On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 09:44:53AM -0400, David Shaw wrote: > On Sep 22, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:09:00AM -0400, David Shaw wrote: >>> I'd be content with something that says "List algorithms in the order in >>> which you'd like to see them used. >> >> There's the problem right there. "Used" when? When sending? >> apparently not. When others send to me? apparently so. Somehow the >> two cases (I send; I receive) should be disentangled. > > Good point. How about: > > List algorithms in the order in which you'd like to see them used by someone > else when encrypting a message to you. If you don't include 3DES, GPG will > add it automatically at the end. Note that there are many factors that go > into choosing an algorithm (for example, you may not be the only recipient), > and so the remote OpenPGP application being used to send to you may or may > not follow your exact chosen order for a given message. However, it will > only ever choose an algorithm that is on the list of every recipient key. > See also the INTEROPERABILITY section.
Sounds good to me. It seems to cover what people mostly need to know, and is compact enough for a man page. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he means the exact opposite.
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