On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Richard <rich...@r-selected.de> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 20:49, David Tomaschik <da...@systemoverlord.com> > wrote: > >> No, you can store a primary key. And you can use the 3 slots for any >> purpose (though I believe they must all tie to the same primary key.). >> It would be common to combine signing & certification into one key >> (and I believe that is the default). > > So it is impossible to use a separate signing subkey if I want to > retain the possibility to sign other keys without keeping an off-card > backup of the primary key? In the past I switched my singing subkeys > every couple of years, keeping my primary key in place. > > Richard
No, I was just stating common practice. You could do a certification/primary key, a signing key, and an encryption key in the 3 slots. -- David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1 System Administrator/Open Source Advocate OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B http://systemoverlord.com da...@systemoverlord.com _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
