> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, David Shaw wrote: > . . . > > . . . Revoking the key only > > stops new use of the key - old messages are still okay.
On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 03:14:29PM -0500, 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? Both, really. It's a social process in that a revocation just adds a note to a key that says "don't use this". It's mechanical in the sense that all OpenPGP software respects this flag, so the user doesn't get consulted about it. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
