory pages (which may contain passphrases or other sensitive material) to disk. If you get no @@ -2921,6 +2921,10 @@ powered off mode. Unless measures are taken in the operating system to protect the saved memory, passphrases or other sensitive material may be recoverable from it later. +Before you report a bug you should first search the mailing list +archives for similar problems and second check whether such a bug has +already been reported to our bug tracker at http://bugs.gnupg.org . + @mansect see also @ifset isman @command{gpgv}(1), |