On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 02:30:31PM +0200, Realos wrote: > hi, > > > > >yes adding a new one and revoking the old one. The original question was > >about modifyuing the uid. > > I think I got the point. Deleting a UID results in loss of signatures > while revkong a UID doesn't if it signs the new UID prior to being deleted.
No. Deleting a UID results in loss of signatures on that UID (deleting a UID actually removes the signatures completely so they're really lost). Revoking a UID also results in loss of signatures on that UID. They're not deleted, but they are ignored from then on. Signing a UID with another UID is not a meaningful statement. UIDs don't sign. > What about creating an empty uid, i.e. without any email address and > requesting people to sign that uid in addition to respective UIDs with > email address? Some people do this, and it can be useful in certain places (signing keys), but it does not resolve the "this key is untrusted - use it anyway?" question unless people select the key using the empty UID. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
