1
0
mirror of git://git.gnupg.org/gnupg.git synced 2024-11-09 21:28:51 +01:00
gnupg/doc/glossary.texi
2006-09-22 18:15:18 +00:00

31 lines
907 B
Plaintext

@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 Keygrip
This term is used by GnuPG to describe a 20 byte hash value used
to identify a certain key without referencing to a concrete protocol.
It is used internally to access a private key. Usually it is shown and
entered as a 40 character hexadecimal formatted string.
@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