From 694dcf5d359d9dcdf2cd8ff9dc51895e374063ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Shaw Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:09:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * gpg.texi: Document --s2k-count. --- doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/gpg.texi | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 96cce9d79..0ceb6e05c 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-10-12 David Shaw + + * gpg.texi: Document --s2k-count. + 2006-09-25 Werner Koch * gpg.texi (GPG Examples): Add markup to all options. This is diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 87dc95575..1337cd15c 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -1866,6 +1866,13 @@ the passphrase and a 3 (the default) iterates the whole process a couple of times. Unless @option{--rfc1991} is used, this mode is also used for conventional encryption. +@item --s2k-count @code{n} +Specify how many times the passphrase mangling is repeated. This +value may range between 1024 and 65011712 inclusive, and the default +is 65536. Note that not all values in the 1024-65011712 range are +legal and if an illegal value is selected, GnuPG will round up to the +nearest legal value. This option is only meaningful if +@option{--s2k-mode} is 3. @end table