On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:09, axel.br...@gmx.de said: > So where is it specified that a key has to be self-signed?
The self-signature binds the user id to the actual key. Thus it is necessary to have a self-signature. The OpenPGP standard does not specify any trust model but merely specifies methods which can be used to implement a trust model. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users