On Sunday 08 May 2011, Grant Olson wrote: =============== You seem to send messages from the future. ;-)
> On 5/6/11 3:48 PM, Ingo Klöcker wrote: > > On Thursday 05 May 2011, Hauke Laging wrote: > >> What is the difference between these two options with respect to > >> the point of confusion? > > > > Unless I'm missing something the difference is as follows: > > - With prolongation of the expiration time releases signed before > > the prolongation will keep having a valid signature. > > - If one creates a new subkey then releases signed with the old > > expired subkey(s) will have an invalid signature. One would have > > to re-sign the old releases with the new subkey. > > Nope. > > The old releases won't have an invalid sig as long as the sig was > made before the expiration date. Expiring a key now doesn't > invalidate a sig made yesterday. Gpg will print out a note saying > the key is expired, but it's not as drastic as the error with a > post-dated signature. Ahh. My bad. Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't aware of this difference between signatures made before and after the expiration date. Regards, Ingo
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