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Newer page: version 5 Last edited on Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:14:02 am by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:50:18 pm by perry Revert
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 system. 
  
  
 This man page only lists the commands and options available. 
-For a more verbose documentation get the GNU Privacy 
+For a more verbose documentation get the [ GNU] Privacy 
 Handbook (GPH), which is available at 
 http://www.gnupg.org/gph/ . You will find a list of HOWTO 
 documents at http://www.gnupg.org/docs.html . 
 !!COMMANDS 
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@
 Same as --export, but exports the secret keys instead. This 
 is normally not very useful and a security risk. The second 
 form of the command has the special property to render the 
 secret part of the primary key useless; this is a GNU 
-extension to OpenPGP and other implementations can not be 
+extension to [ OpenPGP] and other implementations can not be 
 expected to successfully import such a key. 
  
  
 --import [[__files__] 
@@ -489,17 +489,17 @@
  
 --recv-keys __key IDs__ 
  
  
-Import the keys with the given key IDs from a HKP keyserver
+Import the keys with the given key IDs from a HKP [KeyServer]
 Option --keyserver must be used to give the name of this 
 keyserver. 
  
  
 --export-ownertrust 
  
  
-List the assigned ownertrust values in ASCII format for 
+List the assigned ownertrust values in [ ASCII] format for 
 backup purposes. 
  
  
 --import-ownertrust [[__files__] 
@@ -785,9 +785,9 @@
 --charset __name__ 
  
  
 Set the name of the native character set. This is used to 
-convert some strings to proper UTF-8 encoding. Valid values 
+convert some strings to proper [ UTF-8] encoding. Valid values 
 for __name__ are: 
  
  
 iso-8859-1 
@@ -820,9 +820,9 @@
  
 --no-utf8-strings 
  
  
-Assume that the arguments are already given as UTF8 strings. 
+Assume that the arguments are already given as UTF-8 strings. 
 The default (--no-utf8-strings) is to assume that arguments 
 are encoded in the character set as specified by --charset. 
 These options affect all following arguments. Both options 
 may be used multiple times. 
@@ -925,19 +925,19 @@
 Put the name value pair into the signature as notation data. 
 __name__ must consist only of alphanumeric characters, 
 digits or the underscore; the first character must not be a 
 digit. __value__ may be any printable string; it will be 
-encoded in UTF8 , so you should check that your --charset is 
+encoded in [UTF-8] , so you should check that your --charset is 
 set correctly. If you prefix __name__ with an exclamation 
 mark, the notation data will be flagged as critical 
-(rfc2440 :5.2.3.15). 
+(RFC :rfc2440 5.2.3.15). 
  
  
 --set-policy-url __string__ 
  
  
 Use __string__ as Policy URL for signatures 
-(rfc2440 :5.2.3.19). If you prefix it with an exclamation 
+(RFC :rfc2440 5.2.3.19). If you prefix it with an exclamation 
 mark, the policy URL packet will be flagged as 
 critical. 
  
  
@@ -1000,9 +1000,9 @@
 --s2k-cipher-algo __name__ 
  
  
 Use __name__ as the cipher algorithm used to protect 
-secret keys. The default cipher is BLOWFISH . This cipher is 
+secret keys. The default cipher is BlowFish . This cipher is 
 also used for conventional encryption if --cipher-algo is 
 not given. 
  
  
@@ -1029,10 +1029,10 @@
 --compress-algo __n__ 
  
  
 Use compress algorithm __n__. Default is 2 which is 
-RFC1950 compression. You may use 1 to use the old zlib  
-version (RFC1951) which is used by PGP. The default 
+[RFC: RFC1950] compression. You may use 1 to use the old zlib  
+version ([RFC: RFC1951] ) which is used by PGP. The default 
 algorithm may give better results because the window size is 
 not limited to 8K. If this is not used the OpenPGP behavior 
 is used, i.e. the compression algorithm is selected from the 
 preferences; note, that this can't be done if you do not 
@@ -1139,15 +1139,15 @@
  
 --rfc1991 
  
  
-Try to be more RFC1991 (PGP 2.x) compliant. 
+Try to be more RFC1991 ([ PGP] 2.x) compliant. 
  
  
 --openpgp 
  
  
-Reset all packet, cipher and digest options to OpenPGP 
+Reset all packet, cipher and digest options to [ OpenPGP]  
 behavior. Use this option to reset all previous options like 
 --rfc1991, --force-v3-sigs, --s2k-*, --cipher-algo, 
 --digest-algo and --compress-algo to OpenPGP compliant 
 values. All PGP workarounds are also disabled. 
@@ -1205,9 +1205,9 @@
  
 --ignore-crc-error 
  
  
-The ASCII armor used by OpenPG is protected by a CRC 
+The [ ASCII] armor used by OpenPG is protected by a [ CRC]  
 checksum against transmission errors. Sometimes it happens 
 that the CRC gets mangled somewhere on the transmission 
 channel but the actual content (which is anyway protected by 
 the OpenPGP protocol) is still okay. This option will let 
@@ -1544,42 +1544,42 @@
 errors. 
 !!EXAMPLES 
  
  
-gpg -se -r __Bob file__ 
+ gpg -se -r __Bob file__ 
  
  
 sign and encrypt for user Bob 
  
  
-gpg --clearsign __file__ 
+ gpg --clearsign __file__ 
  
  
 make a clear text signature 
  
  
-gpg -sb __file__ 
+ gpg -sb __file__ 
  
  
 make a detached signature 
  
  
-gpg --list-keys __user_ID__ 
+ gpg --list-keys __user_ID__ 
  
  
 show keys 
  
  
-gpg --fingerprint __user_ID__ 
+ gpg --fingerprint __user_ID__ 
  
  
 show fingerprint 
  
  
-gpg --verify __pgpfile__ 
+ gpg --verify __pgpfile__ 
  
  
-gpg --verify __sigfile__ [[__files__] 
+ gpg --verify __sigfile__ [[__files__] 
  
  
 Verify the signature of the file but do not output the data. 
 The second form is used for detached signatures, where 
@@ -1699,4 +1699,5 @@
 about insecure memory your operating system supports locking 
 without being root. The program drops root privileges as 
 soon as locked memory is allocated. 
 ---- 
+CategoryCryptography  
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