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SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1) NAME sq - A command-line frontend for Sequoia, an implementation of OpenPGP SYNOPSIS sq encrypt [OPTIONS] FILE sq decrypt [OPTIONS] FILE sq sign [OPTIONS] FILE sq verify [OPTIONS] FILE sq inspect [OPTIONS] FILE sq cert [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND sq key [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND sq pki [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND sq autocrypt [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND sq network [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND sq toolbox [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND sq version [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION A command-line frontend for Sequoia, an implementation of OpenPGP. Functionality is grouped and available using subcommands. This inter- face is not completely stateless. In particular, the user's default certificate store is used. This can be disabled using `--no-cert-store`. Similarly, a key store is used to manage and pro- tect secret key material. This can be disabled using `--no-key-store`. OpenPGP data can be provided in binary or ASCII armored form. This will be handled automatically. Emitted OpenPGP data is ASCII armored by default. We use the term "certificate", or "cert" for short, to refer to OpenPGP keys that do not contain secrets. Conversely, we use the term "key" to refer to OpenPGP keys that do contain secrets. OPTIONS Global options --cert-store=PATH Specify the location of the certificate store. By default, `sq` uses the OpenPGP certificate directory in Sequoia's home direc- tory (see `--home`), $HOME/pgp.cert.d. This can be overridden by setting the `PGP_CERT_D` environment variable. That in turn can be overridden by setting the `SQ_CERT_STORE` environment variable. -f, --force Overwrite existing files -h, --help Print help (see a summary with '-h') --home=HOME Set the home directory. Sequoia's default home directory is `$HOME`. When using the de- fault location, files are placed according to the local stan- dard, e.g., the XDG Base Directory Specification. When an al- ternate location is specified, the user data, configuration files, and cache data are placed under a single, unified direc- tory. This is a lightweight way to partially isolate `sq`. --key-store=PATH A key store server manages and protects secret key material. By default, `sq` connects to the key store server for Sequoia's de- fault home directory (see `--home`), $HOME/sequoia/keystore. If no key store server is running, one is started. This option causes `sq` to use an alternate key store server. If necessary, a key store server is started, and configured to look for its data in the specified location. --keyring=PATH Specify the location of a keyring to use. Keyrings are used in addition to any certificate store. The content of the keyring is not imported into the certificate store. When a certificate is looked up, it is looked up in all keyrings and any certifi- cate store, and the results are merged together. --known-notation=NOTATION Add NOTATION to the list of known notations. This is used when validating signatures. Signatures that have unknown notations with the critical bit set are considered invalid. --no-cert-store Disable the use of a certificate store. Normally sq uses the user's standard cert-d, which is located in `$HOME/.lo- cal/share/pgp.cert.d`. --no-key-store Disable the use of the key store. It is still possible to use functionality that does not require the key store. --output-format=FORMAT Produce output in FORMAT, if possible [default: human-readable] [possible values: human-readable, json, dot] --output-version=VERSION Produce output variant VERSION, such as 0.0.0. The default is the newest version. The output version is separate from the ver- sion of the sq program. To see the current supported versions, use output-versions subcommand. --pep-cert-store=PATH Specify the location of a pEp certificate store. sq does not use a pEp certificate store by default; it must be explicitly enabled using this argument or the corresponding environment variable, PEP_CERT_STORE. The pEp Engine's default certificate store is at `$HOME/.pEp/keys.db`. --time=TIME Set the reference time as an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp. Nor- mally, commands use the current time as the reference time. This argument allows the user to use a difference reference time. For instance, when creating a key using `sq key gener- ate`, the creation time is normally set to the current time, but can be overridden using this option. Similarly, when verifying a message, the message is verified with respect to the current time. This option allows the user to use a different time. TIME is interpreted as an ISO 8601 timestamp. To set the certi- fication time to July 21, 2013 at midnight UTC, you can do: $ sq --time 20130721 verify msg.pgp To include a time, say 5:50 AM, add a T, the time and optionally the timezone (the default timezone is UTC): $ sq --time 20130721T0550+0200 verify msg.pgp --trust-root=FINGERPRINT|KEYID Consider the specified certificate to be a trust root. Trust roots are used by trust models, e.g., the Web of Trust, to au- thenticate certificates and User IDs. -v, --verbose Be more verbose. SUBCOMMANDS sq encrypt Encrypt a message. Encrypt a message for any number of recipients and with any number of passwords, optionally signing the message in the process. The converse operation is `sq decrypt`. `sq encrypt` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument. It uses the reference time when selecting encryption keys, and it sets the signature's creation time to the reference time. sq decrypt Decrypt a message. Decrypt a message using either supplied keys, or by prompting for a password. If message tampering is detected, an error is returned. See below for details. If certificates are supplied using the `--signer-cert` option, any sig- natures that are found are checked using these certificates. Verifica- tion 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 signature verification fails, or if message tampering is de- tected, 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 encrypt`. sq sign Sign messages or data files. Creates signed messages or detached signatures. Detached signatures are often used to sign software packages. The converse operation is `sq verify`. `sq sign` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` ar- gument. When set, it uses the specified time instead of the current time, when determining what keys are valid, and it sets the signature's creation time to the reference time instead of the current time. sq verify Verify signed messages or detached signatures. When verifying signed messages, the message is written to stdout or 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 con- figured with the `--signatures` parameter. If the verification fails, the program terminates with an exit status indicating failure. In ad- dition 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. A signature is considered to have been authenticated if the signer can be authenticated. If the signer is provided via `--signer-file`, then the signer is considered authenticated. Otherwise, the signer is looked up and authenticated using the Web of Trust. If at least one User ID can be fully authenticated, then the signature is considered to have been authenticated. If the signature includes a Signer User ID subpacket, then only that User ID is considered. Note: the User ID need not be self signed. The converse operation is `sq sign`. If you are looking for a standalone program to verify detached signa- tures, consider using sequoia-sqv. `sq verify` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument. When set, it verifies the message as of the reference time instead of the current time. sq inspect Inspect data, like file(1). It is often difficult to tell from cursory inspection using cat(1) or file(1) what kind of OpenPGP one is looking at. This subcommand in- spects the data and provides a meaningful human-readable description of it. `sq inspect` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument. It uses the reference time when determining what binding signatures are active. sq cert Manage certificates. We use the term "certificate", or "cert" for short, to refer to OpenPGP keys that do not contain secrets. This subcommand provides primitives to generate and otherwise manipulate certs. Conversely, we use the term "key" to refer to OpenPGP keys that do con- tain secrets. See `sq key` for operations on keys. sq key Manage keys. We use the term "key" to refer to OpenPGP keys that do contain secrets. This subcommand provides primitives to generate and otherwise manipu- late keys. Conversely, we use the term "certificate", or "cert" for short, to re- fer to OpenPGP keys that do not contain secrets. See `sq toolbox keyring` for operations on certificates. sq pki Authenticate certs using the Web of Trust. The "Web of Trust" is a decentralized trust model popularized by PGP. It is a superset of X.509, which is a hierarchical trust model, and is the most popular trust model on the public internet today. As used on the public internet, however, X.509 relies on a handful of global cer- tification authorities (CAs) who often undermine its security. The Web of Trust is more nuanced than X.509. Using the Web of Trust, require multiple, independent paths to authenticate a binding by only partially trusting CAs. This prevents a single bad actor from compro- mising their security. And those who have stronger security require- ments can use the Web of Trust in a completely decentralized manner where only the individuals they select who are not necessarily insti- tutions act as trusted introducers. sq autocrypt Communicate certificates using Autocrypt. Autocrypt is a standard for mail user agents to provide convenient end-to-end encryption of emails. This subcommand provides a limited way to produce and consume headers that are used by Autocrypt to commu- nicate certificates between clients. See <https://autocrypt.org/>. sq network Retrieve and publish certificates over the network. OpenPGP certificates can be discovered and updated from, and published on services accessible over the network. This is a collection of com- mands to interact with these services. sq toolbox Tools for developers, maintainers, and forensic specialists. This is a collection of low-level tools to inspect and manipulate OpenPGP data structures. sq version Detailed version and output version information. With no further options, this command lists the version of `sq`, the version of the underlying OpenPGP implementation `sequoia-openpgp`, and which cryptographic library is used. This command can also be used to query the output format versions for the machine-readable output of various subcommands, and the default output format versions. EXAMPLES sq encrypt Encrypt a file using a certificate sq encrypt --recipient-file romeo.pgp message.txt Encrypt a file creating a signature in the process sq encrypt --recipient-file romeo.pgp --signer-file juliet.pgp \ message.txt Encrypt a file using a password sq encrypt --symmetric message.txt sq decrypt Decrypt a file using a secret key sq decrypt --recipient-file juliet.pgp ciphertext.pgp Decrypt a file verifying signatures sq decrypt --recipient-file juliet.pgp --signer-file romeo.pgp \ ciphertext.pgp Decrypt a file using a password sq decrypt ciphertext.pgp sq sign Create a signed message sq sign --signer-file juliet.pgp message.txt Create a detached signature sq sign --detached --signer-file juliet.pgp message.txt Create a signature with the specified creation time sq sign --time 20020304 --detached --signer-file juliet.pgp \ message.txt sq verify Verify a signed message sq verify signed-message.pgp Verify a detached message sq verify --detached message.sig message.txt Verify a message as of June 9, 2011 at midnight UTC: sq verify --time 20130721 msg.pgp sq inspect Inspect a certificate. sq inspect juliet.pgp Show how the certificate looked on July 21, 2013. sq inspect --time 20130721 juliet.pgp Inspect an encrypted message. sq inspect message.pgp Inspect a detachted signature. sq inspect document.sig SEE ALSO sq-encrypt(1), sq-decrypt(1), sq-sign(1), sq-verify(1), sq-inspect(1), sq-cert(1), sq-key(1), sq-pki(1), sq-autocrypt(1), sq-network(1), sq-toolbox(1), sq-version(1). For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>. VERSION 0.36.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.20.0) Sequoia PGP 0.36.0 SQ(1)
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