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-rw-r--r--NEWS3
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg.texi11
-rw-r--r--g10/gpg.c3
-rw-r--r--g10/options.h4
-rw-r--r--g10/passphrase.c3
5 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8b9d2bcf8..403c2a05f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.7 (unreleased)
------------------------------------------------
+ * gpg: New option --no-symkey-cache to disable the passphrase cache
+ for symmetrical en- and decryption.
+
Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.6 (2018-04-09)
------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 086b4fce5..908af7b03 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@ symmetric cipher used is @value{GPGSYMENCALGO}, but may be chosen with the
@option{--encrypt} (for a message that may be decrypted via a secret key
or a passphrase), or @option{--sign} and @option{--encrypt} together
(for a signed message that may be decrypted via a secret key or a
-passphrase).
+passphrase). @command{@gpgname} caches the passphrase used for
+symmetric encryption so that a decrypt operation may not require that
+the user needs to enter the passphrase. The option
+@option{--no-symkey-cache} can be used to disable this feature.
@item --store
@opindex store
@@ -3140,6 +3143,12 @@ are:
Pinentry the user is not prompted again if he enters a bad password.
@end table
+@item --no-symkey-cache
+@opindex no-symkey-cache
+Disable the passphrase cache used for symmetrical en- and decryption.
+This cache is based on the message specific salt value
+(cf. @option{--s2k-mode}).
+
@item --request-origin @var{origin}
@opindex request-origin
Tell gpg to assume that the operation ultimately originated at
diff --git a/g10/gpg.c b/g10/gpg.c
index 2c93a8380..fbbdd92ba 100644
--- a/g10/gpg.c
+++ b/g10/gpg.c
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ enum cmd_and_opt_values
oSender,
oKeyOrigin,
oRequestOrigin,
+ oNoSymkeyCache,
oNoop
};
@@ -888,6 +889,7 @@ static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] = {
ARGPARSE_s_s (oAutoKeyLocate, "auto-key-locate", "@"),
ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoAutoKeyLocate, "no-auto-key-locate", "@"),
ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoAutostart, "no-autostart", "@"),
+ ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoSymkeyCache, "no-symkey-cache", "@"),
/* Dummy options with warnings. */
ARGPARSE_s_n (oUseAgent, "use-agent", "@"),
@@ -3556,6 +3558,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
break;
case oNoAutostart: opt.autostart = 0; break;
+ case oNoSymkeyCache: opt.no_symkey_cache = 1; break;
case oDefaultNewKeyAlgo:
opt.def_new_key_algo = pargs.r.ret_str;
diff --git a/g10/options.h b/g10/options.h
index e1bf97fb1..96b76f8f2 100644
--- a/g10/options.h
+++ b/g10/options.h
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ struct
unsigned int allow_weak_digest_algos:1;
unsigned int large_rsa:1;
unsigned int disable_signer_uid:1;
- /* Flag to enbale experimental features from RFC4880bis. */
+ /* Flag to enable experimental features from RFC4880bis. */
unsigned int rfc4880bis:1;
} flags;
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ struct
int unwrap_encryption;
int only_sign_text_ids;
+
+ int no_symkey_cache; /* Disable the cache used for --symmetric. */
} opt;
/* CTRL is used to keep some global variables we currently can't
diff --git a/g10/passphrase.c b/g10/passphrase.c
index a498f627b..ffdcdf2bd 100644
--- a/g10/passphrase.c
+++ b/g10/passphrase.c
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ passphrase_to_dek (int cipher_algo, STRING2KEY *s2k,
canceled = &dummy_canceled;
*canceled = 0;
+ if (opt.no_symkey_cache)
+ nocache = 1; /* Force no symmtric key caching. */
+
if ( !s2k )
{
log_assert (create && !nocache);