Phil Stracchino wrote: > Taistealaiche wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm not sure if these questions belong on this list so please inform >> me if I'm wrong. > > They're really PGP/GnuPG/OpenPGP questions, not Enigmail questions. > >> 1) Is it possible, in the case of an organisation, to have one Public >> Key which can be tied to several different email addreses? > > Yes, trivially. Though I'm not entirely certain why you would want to > do such a thing. > >> 2) If the above is possible, is it also possible for each email >> address to have a separate passphrase for that key? > > Yes. Though I'm not certain why you would want to do such a thing. > >> 3) If both of the above are possible, could someone very kindly >> explain how to do it? > > It's really quite simple. Create the key as you normally would, > distribute it to the people you intent to have it, then have each holder > use the normal key management tools to change the key passphrase on it > from the original passphrase to their own chosen passphrase. > > Though, as noted above, I'm not certain why you would want to do such a > thing, and don't see what you could gain by it.
First, I do apologize for the cross posting, but this came up in the
enigmail mailing group. It's off topic there, so I'll ask my question
here. Second, I do apologize for not trimming this message, as this hold
his original questions/situation info.
For this user's situation, would it be better to have each individual
have their own key signed by a company root key? Or is there another
model best suited for his needs?
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Allen Schultz <allen.schu...@gmail.com>
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