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Mar 21, 2005, 12:10 PM
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Re: Meaning of 'secret key stub' (gnupg-1.4.1)
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:10:29 +0100, Jaime Suárez said:
> What is a "secret key stub"? I don't know how to translate it.
> Thanks.
To gpg it looks lile a decret key but in fact it is just a faked one
or placeholder for the actual secret key. When gpg gets on such a
stub it knows that something special needs to be done and in our case
diverts the operation to the smartcard where the actual secret key is
stored.
stub
1. <programming> A dummy procedure used when linking a program
with a {run-time library}. The stub routine need not contain
any code and is only present to prevent "undefined label"
errors at link time.
2. <programming, networking> A local procedure in a {remote
procedure call}. The {client} calls the stub to perform some
task and need not necessarily be aware that RPC is involved.
The stub transmits parameters over the network to the {server}
and returns the results to the caller.
(1995-11-09)
Salam-Shalom,
Werner
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