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Give hints on files to backup.

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Werner Koch 2009-07-22 10:24:46 +00:00
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@ -60,30 +60,10 @@ API (called here @emph{W32}) will be supported to some extend.
@node W32 Notes
@section Microsoft Windows Notes
The port to Microsoft Windows based OSes is pretty new and has some
limitations we might remove over time. Note, that we have not yet done
any security audit and you should not use any valuable private key. In
particular, @strong{using it on a box with more than one user, might
lead to a key compromise}.
@strong{It is quite possible that the current version does not even
build.}
@noindent
Current limitations are:
@itemize
@item
The @code{LISTKEYS} Assuan command of @command{gpgsm} is not supported.
Using the command line options @option{--list-keys} or
@option{--list-secret-keys} does however work.
@item
No support for CRL checks. By default the option
@option{--disable-crl-checks} has been turned on and the log will show
an appropriate warning message. The reason for this is that the
separate CRL checking daemin (@command{dirmngr}) has not been ported to
W32.
@item
@command{gpgconf} does not create backup files, so in case of trouble
@ -97,10 +77,6 @@ possible.
The periodical smartcard status checking done by @command{scdaemon} is
not yet supported.
@item
Detached running of the gpg-agent is not directly supported. It needs
to be started in a console and left alone then.
@end itemize