On 5/22/2013 10:08 PM, NdK wrote: > Hello. > > If, recovering from a backup, I "rewind" the signature counter on my > master key, what happens? > > In other words: is it just "decorative" (like knowing 'more or less' how > many signatures I did) or it serves some purpose I (yet) don't understand? > > That would impact heavily the backup policy...
I presume you're referring to the signature counter on the OpenPGP smartcards. As far as I understand it the counter is purely for informational purposes -- it might be useful for a person or organization who needs to keep track of signatures for audit purposes, for example. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
