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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 16:14:08 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 16:14:08 +0000 |
commit | afd7a175b53248d68095cecf5616705d093ffbc9 (patch) | |
tree | 5678015e96cc82aac7cf90a0b967aaea7a1c0841 /debian/migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg.1 | |
parent | Adding upstream version 2.2.40. (diff) | |
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Adding debian version 2.2.40-1.1.debian/2.2.40-1.1
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/debian/migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg.1 b/debian/migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cbeec7 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg.1 @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +.TH "MIGRATE-PUBRING-FROM-CLASSIC-GPG" 1 "April 2016" + +.SH NAME +migrate\-pubring\-from\-classic\-gpg \- Migrate a public keyring from "classic" to "modern" GnuPG + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B migrate\-pubring\-from\-classic\-gpg +.RB "[ " GPGHOMEDIR " | " +.IR \-\-default " ]" + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +.B migrate\-pubring\-from\-classic\-gpg +migrates the public keyring in GnuPG home directory GPGHOMEDIR from +the "classic" keyring format (pubring.gpg) to the "modern" keybox format using GnuPG +versions 2.1 or 2.2 (pubring.kbx). + +Specifying +.B \-\-default +selects the standard GnuPG home directory (looking at $GNUPGHOME +first, and falling back to ~/.gnupg if unset. + +.SH OPTIONS +.BR \-h ", " \-\-help ", " \-\-usage +Output a short usage information. + +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +The program sends quite a bit of text (perhaps too much) to stderr. + +During a migration, the tool backs up several pieces of data in a +timestamped subdirectory of the GPGHOMEDIR. + +.SH LIMITATIONS +The keybox format rejects a number of OpenPGP certificates that the +"classic" keyring format used to accept. These filters are defensive, +since the certificates rejected are unsafe -- either cryptographically +unsound, or dangerously non-performant. This means that some +migrations may produce warning messages about the migration being +incomplete. This is generally a good thing! + +Known limitations: + +.B Flooded certificates +.RS 4 +Some OpenPGP certificates have been flooded with bogus certifications +as part of an attack on the SKS keyserver network (see +https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dkg-openpgp-abuse-resistant-keystore-03#section-2.1). + +The keybox format rejects import of any OpenPGP certificate larger +than 5MiB. As of GnuPG 2.2.17, if gpg encounters such a flooded +certificate will retry the import while stripping all third-party +certifications (see "self-sigs-only" in gpg(1)). + +The typical error message when migrating a keyring with a flooded +certificate will be something like: + +.RE +.RS 8 +error writing keyring 'pubring.kbx': Provided object is too large +.RE + +.B OpenPGPv3 public keys (a.k.a. "PGP-2" keys) +.RS 4 +Modern OpenPGP implementations use so-called "OpenPGP v4" public keys. +Older versions of the public key format have serious known problems. +See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-5.5.2 for more details +about and reasons for v3 key deprecation. + +The keybox format skips v3 keys entirely during migration, and GnuPG +will produce a message like: + +.RE +.RS 8 +skipped PGP-2 keys: 1 +.RE + +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES + +.B GNUPGHOME +Selects the GnuPG home directory when set and --default is given. + +.B GPG +The name of the +.B gpg +executable (defaults to +.B gpg +). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR gpg (1) + +.SH AUTHOR +Copyright (C) 2016 Daniel Kahn Gillmor for the Debian project. Please +report bugs via the Debian BTS. |