Expiry bug (can convert v3 key to current?)

Kurt Fitzner kurt-fitzner@home.com
Sat Jun 30 23:51:02 2001


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>On 30-Jun-2001 Len Sassaman wrote:
> ... There are no DSA subkeys. Period. Only ElGamal subkeys.
See attached log (impossible.txt). I apparently have a VERY buggy version of gpg, since it will make DSA subkeys with no problem. Kurt. --_=XFMail.1.5.0.Linux:20010630154235:24058=_ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="impossible.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: impossible.txt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=impossible.txt; SizeOnDisk=3892 kfitzner@excelcia:~$ gpg --edit 0xf621edad Secret key is available. pub 2048R/F621EDAD created: 2001-06-29 expires: never trust: f/u (1) Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kurt-fitzner@home.com> (2). Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kfitzner@excelcia.2y.net> Command> addkey Key is protected. You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kfitzner@excelcia.2y.net>" 2048-bit RSA key, ID F621EDAD, created 2001-06-29 Please select what kind of key you want: (2) DSA (sign only) (3) ElGamal (encrypt only) (4) ElGamal (sign and encrypt) Your selection? 2 About to generate a new DSA keypair. minimum keysize is 768 bits default keysize is 1024 bits highest suggested keysize is 2048 bits What keysize do you want? (1024) 1024 Requested keysize is 1024 bits Please specify how long the key should be valid. 0 = key does not expire <n> = key expires in n days <n>w = key expires in n weeks <n>m = key expires in n months <n>y = key expires in n years Key is valid for? (0) 1y Key expires at Sun Jun 30 15:33:41 2002 MDT Is this correct (y/n)? y Really create? y We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. +++++.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.+++++.++++++++++..++++++++++.+++++++++ +..+++++.++++++++++..+++++++++++++++++++++++++.+++++.++++++++++>++++++++++>+++++ ................................................................................ .............................................................+++++ Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 17 more bytes) pub 2048R/F621EDAD created: 2001-06-29 expires: never trust: f/u sub 1024D/7D52DEDC created: 2001-06-30 expires: 2002-06-30 (1) Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kurt-fitzner@home.com> (2). Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kfitzner@excelcia.2y.net> Command> addkey Key is protected. You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kfitzner@excelcia.2y.net>" 2048-bit RSA key, ID F621EDAD, created 2001-06-29 Please select what kind of key you want: (2) DSA (sign only) (3) ElGamal (encrypt only) (4) ElGamal (sign and encrypt) Your selection? 3 About to generate a new ELG-E keypair. minimum keysize is 768 bits default keysize is 1024 bits highest suggested keysize is 2048 bits What keysize do you want? (1024) 1024 Requested keysize is 1024 bits Please specify how long the key should be valid. 0 = key does not expire <n> = key expires in n days <n>w = key expires in n weeks <n>m = key expires in n months <n>y = key expires in n years Key is valid for? (0) 1y Key expires at Sun Jun 30 15:35:34 2002 MDT Is this correct (y/n)? y Really create? y We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. +++++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++++++++++++++.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++++>+++++.................... ...........................................................+++++^^^^^^^^^ pub 2048R/F621EDAD created: 2001-06-29 expires: never trust: f/u sub 1024D/7D52DEDC created: 2001-06-30 expires: 2002-06-30 sub 1024g/A9C07BB8 created: 2001-06-30 expires: 2002-06-30 (1) Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kurt-fitzner@home.com> (2). Kurt D L Fitzner (personal) <kfitzner@excelcia.2y.net> Command> quit --_=XFMail.1.5.0.Linux:20010630154235:24058=_-- End of MIME message