On Thursday 11 November 2010 12:58:26 Hauke Laging wrote:
> > Thus, other software may behave differently. I think, I
> > have to revoke one key to avoid problems...
>
> Why should any problems arise from that? As long as the sender can encrypt
> and
> the recipient can decrypt... Doesn't matt
Am Donnerstag 11 November 2010 09:50:30 schrieb Sven Klomp:
> > encrypts for 1860836B not for the both longer and longer valid DA63AFDA.
>
> So the decision is done in the implementation and not covered in the
> OpenPGP standard.
This conclusion cannot be drawn from the gpg behaviour, of cours
On Wednesday 10 November 2010 20:20:13 Hauke Laging wrote:
> I created some more subkeys to check that...
>
> For 2.0.15 you are right in one point and wrong in the other. It is the newer
> creation date which is chosen not the longer remaining validity period. But
> the newer key wins against t
Am Mittwoch 10 November 2010 19:52:00 schrieb MFPA:
> > AFAIK gpg takes the (compatible) subkey which is valid
> > for the longest remaining period.
>
> I thought Gunpg used the largest available subkey for the task, and
> multiple appropriate sukeys were of the same size the newest would be
> us
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Hi
On Wednesday 10 November 2010 at 3:21:21 PM, in
, Hauke Laging
wrote:
> AFAIK gpg takes the (compatible) subkey which is valid
> for the longest remaining period.
I thought Gunpg used the largest available subkey for the task, and
multiple a
Am Mittwoch 10 November 2010 15:38:39 schrieb Sven Klomp:
> I have a public key configuration as follows:
> Primary Key (DSA for signing other keys)
> - Sub-key 1 (Elgamal for encryption)
> - Sub-key 2 (RSA for signing mails/files)
> - Sub-key 3 (RSA for encryption)
>
> How does GnuPG decide, wha
Hi,
On Friday 05 November 2010 11:58:13 Sven Klomp wrote:
> since I bought a Crypto Stick [1], I had to add an additional RSA sub-key for
> encryption, since the stick doesn't support Elgamal. Thus, I have two
> encryption keys in my public keyring now. How does gpg decide which one to
> use fo
Hi,
since I bought a Crypto Stick [1], I had to add an additional RSA subkey for
encryption, since the stick doesn't support Elgamal. Thus, I have two
encryption keys in my public keyring now. How does gpg decide which one to use
for encryption? I thought, that every key is used and I can decid
