-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Nicky wrote on 27.12.2005 22:06: > What does the usage letters mean in the key listing? > usage: CS > usage: SEA > What does SEA stand for? I think S and E stand for Signing and > Encryption respectively but what about A and C? > S - Signing E - Encryption A - Authentication (for SSH), look at http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2005-November/027478.html C - Certifying (signing OpenPGP keys), can be used only for primary key, not a subkey
usage: SEA - key can be used for signing, encryption, and authentication Regards - -- My current OpenPGP key ID: 0x500B8987 Key fingerprint: E883 045D 36FB 8CA3 8D69 9C79 9E35 3B56 500B 8987 Encrypted e-mail preferred. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFDtYjWnjU7VlALiYcRA9AxAJ97DQKackDxK+9+651PcqP02hH7swCg0FbW JOQ12CfXjl/quyHt09qUHQo= =Y/Iu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users