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* DETAILS: Clarify that trust letters 'q' and '-' can be treated

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identically.

* gpg.sgml: Document --ignore-mdc-error.
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2002-08-20 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
* DETAILS: Clarify that trust letters 'q' and '-' can be treated
identically.
* gpg.sgml: Document --ignore-mdc-error.
2002-08-06 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> 2002-08-06 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
* gpg.sgml: Clarify that only long-form options can go in the * gpg.sgml: Clarify that only long-form options can go in the

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d = The key has been disabled d = The key has been disabled
r = The key has been revoked r = The key has been revoked
e = The key has expired 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 n = Don't trust this key at all
m = There is marginal trust in this key m = There is marginal trust in this key
f = The key is full trusted. f = The key is full trusted.

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<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term>--ignore-crc-error</term> <term>--ignore-crc-error</term>
<listitem><para> <listitem><para>
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 transmission errors. Sometimes it happens that the CRC gets mangled
somewhere on the transmission channel somewhere on the transmission channel but the actual content (which is
but the actual content (which is anyway protected by protected by the OpenPGP protocol anyway) is still okay. This option
the OpenPGP protocol) is still okay. This option will let gpg ignore will let gpg ignore CRC errors.
CRC errors.
</para></listitem></varlistentry> </para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--ignore-mdc-error</term>
<listitem><para>
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.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term>--lock-once</term> <term>--lock-once</term>
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Suppress the warning about missing MDC integrity protection. Suppress the warning about missing MDC integrity protection.
</para></listitem></varlistentry> </para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term>--no-armor</term> <term>--no-armor</term>
<listitem><para> <listitem><para>