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| author | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2003-11-27 20:13:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2003-11-27 20:13:12 +0000 |
| commit | 84d04f0b3dcc9905c9d8942b6c872a0c44850ade (patch) | |
| tree | 7315f0949dffeedb6d20dff9def2a95087b3aef0 | |
| parent | 8edde49bd31a39521dd165af1faa4a7f61949a00 (diff) | |
| download | gnutls-84d04f0b3dcc9905c9d8942b6c872a0c44850ade.tar.gz | |
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@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Current list: * Add gnutls_certificate_set_openpgp_key() and gnutls_certificate_set_openpgp_keyring() functions, similar to gnutls_certificate_set_x509_key(). * Add gnutls_openpgp_key_get_key_usage(). +* Use subkeys with the 0x20 flag in openpgp keys (if present), + instead of the main key. * Add support for generating and handling DSA keys * Convert documentation to texinfo format * Audit the code diff --git a/doc/tex/preface.tex b/doc/tex/preface.tex index 1c06bb5f57..9e265083d3 100644 --- a/doc/tex/preface.tex +++ b/doc/tex/preface.tex @@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ This document tries to demonstrate and explain the \gnutls{} library API. A brief introduction to the protocols and the technology involved, is -also included. This is also important for a \tls{} application programmer -to know, because security and cryptographic protocols are involved. -Those require the programmer -to make correct use of these protocols, or risks to offer a false feeling -of security, on an unsecured application. - -Although this document tries to be self contained, basic -network programming and PKI knowlegde is assumed in most of this document. +also included. That way a \tls{} application programmer can better understand +the \gnutls{} purpose and actual offerings. +Even if \gnutls{} is a typical library software, it operates over several +security and cryptographic protocols, which require the programmer +to make careful and correct usage of them. Otherwise he risks to offer +just a false sense of security. Also note that a program should not be +considered secure just because it uses \gnutls{} or any other cryptographic library. +There are several ways to compromise a program or a communication line +and \gnutls{} only helps with some of them. +\par +This document tries to be self contained, although basic +network programming and PKI knowlegde is assumed in most of it. \cite{GUTPKI} is a good introduction to Public Key Infrastructure. |