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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/DETAILS | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/HACKING | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/OpenPGP | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.1pod | 3 |
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 0ac48bdc1..e3c49948e 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ssb::1536:20:5CE086B5B5A18FF4:1998-07-07:0::: fpr = fingerprint: (fingerprint is in field 10) 2. Field: A letter describing the calculated trust, see doc/FAQ + This is a single letter, but be prepared that additional + information may follow in some future versions. (not used for secret keys) 3. Field: length of key in bits. 4. Field: Algorithm: 1 = RSA @@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ ssb::1536:20:5CE086B5B5A18FF4:1998-07-07:0::: because keyids may not be unique - a program may use this number to access keys later. 9. Field: Ownertrust (primary public keys only) + This is a single letter, but be prepared that additional + information may follow in some future versions. 10. Field: User-ID. The value is quoted like a C string to avoid control characters (the colon is quoted "\x3a"). @@ -83,7 +87,11 @@ Record type 1: 1 byte value 2 3 bytes 'gpg' magic value 1 byte Version of the TrustDB - 3 byte reserved + 1 byte marginals needed + 1 byte completes needed + 1 byte max_cert_depth + The three items are used to check whether the cached + validity value from the dir record can be used. 1 u32 locked flags 1 u32 timestamp of trustdb creation 1 u32 timestamp of last modification @@ -110,8 +118,9 @@ Record type 2: (directory record) 1 u32 List of uid-records 1 u32 cache record 1 byte ownertrust - 1 byte sigflag - 20 byte reserved + 1 byte dirflag + 1 byte validity + 19 byte reserved Record type 3: (key record) diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index f30928432..e4c1aa972 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ CVS Access ========== Anonymous read-only CVS access is available: - cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/home/koch/cvs login + cvs -z6 -d :pserver:[email protected]:/home/koch/cvs login use the password "anonymous". To check out the the complete archive use: - cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/home/koch/cvs checkout gnupg + cvs -z6 -d :pserver:[email protected]:/home/koch/cvs checkout gnupg This service is provided to help you in hunting bugs and not to deliver stable snapshots; it may happen that it even does not compile, so please @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ RFCs 2279 UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646. +2440 OpenPGP. diff --git a/doc/OpenPGP b/doc/OpenPGP index 647d891f0..62f9cbac0 100644 --- a/doc/OpenPGP +++ b/doc/OpenPGP @@ -1,28 +1,15 @@ GnuPG and OpenPGP ================= - The current OpenPGP draft expires 1999-02. + See RFC2440 for a description of OpenPGP. - OpenPGP is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working - documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, - and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute - working documents as Internet-Drafts. - - Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six - months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents - at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as - reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." - - To view the entire list of current Internet-Drafts, please check the - "1id-abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow - Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), ftp.nordu.net (Northern - Europe), ftp.nis.garr.it (Southern Europe), munnari.oz.au (Pacific - Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). Compatibility Notes =================== - GnuPG (>=0.4.1) is in compliance with OpenPGP despite these exeptions: + GnuPG (>=0.4.1) is in compliance with RFC2440 despite these exeptions: + + ===> Please can someone check this <========= * (5.1) The critical bit in signature subpackets is currently ignored. This will be fixed soon. diff --git a/doc/gpg.1pod b/doc/gpg.1pod index aacefcbb3..e299b3809 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.1pod +++ b/doc/gpg.1pod @@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ B<--marginals-needed> I<n> Number of marginally trusted users to introduce a new key signator (defaults to 3) +B<--max-cert-depth> I<n> + Maximum depth of a certification chain (default is 5). + B<--cipher-algo> I<name> Use I<name> as cipher algorithm. Running the program with the command B<--version> yields a list of supported |