On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, M.B.Jr. wrote: > Hi David, > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:21 AM, David Shaw <ds...@jabberwocky.com> wrote: >> On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:00 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote: >> >>> 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. > > > Your answer certainly covered more than I expected. Thank you. > > So, public parts (from my primary key and my subkey) formed my public > key and the same goes to the private parts and my private key. Is that > correct?
Yes. "Public key" is frequently shorthand for a number of public keys stuck together with some OpenPGP glue, and the same is true for private keys. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
