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diff --git a/sq/man-sq-autocrypt/sq-verify.1 b/sq/man-sq-autocrypt/sq-verify.1 index d9487ac3..31c68d07 100644 --- a/sq/man-sq-autocrypt/sq-verify.1 +++ b/sq/man-sq-autocrypt/sq-verify.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SQ-VERIFY "1" "JANUARY 2021" "0.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0)" "USER COMMANDS" 5 +.TH SQ-VERIFY "1" "MARCH 2021" "0.24.0 (SEQUOIA-OPENPGP 1.0.0)" "USER COMMANDS" 5 .SH NAME sq\-verify \- Verifies signed messages or detached signatures @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ the file given to \-\-output. When a detached message is verified, no output is produced. Detached signatures are often used to sign software packages. +Verification is only successful if there is no bad signature, and the +number of successfully verified signatures reaches the threshold +configured with the "\-\-signatures" parameter. If the verification +fails, the program terminates with an exit status indicating failure. +In addition to that, the last 25 MiB of the message are withheld, +i.e. if the message is smaller than 25 MiB, no output is produced, and +if it is larger, then the output will be truncated. + The converse operation is "sq sign". .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -27,7 +35,7 @@ Verifies a detached signature .TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-signatures\fR N -Sets the threshold of valid signatures to N. If this threshold is not reached, the message will not be considered verified. [default: 0] +Sets the threshold of valid signatures to N. If this threshold is not reached, the message will not be considered verified. [default: 1] .TP \fB\-\-signer\-cert\fR CERT @@ -39,13 +47,14 @@ Reads from FILE or stdin if omitted .SH EXAMPLES .TP # Verify a signed message -\fB $ sq verify \-\-signer\-cert juliet.pgp signed\-message.pgp\fR +\fB$ sq verify \-\-signer\-cert juliet.pgp signed\-message.pgp\fR .TP # Verify a detached message -\fB $ sq verify \-\-signer\-cert juliet.pgp \-\-detached message.sig message.txt\fR +\fB$ sq verify \-\-signer\-cert juliet.pgp \-\-detached message.sig message.txt\fR .SH SEE ALSO -If you are looking for a standalone program to verify detached signatures, consider using sequoia\-sqv. +If you are looking for a standalone program to verify detached +signatures, consider using sequoia\-sqv. For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia\-pgp.org/sq/>. |