Singing a key with a subkey

John W. Moore III jmoore3rd at bellsouth.net
Wed Apr 8 08:54:57 CEST 2009


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Faramir wrote:

>   Because signing another key is known as "certification" and the
> subkeys don't have that capabily. It is one of the reasons to keep the
> primary key safely at home, because with it, somebody can sign keys as
> if you had signed them...


At the risk of exposing Myself to ridicule; whether or not One chooses
to utilize a Signing-subkey or not; during construction of /any/ Key the
choice is made available to assign attributes to said Key. {Sign,
Certification, etc.]  therefore, without knowing which Key it is
difficult to fully diagnose the issue in Question.  Could You possibly
provide the Key ID? [0xWTFxxxxx]  This will allow other folks a chance
to examine possible causes.  [this assumes the Key is retrievable via ID
from Key Servers]  If the Key is unavailable from Keyservers, could You
kindly provide the Key Block for Import/Examination?

HTH

JOHN 8-)
Timestamp: Wednesday 08 Apr 2009, 02:54  --400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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