Info on sub keys?

2006-06-03 Thread Felix E. Klee
I've a couple of newbee questions concerning sub keys: * Aside from convenience, is there any difference between a sub key and an ordinary key signed with the master key? * Can such an ordinary key be transformed into a sub key? * Since when (date and version) does PGP and since when does GnuP

Re: Info on sub keys?

2006-06-03 Thread Alphax
Felix E. Klee wrote: > I've a couple of newbee questions concerning sub keys: > > * Aside from convenience, is there any difference between a sub key and > an ordinary key signed with the master key? > A subkey cannot issue a certification signature - at least not in any known implementations.

Re: Info on sub keys?

2006-06-03 Thread Felix E. Klee
At Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:02:19 +0930, Alphax wrote: > A subkey cannot issue a certification signature - at least not in any > known implementations. Right, I read about that before. > PGP 8 supports signing subkeys; no other offical version of PGP before > then does. According to Tom McCune's FAQ

Re: GnuPG asks for confirmation...

2006-06-03 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Saturday 03 June 2006 04:57, engage wrote: > On Thursday 01 June 2006 08:59 pm, Todd Zullinger wrote: > >engage wrote: > >> Why is someone sending an encrypted message to this list? > > > >It's not encrypted. It's just signed and armored. > > > >Doesn't your mail client automatically display th

Re: Info on sub keys?

2006-06-03 Thread David Shaw
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 11:11:21PM +0200, Felix E. Klee wrote: > At Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:02:19 +0930, > Alphax wrote: > > > * One can include any number of sub keys into a key, right? I ask > > > because I recall reading that there was/is some problem with key > > > servers and sub keys. > >

Re[2]: GnuPG asks for confirmation...

2006-06-03 Thread Sean Rima
Hello Ingo, Saturday, June 3, 2006, 9:19:36 PM, you wrote: > On Saturday 03 June 2006 04:57, engage wrote: >> On Thursday 01 June 2006 08:59 pm, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> >engage wrote: >> >> Why is someone sending an encrypted message to this list? >> > >> >It's not encrypted. It's just signed a

Re: GnuPG asks for confirmation...

2006-06-03 Thread Todd Zullinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ingo Klöcker wrote: > On Saturday 03 June 2006 04:57, engage wrote: >> On Thursday 01 June 2006 08:59 pm, Todd Zullinger wrote: >>>engage wrote: Why is someone sending an encrypted message to this list? >>> >>>It's not encrypted. It's just signed