First steps with GPG, am I off to a good start?

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Saturday 12 October 2013 at 12:10:16 AM, in
<mid:6877190.vANIcmFNIe at inno.berlin.laging.de>, Hauke Laging wrote:



> What makes the one statement better than the other? You
> usually cannot prove that a certain person has shown
> you a certain passport-like document. And without a
> manual signature you cannot even prove that the person
> has claimed that a certain key belongs to him or her.

It all just boils down to whether you believe the person making the
statement.



> And what
> do you lose if someone does not certify this UID?
> Nothing.

Indeed. So long as one UID is certified, the certification can be
counted by GnuPG when calculating trust or validity for the whole key.



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