Thanks again, David. The last dumb question, I promise, would be:
how can I see my primary key and my subkey as well? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:38 PM, David Shaw <ds...@jabberwocky.com> wrote: > 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 Marcio Barbado, Jr. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
