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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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3 @setfilename ../info/pgg
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5 @set VERSION 0.1
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9 This file describes PGG, an Emacs interface to various PGP implementations.
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11 Copyright @copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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12 Copyright @copyright{} 2001 Daiki Ueno.
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15 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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16 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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17 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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18 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
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19 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
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20 Free Documentation License.''
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21 @end quotation
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22 @end copying
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24 @dircategory Emacs
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25 @direntry
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26 * PGG: (pgg). Emacs interface to various PGP implementations.
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27 @end direntry
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29 @settitle PGG @value{VERSION}
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32 @titlepage
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33 @title PGG
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35 @author by Daiki Ueno
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36 @page
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38 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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39 @insertcopying
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40 @end titlepage
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41 @page
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43 @node Top
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44 @top PGG
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45 This manual describes PGG. PGG is an interface library between Emacs
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46 and various tools for secure communication. PGG also provides a simple
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47 user interface to encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify MIME messages.
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49 @menu
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50 * Overview:: What PGG is.
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51 * Prerequisites:: Complicated stuff you may have to do.
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52 * How to use:: Getting started quickly.
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53 * Architecture::
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54 * Parsing OpenPGP packets::
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55 * Function Index::
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56 * Variable Index::
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57 @end menu
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59 @node Overview
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60 @chapter Overview
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62 PGG is an interface library between Emacs and various tools for secure
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63 communication. Even though Mailcrypt has similar feature, it does not
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64 deal with detached PGP messages, normally used in PGP/MIME
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65 infrastructure. This was the main reason why I wrote the new library.
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67 PGP/MIME is an application of MIME Object Security Services (RFC1848).
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68 The standard is documented in RFC2015.
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70 @node Prerequisites
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71 @chapter Prerequisites
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73 PGG requires at least one implementation of privacy guard system.
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74 This document assumes that you have already obtained and installed them
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75 and that you are familiar with its basic functions.
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77 By default, PGG uses GnuPG, but Pretty Good Privacy version 2 or version
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78 5 are also supported. If you are new to such a system, I recommend that
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79 you should look over the GNU Privacy Handbook (GPH) which is available
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82 When using GnuPG the additional use of the gpg-agent (@pxref{Caching
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83 passphrase}) is highly recommended, as it provides the most secure way
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84 for input and caching of passphrases. Please refer to the documentation
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85 of GnuPG for details on installation and usage.
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87 @node How to use
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88 @chapter How to use
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90 The toplevel interface of this library is quite simple, and only
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91 intended to use with public-key cryptographic operation.
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93 To use PGG, evaluate following expression at the beginning of your
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94 application program.
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96 @lisp
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97 (require 'pgg)
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98 @end lisp
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100 If you want to check existence of pgg.el at runtime, instead you can
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101 list autoload setting for desired functions as follows.
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103 @lisp
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104 (autoload 'pgg-encrypt-region "pgg"
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105 "Encrypt the current region." t)
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106 (autoload 'pgg-encrypt-symmetric-region "pgg"
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107 "Encrypt the current region with symmetric algorithm." t)
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108 (autoload 'pgg-decrypt-region "pgg"
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109 "Decrypt the current region." t)
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110 (autoload 'pgg-sign-region "pgg"
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111 "Sign the current region." t)
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112 (autoload 'pgg-verify-region "pgg"
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113 "Verify the current region." t)
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114 (autoload 'pgg-insert-key "pgg"
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115 "Insert the ASCII armored public key." t)
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116 (autoload 'pgg-snarf-keys-region "pgg"
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117 "Import public keys in the current region." t)
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118 @end lisp
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120 @menu
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121 * User Commands::
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123 * Caching passphrase::
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124 * Default user identity::
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125 @end menu
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127 @node User Commands
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128 @section User Commands
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130 At this time you can use some cryptographic commands. The behavior of
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132 intended to be used as library functions. In case you don't have the
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133 signer's public key, for example, the function @code{pgg-verify-region}
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135 would ask you to retrieve the signer's public key from the server.
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137 @deffn Command pgg-encrypt-region start end recipients &optional sign passphrase
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138 Encrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end} for
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139 @var{recipients}. When the function were called interactively, you
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140 would be asked about the recipients.
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142 If encryption is successful, it replaces the current region contents (in
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143 the accessible portion) with the resulting data.
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145 If optional argument @var{sign} is non-@code{nil}, the function is
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146 request to do a combined sign and encrypt. This currently is
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147 confirmed to work with GnuPG, but might not work with PGP or PGP5.
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149 If optional @var{passphrase} is @code{nil}, the passphrase will be
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150 obtained from the passphrase cache or user.
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151 @end deffn
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153 @deffn Command pgg-encrypt-symmetric-region &optional start end passphrase
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154 Encrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end} using a
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155 symmetric cipher. After invocation you are asked for a passphrase.
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157 If optional @var{passphrase} is @code{nil}, the passphrase will be
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158 obtained from the passphrase cache or user.
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159
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160 symmetric-cipher encryption is currently only implemented for GnuPG.
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161 @end deffn
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163 @deffn Command pgg-decrypt-region start end &optional passphrase
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164 Decrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. If
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165 decryption is successful, it replaces the current region contents (in
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166 the accessible portion) with the resulting data.
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168 If optional @var{passphrase} is @code{nil}, the passphrase will be
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169 obtained from the passphrase cache or user.
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170 @end deffn
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172 @deffn Command pgg-sign-region start end &optional cleartext passphrase
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173 Make the signature from text between @var{start} and @var{end}. If the
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174 optional third argument @var{cleartext} is non-@code{nil}, or the
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175 function is called interactively, it does not create a detached
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176 signature. In such a case, it replaces the current region contents (in
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179 If optional @var{passphrase} is @code{nil}, the passphrase will be
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180 obtained from the passphrase cache or user.
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181 @end deffn
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183 @deffn Command pgg-verify-region start end &optional signature fetch
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184 Verify the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. If the
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185 optional third argument @var{signature} is non-@code{nil}, it is treated
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186 as the detached signature file of the current region.
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188 If the optional 4th argument @var{fetch} is non-@code{nil}, or the
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189 function is called interactively, we attempt to fetch the signer's
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190 public key from the key server.
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191 @end deffn
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193 @deffn Command pgg-insert-key
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194 Retrieve the user's public key and insert it as ASCII-armored format.
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195 @end deffn
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197 @deffn Command pgg-snarf-keys-region start end
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198 Collect public keys in the current region between @var{start} and
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199 @var{end}, and add them into the user's keyring.
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200 @end deffn
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202 @node Selecting an implementation
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203 @section Selecting an implementation
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205 Since PGP has a long history and there are a number of PGP
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206 implementations available today, the function which each one has differs
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207 considerably. For example, if you are using GnuPG, you know you can
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208 select cipher algorithm from 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, and so on, but on
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211 Which implementation is used is controlled by the @code{pgg-scheme}
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212 variable. If it is @code{nil} (the default), the value of the
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213 @code{pgg-default-scheme} variable will be used instead.
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215 @defvar pgg-scheme
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216 Force specify the scheme of PGP implementation. The value can be set to
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217 @code{gpg}, @code{pgp}, and @code{pgp5}. The default is @code{nil}.
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218 @end defvar
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220 @defvar pgg-default-scheme
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221 The default scheme of PGP implementation. The value should be one of
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222 @code{gpg}, @code{pgp}, and @code{pgp5}. The default is @code{gpg}.
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223 @end defvar
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225 @node Caching passphrase
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226 @section Caching passphrase
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228 PGG provides a simple passphrase caching mechanism. If you want to
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229 arrange the interaction, set the variable @code{pgg-read-passphrase}.
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231 @defvar pgg-cache-passphrase
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232 If non-@code{nil}, store passphrases. The default value of this
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238 @defvar pgg-passphrase-cache-expiry
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239 Elapsed time for expiration in seconds.
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240 @end defvar
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242 @defvar pgg-gpg-use-agent
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243 When using GnuPG (gpg) as PGP scheme you can use @code{gpg-agent} for
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244 caching@footnote{Actually @code{gpg-agent} does not cache passphrases
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245 but private keys. On the other hand, from a users point of view this
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251 @section Default user identity
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253 The PGP implementation is usually able to select the proper key to use
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254 for signing and decryption, but if you have more than one key, you may
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255 need to specify the key id to use.
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257 @defvar pgg-default-user-id
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258 User ID of your default identity. It defaults to the value returned
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259 by @samp{(user-login-name)}. You can customize this variable.
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262 @defvar pgg-gpg-user-id
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263 User ID of the GnuPG default identity. It defaults to @samp{nil}.
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264 This overrides @samp{pgg-default-user-id}. You can customize this
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265 variable.
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266 @end defvar
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268 @defvar pgg-pgp-user-id
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269 User ID of the PGP 2.x/6.x default identity. It defaults to
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270 @samp{nil}. This overrides @samp{pgg-default-user-id}. You can
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271 customize this variable.
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272 @end defvar
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274 @defvar pgg-pgp5-user-id
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275 User ID of the PGP 5.x default identity. It defaults to @samp{nil}.
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276 This overrides @samp{pgg-default-user-id}. You can customize this
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277 variable.
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278 @end defvar
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280 @node Architecture
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281 @chapter Architecture
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283 PGG introduces the notion of a "scheme of PGP implementation" (used
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284 interchangeably with "scheme" in this document). This term refers to a
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285 singleton object wrapped with the luna object system.
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287 Since PGG was designed for accessing and developing PGP functionality,
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288 the architecture had to be designed not just for interoperability but
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289 also for extensiblity. In this chapter we explore the architecture
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290 while finding out how to write the PGG backend.
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292 @menu
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293 * Initializing::
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296 @end menu
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298 @node Initializing
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299 @section Initializing
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301 A scheme must be initialized before it is used.
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302 It had better guarantee to keep only one instance of a scheme.
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304 The following code is snipped out of @file{pgg-gpg.el}. Once an
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305 instance of @code{pgg-gpg} scheme is initialized, it's stored to the
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306 variable @code{pgg-scheme-gpg-instance} and will be reused from now on.
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308 @lisp
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309 (defvar pgg-scheme-gpg-instance nil)
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311 (defun pgg-make-scheme-gpg ()
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312 (or pgg-scheme-gpg-instance
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313 (setq pgg-scheme-gpg-instance
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314 (luna-make-entity 'pgg-scheme-gpg))))
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315 @end lisp
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318 regulation---@code{pgg-make-scheme-} follows the backend name.
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321 @section Backend methods
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323 In each backend, these methods must be present. The output of these
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324 methods is stored in special buffers (@ref{Getting output}), so that
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325 these methods must tell the status of the execution.
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327 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-lookup-key scheme string &optional type
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328 Return keys associated with @var{string}. If the optional third
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329 argument @var{type} is non-@code{nil}, it searches from the secret
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330 keyrings.
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331 @end deffn
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333 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-encrypt-region scheme start end recipients &optional sign passphrase
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335 @var{recipients}. If @var{sign} is non-@code{nil}, do a combined sign
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336 and encrypt. If encryption is successful, it returns @code{t},
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337 otherwise @code{nil}.
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340 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-encrypt-symmetric-region scheme start end &optional passphrase
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341 Encrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end} using a
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342 symmetric cipher and a passphrases. If encryption is successful, it
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343 returns @code{t}, otherwise @code{nil}. This function is currently only
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344 implemented for GnuPG.
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345 @end deffn
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347 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-decrypt-region scheme start end &optional passphrase
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348 Decrypt the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. If
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349 decryption is successful, it returns @code{t}, otherwise @code{nil}.
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350 @end deffn
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352 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-sign-region scheme start end &optional cleartext passphrase
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353 Make the signature from text between @var{start} and @var{end}. If the
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354 optional third argument @var{cleartext} is non-@code{nil}, it does not
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355 create a detached signature. If signing is successful, it returns
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356 @code{t}, otherwise @code{nil}.
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357 @end deffn
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359 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-verify-region scheme start end &optional signature
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360 Verify the current region between @var{start} and @var{end}. If the
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361 optional third argument @var{signature} is non-@code{nil}, it is treated
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362 as the detached signature of the current region. If the signature is
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363 successfully verified, it returns @code{t}, otherwise @code{nil}.
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364 @end deffn
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366 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-insert-key scheme
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367 Retrieve the user's public key and insert it as ASCII-armored format.
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368 On success, it returns @code{t}, otherwise @code{nil}.
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369 @end deffn
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371 @deffn Method pgg-scheme-snarf-keys-region scheme start end
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372 Collect public keys in the current region between @var{start} and
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373 @var{end}, and add them into the user's keyring.
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374 On success, it returns @code{t}, otherwise @code{nil}.
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375 @end deffn
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377 @node Getting output
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378 @section Getting output
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380 The output of the backend methods (@ref{Backend methods}) is stored in
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381 special buffers, so that these methods must tell the status of the
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382 execution.
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384 @defvar pgg-errors-buffer
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385 The standard error output of the execution of the PGP command is stored
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387 @end defvar
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389 @defvar pgg-output-buffer
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390 The standard output of the execution of the PGP command is stored here.
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391 @end defvar
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393 @defvar pgg-status-buffer
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394 The rest of status information of the execution of the PGP command is
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395 stored here.
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396 @end defvar
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398 @node Parsing OpenPGP packets
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399 @chapter Parsing OpenPGP packets
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401 The format of OpenPGP messages is maintained in order to publish all
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402 necessary information needed to develop interoperable applications.
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403 The standard is documented in RFC 2440.
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405 PGG has its own parser for the OpenPGP packets.
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407 @defun pgg-parse-armor string
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408 List the sequence of packets in @var{string}.
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409 @end defun
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411 @defun pgg-parse-armor-region start end
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412 List the sequence of packets in the current region between @var{start}
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413 and @var{end}.
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414 @end defun
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416 @defvar pgg-ignore-packet-checksum
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417 If non-@code{nil}, don't check the checksum of the packets.
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418 @end defvar
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420 @node Function Index
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421 @chapter Function Index
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422 @printindex fn
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424 @node Variable Index
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425 @chapter Variable Index
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426 @printindex vr
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428 @summarycontents
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429 @contents
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430 @bye
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432 @c End:
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434 @ignore
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435 arch-tag: 0c205838-34b9-41a5-b9d7-49ae57ccac85
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436 @end ignore