On 18/03/12 19:13, freej...@is-not-my.name wrote:
>> I should note that many people actually *don't* check if the e-mail
>> address belongs to the person whose UID they sign.
>
> That doesn't sound right.
We could have a simple misunderstanding here: I do think many people check if
the person wh
On 18/03/12 19:13, freej...@is-not-my.name wrote:
> Not necessarily but even if they did, how do they have access to the key?
The attacker is doing you a real service getting /your/ key signed then :)
Wasn't the purpose of the attacker to get his /own/ key falsely signed? The key
he does have acc
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On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 06:13:32PM -, freej...@is-not-my.name wrote:
> > I should note that many people actually *don't* check if the e-mail
> > address belongs to the person whose UID they sign. If this were as
> > "simple" to prove as it is to pr
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El 18-03-2012 15:13, freej...@is-not-my.name escribió:
>> I should note that many people actually *don't* check if the
>> e-mail address belongs to the person whose UID they sign. If this
>> were as
...
> That doesn't sound right. If you can't verify
On 03/18/2012 04:13 AM, freej...@is-not-my.name wrote:
My question is on a situation I didn't add the comment by mistake when I
created the key and now I'd like to be able to add a comment. The key isn't
signed etc. Thanks.
I suggest that you probably actually don't want the comment at all. Th
> I should note that many people actually *don't* check if the e-mail
> address belongs to the person whose UID they sign. If this were as
> "simple" to prove as it is to prove you have a certain name by showing a
> passport or something, it might be checked more often.
That doesn't sound right. I
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El 18-03-2012 5:13, freej...@is-not-my.name escribió:
...
> Alright that's a good answer but aren't people just confirming the
> email address belongs to a known signer when they sign a key? Does
> it really matter what the UID comment is? I think it
On 18/03/12 09:13, freej...@is-not-my.name wrote:
> Alright that's a good answer but aren't people just confirming the email
> address belongs to a known signer when they sign a key? Does it really
> matter what the UID comment is? I think it may be going a bit too far to say
> the UID is guarantee
> Well, the UID is what other people sign. Suppose by a wonderful
> coincidence my name is Barack Obama. To prevent confusion, I create this
> UID "Barack Obama (NOT the US president)
> People sign this. They have seen my birth certificate... erm... I mean
> passport :)
Hahaha!!! Damn Hawaiins
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:11:39AM -, freej...@is-not-my.name wrote:
> > The comment can only be added when creating the UID. If you wish to
> > add, remove or edit you can create a new UID and set it as primary. If
> > the key has not been shared, you can delete the old UIDs, but if it is
> >
> Thanks for the info. Is there some reason why we can't edit the UID? I
> realize it doesn't help if the key is on a server but this key is not.
Well, the UID is what other people sign. Suppose by a wonderful coincidence
my name is Barack Obama. To prevent confusion, I create this UID
"Barack Oba
> The OP was maybe referring to the comment in UIDs of the form
>
> Name (Comment) .
Right that's what I meant.
> The comment can only be added when creating the UID. If you wish to
> add, remove or edit you can create a new UID and set it as primary. If
> the key has not been shared, you can d
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Hi
On Thursday 15 March 2012 at 7:26:36 PM, in
, Hauke Laging
wrote:
> But you need --list-options show-notations /
> show-policy-urls to see them. And, being more precise,
> that is not a comment on a UID but on one of the
> signatures of the UI
Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2012, 18:54:28 schrieb freej...@is-not-my.name:
> Is it possible to add or edit comments on a uid? I didn't see any obvious
> option in the help for edit.
--cert-notation / --cert-policy-url may be what you're looking for.
But you need --list-options show-notations / show-
Is it possible to add or edit comments on a uid? I didn't see any obvious
option in the help for edit.
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