-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 David Shaw escribió: > On Jul 23, 2010, at 11:51 AM, war_is_pe...@privatdemail.net wrote: ... >> I'm planning on finally uploading my key to a keyserver. Now I had the >> idea to add a primary user ID which contains only my name and no email >> address. The reason would be that i won't "lose" any signatures if I >> change my email address and revoke the then obsolete user id. ... > It does make sense, and some people do it. The problem is that it makes it > difficult to use that key with some mail programs, which look for the proper > key to use by email address. You can also have problem with people finding > your key on keyservers.
Well, he can have a "freeform" UID (the one without the email address), which would be the "permanent" one, and add more UIDs with the email address... that would solve the problem about searching the key. The additional UIDs can be revoked and replaced by new ones if the email address change. Best Regards -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJMSfTLAAoJEMV4f6PvczxANEgIAI4zDTDEVPOBDtslJ/SQYVW5 0CNjThiwaSJkPdKd4ZC1ehXtkV6Fxx9KYu28B/4uNSJ5Xbo7U1xDBumMUAw02ikr 96GKkf4JOSbVEDx4yiORzpfzUwWIPKOaRqzlIFh4Rsrm8b3ta8w+OuUPFvOumMJ5 MmfBhNB4IfSk7/NFahzt5H2qpwQrW6UMjMBekf0ni9ZiyVIexwrb2/Gv39zMi47r p6hpsgp+W4zZ715muoolzfoaDihesGn3Jj1qQo7snGDZ+j/Fj4UF5N7kz6ITp9nn 4+CJqxP0bper0tv10TFVo4STaOEL28efBdME44Ss+QsJDCNDEHRSzX2Nmydhjs4= =moqW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
