On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:00 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote:
Hi list,
one lame confusion I'm facing now.
I was reading GnuPG's "Signing Subkey Cross-Certification" page [1],
and as a matter of fact, these two simple doubts did arise.
Suppose one provides the command:
gpg --gen-key
and chooses the default "DSA and Elgamal" option.
Note that the default is "RSA and RSA" now, but "DSA and Elgamal" are
still available.
1st doubt:
DSA will be the basis for the primary key and Elgamal, the basis for
the encryption subkey, is this assertion correct?
Yes.
if so, 2nd doubt is:
both my public and private keys will be built upon my DSA primary key
and my Elgamal encryption subkey?
I'm afraid I don't really understand what you are asking. Your
primary key (DSA) has a public and private part, and uses the DSA
algorithm. Your subkey (Elgamal) has a public and private part, and
uses the Elgamal algorithm. Your subkey is signed by your primary key
to indicate that they belong together.
David
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