On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:51:32AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Message: 6 > >Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 22:02:16 -0400 > >From: David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: 1.4.3 // proper syntax for --edit-key cross-certify ? > > >PGP does not generate signing subkeys. You generated a RSA > >encryption > >key that happened to be without key flags (I guess that version of > > >PGP > >didn't use them yet), and so it appears as a RSA sign+encrypt key > >in > >GnuPG. > > well, > it is an 'atypical' pgp build ;-) > > but the subkey is recognized by gnupg as a 'signing' subkey, > and moreover, is 'forced' by gnupg front ends to be used for > signing > (there is no '!' indicator available to put as an option in > gpg.conf)
PGP generated keys are not any different than GPG generated keys in this regard. Go ahead and use a ! if you like. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
