On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 12:57:58AM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Hi... > > This is just a short question,... (I'll ask a lot of other things > regarding signatures as part of "my" "Lots of questions" thread :-) ).. > > What is the "best type of signautre someone can give to my UIDs? > > Ok,.. I think there are the following types: > local, non-revocable, trust, normal > > So I he/she gave me a non-revocable signature he/she can't revoke the > signature later (thus take it away from me ;) ). > Is it suggested using NR signatures? Why should one do so, or why not? > (I mean what are the advanteages/disadvantages)?
It is not suggested. NR signatures are useful in very specific circumstances, and regular people signing other people's keys are not one of those circumstances. It's not necessarily a benefit to you that someone can't revoke a signature - if you lose your key and can't revoke it, you'd want your signers to revoke their signatures. > Than the signature level (0, 1, 2 ,3) => of course 3 is the best,.. > he/she checkt my UID very carefully or so Remember that the numbers don't actually mean anything - a "2" for one person may be the same as a "3" for someone else. The web of trust does not look at these numbers at all, except that signature level 1 is ignored by default. You don't get any more validity from a 3 than you get from a 2 or a 0. > Trust signatures,... > What is the difference between a normal and a trust signature. I don't > understand that concept *g* Trust signatures are not generally useful outside of hierarchal company-type environments. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
