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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:14:02 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| 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
