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Add documentation for --{no-}ask-cert-expire and --{no-}ask-sig-expire
Revise --expire (it doesn't switch on the expiration prompt any longer) Revise --default-check-level to be clearer as to what makes a good key check before signing
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2002-01-11 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
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* gpg.sgml: Added documentation for --{no-}ask-cert-expire,
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--{no-}ask-sig-expire, and revise --expert (it doesn't switch on
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the expiration prompt anymore) and --default-check-level (to be
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clearer as to what makes a good key check before signing).
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2002-01-07 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
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2002-01-07 Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
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* DETAILS: Removed the comment that unattended key generation is
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* DETAILS: Removed the comment that unattended key generation is
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The default to use for the check level when signing a key.
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The default to use for the check level when signing a key.
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</para><para>
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0 means you make no particular claim as to how carefully you verified
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0 means you make no particular claim as to how carefully you verified
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the key. 1 means you believe the key is owned by the person who
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the key.
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claims to own it but you could not, or did not verify the key at all.
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</para><para>
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This is useful for a "persona" verification, where you sign the key of
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1 means you believe the key is owned by the person who claims to own
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a pseudonymous user. 2 means you did casual verification of the key.
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it but you could not, or did not verify the key at all. This is
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For example, this could mean that you verified that the key
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useful for a "persona" verification, where you sign the key of a
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fingerprint and checked the user ID on the key against a photo ID. 3
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pseudonymous user.
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means you did extensive verification of the key. For example, this
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</para><para>
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could mean that you verified the key fingerprint and checked the user
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2 means you did casual verification of the key. For example, this
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ID on the key against a photo ID, and also verified the email address
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could mean that you verified that the key fingerprint and checked the
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on the key belongs to the key owner.
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user ID on the key against a photo ID.
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</para><para>
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3 means you did extensive verification of the key. For example, this
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could mean that you verified the key fingerprint with the owner of the
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key in person, and that you checked, by means of a hard to forge
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document with a photo ID (such as a passport) that the name of the key
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owner matches the name in the user ID on the key, and finally that you
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verified (by exchange of email) that the email address on the key
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belongs to the key owner.
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</para><para>
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Note that the examples given above for levels 2 and 3 are just that:
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examples. In the end, it is up to you to decide just what "casual"
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and "extensive" mean to you.
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</para><para>
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</para><para>
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This option defaults to 0.
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This option defaults to 0.
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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handing out the secret key.
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handing out the secret key.
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>--ask-sig-expire</term>
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<listitem><para>
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When making a data signature, prompt for an expiration time. If this
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option is not specified, the expiration time is "never".
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</para></listitem></varlistentry
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<varlistentry>
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<term>--no-ask-sig-expire</term>
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<listitem><para>
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Resets the --ask-sig-expire option.
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<varlistentry>
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<term>--ask-cert-expire</term>
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<listitem><para>
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When making a key signature, prompt for an expiration time. If this
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option is not specified, the expiration time is "never".
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</para></listitem></varlistentry
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<varlistentry>
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<term>--no-ask-cert-expire</term>
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<listitem><para>
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Resets the --ask-cert-expire option.
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<term>--expert</term>
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<term>--expert</term>
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<listitem><para>
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<listitem><para>
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Enable certain options, such as prompting for a signature expiration
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Allow the user to do certain nonsenical or "silly" things like signing
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date, that are not frequently used by regular users. Also permits the
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an expired or revoked key, or certain potentially incompatible things
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user to do certain "silly" things like signing an expired or revoked
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like adding more than one photo ID to a single key. In general, this
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key.
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option is for experts only. If you don't really understand what it is
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doing, leave this off.
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