How to "activate" gpg.conf entries?

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

On 2012-07-11 17:46, Sam Smith wrote:
> Thanks. The clearsign "test" worked.
>
> What does "cert-digest-algo" do? I read the description in the GnuPG
> manual and what you quoted, but I still don't understand. Could
> someone explain to me what cert-digest-algo does and how it differs
> from digest-algo when placed in gpg.conf?

Note that cert-digest-algo specify "when signing  a key", which is
different than signing a message.

> so "personal-digest-preferences SHA256" will specificy that SHA256 be
> used for digitally signing my messages, right?

For clearsigned messages, yes, for a message sent to someone else while
using their public key, it will depend on the capabilities specified in
their preference.

> and "default-preference-list" is only used for when user generates a
> new key, right?
>

right

-- 
----------------------------
Kristian Fiskerstrand
http://www.sumptuouscapital.com
Twitter: @krifisk
----------------------------
Corruptissima re publica plurimæ leges
The greater the degeneration of the republic, the more of its laws
----------------------------
This email was digitally signed using the OpenPGP
standard. If you want to read more about this
The book: Sending Emails - The Safe Way: An
introduction to OpenPGP security is now
available in both Amazon Kindle and Paperback
format at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006RSG1S4/
----------------------------
Public PGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at http://www.sumptuouscapital.com/pgp/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: </pipermail/attachments/20120711/15767393/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 898 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: </pipermail/attachments/20120711/15767393/attachment.pgp>