From 156774e0f391baa09a10fabd2391b6dfe556159d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Shaw Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:47:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * gpg.sgml: Note web bug behavior of auto-key-retrieve. Note that big photos mean big keys. Document --rfc2440. Document verify-option show-unusable-uids. --- doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/gpg.sgml | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 80afaf941..5020cb32f 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2003-09-30 David Shaw + * gpg.sgml: Note web bug behavior of auto-key-retrieve. Note that + big photos mean big keys. Document --rfc2440. Document + verify-option show-unusable-uids. + * gpg.sgml: Clarify --mangle-dos-filenames, document list-option show-unusable-uids, remove --no-comment (which is now --no-sk-comments), add --no-comments (to remove --comment), remove diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index bb1011188..4d2d2ebfa 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ Create an alternate user id. addphoto Create a photographic user id. This will prompt for a JPEG file that -will be embedded into the user ID. +will be embedded into the user ID. A very large JPEG will make for a +very large key. + deluid @@ -1142,6 +1144,12 @@ keyserver over the proxy set with the environment variable This option enables the automatic retrieving of keys from a keyserver when verifying signatures made by keys that are not on the local keyring. + +Note that this option makes a "web bug" like behavior possible. +Keyserver operators can see which keys you request, so by sending you +a message signed by a brand new key (which you naturally will not have +on your local keyring), the operator can tell both your IP address and +the time when you verified the signature. @@ -1343,6 +1351,13 @@ verification, rather than the more common 32 bit (8 digit) IDs. Defaults to no. + +show-unusable-uids + +Show revoked and expired user IDs during signature verification. +Defaults to no. + + @@ -1963,6 +1978,13 @@ behavior. Use this option to reset all previous options like disabled. + +--rfc2440 + +Reset all packet, cipher and digest options to strict RFC-2440 +behavior. Note that this is currently the same thing as --openpgp. + + --rfc1991