Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted to be clear about, but didn't want to try to specify all possible details by my (inexpert) self.
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, John W. Moore III wrote: . . . > reynt0 wrote: >> Just a maybe picky question: >> Does "stops new use" mean absolutely, like mechanical >> prevention, stops new use, or does it mean something like >> "stops by a social process", ie like knowledgeable users >> won't use it anymore? . . . > In this context it will mean "like mechanical prevention" but only for > those Users who have Updated Your Key with the Revocation on their > Keyring. GnuPG will _not_ Encrypt to a revoked Public Key. > > However, if You never tell Me that You have revoked the Key . . . > I would then recommend keeping a copy of > the Revoked Key available somewhere prior to deleting it 'just in case' > You ever receive a message Encrypted to it from someone . . . _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
