Problem with signing

[David Shaw]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 01:30:58PM +0600, Ivan Boldyrev wrote:
> On 8691 day of my life David Shaw wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 05:19:16PM +0600, Ivan Boldyrev wrote:
> >> Question: why I am not asked about how carefully I have checked
> >> identity???  Is it bug of GNU pg1.3.5?
> >
> > Not a bug, a feature :)
> >
> > In 1.3.5, --ask-cert-level is required to be on before the identity
> > check question appears.
> 
> Yes, I have found it soon after posting (and added ask-cert-level to
> gpg.conf).  But why with "feature" was added?

Mainly because some people seemed to love signing every key they ever
saw with level 1 signatures.  This breaks the web of trust.

David