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On 01/12/2015 02:55 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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>> But for the rest, yes, you don't need gkeys to create your key, |
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>> It is just most people seem to know little about using gpg, so |
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>> creating the template where you just filled out name, email, |
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>> password, makes it easy. |
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> |
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> Makes sense. I can always create a new account, create a key, |
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> export/import, and delete the account. That will avoid messing |
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> with config files and such. |
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> |
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>> |
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>> From the above, it looks like you also need to create a signing |
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>> subkey with a preferred 1 yr. expiry. But it can be 5 years max. |
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>> too. You may also want to add an encryption subkey for encrypted |
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>> email and such. |
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> |
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> From docs I was reading it sounds like a signing and encryption |
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> subkey are created by default (two keys total). Is there any |
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> difference between a "main key" and a subkey? I have to admit that |
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> I haven't kept up with gpg features over the years. |
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By default GnuPG only create a primary key with SC flags (sign & |
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certification) and an encryption subkey. In this case you'll want to |
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add a signing subkey using the "addkey" command of --edit-key to make |
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a compliant key. |
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Kristian Fiskerstrand |
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Public PGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net |
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fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 |
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