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@c Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GnuPG manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gnupg.texi.
@node Glossary
@unnumbered Glossary
@table @samp
@item ARL
The @emph{Authority Revocation List} is technical identical to a
@acronym{CRL} but used for @acronym{CA}s and not for end user
certificates.
@item CRL
The @emph{Certificate Revocation List} is a list containing
certificates revoked by the issuer.
@item OCSP
The @emph{Online Certificate Status Protocol} is used as an
alternative to a @acronym{CRL}. It is described in @code{RFC 2560}.
@end table

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@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ performance, the dirmngr will actually optimize this by suppressing
the loading for short time intervalls (e.g. 30 minutes). This option
is useful to make sure that a fresh CRL is available for certificates
hold in the keybox. The suggested way of doing this is by using it
along with the option @code{--with-validation} for a ke listing
along with the option @option{--with-validation} for a ke listing
command. This option should not be used in a configuration file.
@item --enable-ocsp
@ -305,8 +305,11 @@ command. This option should not be used in a configuration file.
@opindex disable-ocsp
Be default @acronym{OCSP} checks are disabled. The enable opton may
be used to enable OCSP checks via Dirmngr. If @acronym{CRL} checks
are also enabled, CRLs willbe used as a fallback if for some reason an
OCSP request won't succeed.
are also enabled, CRLs will be used as a fallback if for some reason an
OCSP request won't succeed. Note, that you have to allow OCSP
requests in Dirmngr's configuration too (option
@option{--allow-ocsp} and configure dirmngr properly. If you don't do
so you will get the error code @samp{Not supported}.
@end table