pubkey handling: Call sethash when needed

[secnet.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index c05dc444721daed79f5e5644d8a610b15a97edf9..e83b66d905a6c9734b8db45d647a9af53c5a2f7d 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -392,15 +392,19 @@ site: dict argument
    them.
   resolver (resolver closure)
   random (randomsrc closure)
-  local-key (rsaprivkey closure)
+  key-cache (privcache closure)
+  local-key (rsaprivkey closure): Deprecated; use key-cache instead.
   address (string list): optional, DNS name(s) used to find our peer;
     address literals are supported too if enclosed in `[' `]'.
   port (integer): mandatory if 'address' is specified: the port used
     to contact our peer
-  key (rsapubkey closure): our peer's public key
+  peer-keys (string): path (prefix) for peer public key set file(s);
+    see README.make-secnet-sites re `pub' etc.
+  key (rsapubkey closure): our peer's public key (obsolete)
   transform (transform closure): how to mangle packets sent between sites
   dh (dh closure)
-  hash (hash closure)
+  hash (hash closure): used for keys whose algorithm (or public
+    or private key file) does not imply the hash function
   key-lifetime (integer): max lifetime of a session key, in ms
     [one hour; mobile: 2 days]
   setup-retries (integer): max number of times to transmit a key negotiation
@@ -576,9 +580,15 @@ priv-cache: dict argument
 ** rsa
 
 Defines:
+  sigscheme algorithm 00 "rsa1"
   rsa-private (closure => rsaprivkey closure)
   rsa-public (closure => rsapubkey closure)
 
+rsa1 sigscheme algorithm:
+  private key: SSH private key file, version 1, no password
+  public key: SSH public key file, version 1
+    (length, restrictions, email, etc., ignored)
+
 rsa-private: string[,bool]
   arg1: filename of SSH private key file (version 1, no password)
   arg2: whether to check that the key is usable [default True]