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GNUPG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Version: 0.2
Last-Modified: Oct 14, 2000
Maintained-by: Nils Ellmenreich <nils 'at' infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de>
Version: 0.3
Last-Modified: Oct 19, 2000
Maintained-by: Nils Ellmenreich <nils 'at' gnupg.org>
This is the GnuPG FAQ. The latest HTML version is available
here. <http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html>
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Please send additions and corrections to the maintainer. Don't send
message like "This should be a FAQ - what's the answer?". If it hasn't
been asked before, it isn't a FAQ. Otherwise, please provide the answer
to be included here.
been asked before, it isn't a FAQ. Maybe you should have a look at the
mailing list archive. Otherwise, please provide the answer to be
included here.
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6.5) When I use --clearsign, the plain text has sometimes extra dashes
in it - why?
6.6) What is the thing with "can't handle multiple signatures"?
6.7) If I submit a key to a keyserver, nothing happens ...
6.8) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug?
7. ADVANCED TOPICS
7.1) How does this whole thing work?
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document about how to convert from PGP 2.x to GnuPG.
On <http://lists.gnupg.org>
you'll find a searchable online archive of the GnuPG mailing lists.
you'll find a searchable online archive of the GnuPG mailing
lists. Most interesting should be gnupg-users for all user-related
issues and gnupg-devel if you want to get in touch with the
developers.
*PLEASE:*
Before posting to a list, read this FAQ and the available
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You can download the GNU Privacy Guard from it's primary FTP server
ftp.gnupg.org or from
one of the mirrors: <http://www.gnupg.org/mirror.html>
The current version is 1.0.4, please upgrade to this version as it
fixes a security bug regarding the verification of multiple signatures.
3. INSTALLATION
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OpenPGP format with one-pass-signature packets (which is GnuPG's
default) or the cleartext signed format.
6.7) If I submit a key to a keyserver, nothing happens ...
You are most likely using GnuPG on Windows 1.0.2 or older. That's
feature isn't yet implemented, but it's a bug not to say it. Newer
versions issue a warning. Upgrade to 1.0.4 or newer.
6.8) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug?
Are you sure that it's not been mentioned somewhere on the mailing
lists? Did you have a look at the bug list (You'll find a link to
the list of reported bugs on the documentation page). If you're not
sure about it being a bug, you can send mail to the gnupg-devel
list. Otherwise, use the GUUG bug tracking system
http://bugs.guug.de/Reporting.html.
7. ADVANCED TOPICS

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[$maintainer=Nils Ellmenreich <nils 'at' infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de>]
[$maintainer=Nils Ellmenreich <nils 'at' gnupg.org>]
[$hGPG=http://www.gnupg.org]
[H body bgcolor=#ffffff text=#000000 link=#1f00ff alink=#ff0000 vlink=#9900dd]
[H H1]GNUPG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS[H /H1]
[H pre]
Version: 0.2
Last-Modified: Oct 14, 2000
Version: 0.3
Last-Modified: Oct 19, 2000
Maintained-by: [$maintainer]
[H/pre]
@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ how to improve the structure of this FAQ are welcome.
Please send additions and corrections to the maintainer. Don't send
message like "This should be a FAQ - what's the answer?". If it hasn't
been asked before, it isn't a FAQ. Otherwise, please provide the answer
to be included here.
been asked before, it isn't a FAQ. Maybe you should have a look at the
mailing list archive. Otherwise, please provide the answer to be
included here.
[H HR]
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document about how to convert from PGP 2.x to GnuPG.
[H LI] On [H a href=http://lists.gnupg.org]<http://lists.gnupg.org>[H/a]
you'll find a searchable online archive of the GnuPG mailing lists.
you'll find a searchable online archive of the GnuPG mailing
lists. Most interesting should be gnupg-users for all user-related
issues and gnupg-devel if you want to get in touch with the
developers.
[H B]PLEASE:[H/B]
Before posting to a list, read this FAQ and the available
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You can download the GNU Privacy Guard from it's primary FTP server
[H a href=ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/pub/gcrypt]ftp.gnupg.org[H /a] or from
one of the mirrors: [H a href=[$hGPG]/mirrors.html]<[$hGPG]/mirror.html>[H /a]
The current version is 1.0.4, please upgrade to this version as it
fixes a security bug regarding the verification of multiple signatures.
<S> INSTALLATION
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OpenPGP format with one-pass-signature packets (which is GnuPG's
default) or the cleartext signed format.
<Q> If I submit a key to a keyserver, nothing happens ...
You are most likely using GnuPG on Windows 1.0.2 or older. That's
feature isn't yet implemented, but it's a bug not to say it. Newer
versions issue a warning. Upgrade to 1.0.4 or newer.
<Q> I still have a problem. How do I report a bug?
Are you sure that it's not been mentioned somewhere on the mailing
lists? Did you have a look at the bug list (You'll find a link to
the list of reported bugs on the documentation page). If you're not
sure about it being a bug, you can send mail to the gnupg-devel
list. Otherwise, use the GUUG bug tracking system
[H a href=http://bugs.guug.de/Reporting.html]
http://bugs.guug.de/Reporting.html[H /a].
<S> ADVANCED TOPICS