PGP: Invalid key ?

[Lars Geiger]

Hi Stefan,
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, at 18:51:06 +0200, you wrote:

> So, with PGP you need at least one secret key in order to build a web
> of trust? You can't just import public keys because you only intend to
> verify signatures from that machine and then set trust values
> accordingly?

Yes, that's true. If you want to trust a key, you first have to make it
a valid one. Therefore you have to sign it. AFAIK, there's no other way
(at least not with 6.5.8, which was the last PGP I used).

-- 
Regards,
Lars

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