diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 51b35e067..0246feca7 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2002-08-20 David Shaw + + * DETAILS: Clarify that trust letters 'q' and '-' can be treated + identically. + + * gpg.sgml: Document --ignore-mdc-error. + 2002-08-06 David Shaw * gpg.sgml: Clarify that only long-form options can go in the diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index ce4019b8a..37fcd0bb6 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ record. d = The key has been disabled r = The key has been revoked e = The key has expired - q = Undefined (no value assigned) + - = Unknown trust (i.e. no value assigned) + q = Undefined trust + '-' and 'q' may safely be treated as the same + value for most purposes n = Don't trust this key at all m = There is marginal trust in this key f = The key is full trusted. diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index f263b9b3b..e2effd555 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -1814,14 +1814,22 @@ clock problem. --ignore-crc-error -The ASCII armor used by OpenPG is protected by a CRC checksum against +The ASCII armor used by OpenPGP is protected by a CRC checksum against transmission errors. Sometimes it happens that the CRC gets mangled -somewhere on the transmission channel -but the actual content (which is anyway protected by -the OpenPGP protocol) is still okay. This option will let gpg ignore -CRC errors. +somewhere on the transmission channel but the actual content (which is +protected by the OpenPGP protocol anyway) is still okay. This option +will let gpg ignore CRC errors. + +--ignore-mdc-error + +This option changes a MDC integrity protection failure into a warning. +This can be useful if a message is partially corrupt, but it is +necessary to get as much data as possible out of the corrupt message. +However, be aware that a MDC protection failure may also mean that the +message was tampered with intentionally by an attacker. + --lock-once @@ -1892,6 +1900,7 @@ Suppress the warning about unsafe file permissions. Suppress the warning about missing MDC integrity protection. + --no-armor