Insecure memory

[Subba Rao]

On  0, Frank Tobin <ftobin@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Subba Rao, at 13:06 -0000 on Tue, 22 Aug 2000, wrote:
> 
> > The version of GPG is 1.0.2 and I do not see "--no-secmem-warning" as an
> > option. The man page does list this option. The command line "gpg -?" does
> > not list this option.
> 
> You do not really have the 1.0.2 manpage, then.
> <blockquote>
> <pre>
>        --no-secmem-warning
>                  Suppress the warning about "using insecure  mem-
>                  ory".
> </pre>
> </blockquote>
> 

I am talking about the command line options for the "gpg" command. The
man page may be uniform across different versions.

Here is the output of "gpg -?" (I have cropped out the initial few lines)

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gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.2

Commands:
 
 -s, --sign [file]                make a signature
     --clearsign [file]           make a clear text signature
 -b, --detach-sign                make a detached signature
 -e, --encrypt                    encrypt data
 -c, --symmetric                  encryption only with symmetric cipher
     --store                      store only
 -d, --decrypt                    decrypt data (default)
     --verify                     verify a signature
     --list-keys                  list keys
     --list-sigs                  list keys and signatures
     --check-sigs                 check key signatures
     --fingerprint                list keys and fingerprints
     --list-secret-keys           list secret keys
     --gen-key                    generate a new key pair
     --delete-key                 remove key from the public keyring
     --delete-secret-key          remove key from the secret keyring
     --sign-key                   sign a key
     --lsign-key                  sign a key locally
     --edit-key                   sign or edit a key
     --gen-revoke                 generate a revocation certificate
     --export                     export keys
     --send-keys                  export keys to a key server
     --recv-keys                  import keys from a key server
     --import                     import/merge keys
     --list-packets               list only the sequence of packets
     --export-ownertrust          export the ownertrust values
     --import-ownertrust          import ownertrust values
     --update-trustdb             update the trust database
     --check-trustdb [NAMES]      check the trust database
     --fix-trustdb                fix a corrupted trust database
     --dearmor                    De-Armor a file or stdin
     --enarmor                    En-Armor a file or stdin
     --print-md algo [files]      print message digests

Options:
 
 -a, --armor                      create ascii armored output
 -r, --recipient NAME             encrypt for NAME
     --default-recipient NAME     use NAME as default recipient
     --default-recipient-self     use the default key as default recipient
 -u, --local-user                 use this user-id to sign or decrypt
 -z N                             set compress level N (0 disables)
     --textmode                   use canonical text mode
 -o, --output                     use as output file
 -v, --verbose                    verbose
 -q, --quiet                      be somewhat more quiet
     --no-tty                     don't use the terminal at all
     --force-v3-sigs              force v3 signatures
     --force-mdc                  always use a MDC for encryption
 -n, --dry-run                    do not make any changes
     --batch                      batch mode: never ask
     --yes                        assume yes on most questions
     --no                         assume no on most questions
     --keyring                    add this keyring to the list of keyrings
     --secret-keyring             add this secret keyring to the list
     --default-key NAME           use NAME as default secret key
     --keyserver HOST             use this keyserver to lookup keys
     --charset NAME               set terminal charset to NAME
     --options                    read options from file
     --status-fd FD               write status info to this FD
     --load-extension FILE        load extension module FILE
     --rfc1991                    emulate the mode described in RFC1991
     --openpgp                    set all packet, cipher and digest options to OpenPGP behavior
     --s2k-mode N                 use passphrase mode N
     --s2k-digest-algo NAME       use message digest algorithm NAME for passphrases
     --s2k-cipher-algo NAME       use cipher algorithm NAME for passphrases
     --cipher-algo NAME           use cipher algorithm NAME
     --digest-algo NAME           use message digest algorithm NAME
     --compress-algo N            use compress algorithm N
     --throw-keyid                throw keyid field of encrypted packets
 -N, --notation-data NAME=VALUE   use this notation data

(See the man page for a complete listing of all commands and options)

Examples:

 -se -r Bob [file]          sign and encrypt for user Bob
 --clearsign [file]         make a clear text signature
 --detach-sign [file]       make a detached signature
 --list-keys [names]        show keys
 --fingerprint [names]      show fingerprints

Please report bugs to <gnupg-bugs@gnu.org>.
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I do not see a --no-secmem-warning option.

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Subba Rao
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