Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-18 Thread Robert J. Hansen
John W. Moore III wrote: > Yes, there are! They are the Questions that _were_never_ asked! Japanese: 聞くのは一時の恥、聞かぬのは一生の恥 English: "If you ask, you'll feel stupid for a minute. If you don't, you'll be stupid forever." (The translation is pretty far from literal.) _

Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-18 Thread John W. Moore III
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 John Clizbe wrote: > M.B.Jr. wrote: >> Thanks again, David. >> >> The last dumb question, I promise, would be: > > There aren't any dumb questions. Yes, there are! They are the Questions that _were_never_ asked! JOHN ;) Timestamp: Wednesday 18 No

Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-18 Thread John Clizbe
M.B.Jr. wrote: > Thanks again, David. > > The last dumb question, I promise, would be: There aren't any dumb questions. > how can I see my primary key and my subkey as well? $ gpg --list-key 0x0x608d2a10 pub 1024D/608D2A10 2003-03-06 uid John P. Clizbe uid

Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-18 Thread M.B.Jr.
Thanks again, David. The last dumb question, I promise, would be: how can I see my primary key and my subkey as well? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:38 PM, David Shaw wrote: > On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, M.B.Jr. wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:21 AM, David Shaw wrote: >>

Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-18 Thread David Shaw
On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, M.B.Jr. wrote: > Hi David, > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:21 AM, David Shaw wrote: >> On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:00 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote: >> >>> both my public and private keys will be built upon my DSA primary key >>> and my Elgamal encryption subkey? >> >> I'm afraid

Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-18 Thread M.B.Jr.
Hi David, On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:21 AM, David Shaw wrote: > On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:00 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote: > >> both my public and private keys will be built upon my DSA primary key >> and my Elgamal encryption subkey? > > I'm afraid I don't really understand what you are asking.  Your primary

Re: digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-17 Thread David Shaw
On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:00 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote: Hi list, one lame confusion I'm facing now. I was reading GnuPG's "Signing Subkey Cross-Certification" page [1], and as a matter of fact, these two simple doubts did arise. Suppose one provides the command: gpg --gen-key and chooses the default "D

digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

2009-11-17 Thread M.B.Jr.
Hi list, one lame confusion I'm facing now. I was reading GnuPG's "Signing Subkey Cross-Certification" page [1], and as a matter of fact, these two simple doubts did arise. Suppose one provides the command: gpg --gen-key and chooses the default "DSA and Elgamal" option. 1st doubt: DSA will be