OpenPGP headers

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed Aug 11 10:02:00 CEST 2004


On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:52:40 -0400 (EDT), Atom 'Smasher' said:

> when signing (or otherwise verifying) a key, it's recommended to
> confirm the fingerprint, size, and type of the key (and UID, of

Only for old keys; identifiable by MD5 fingerprints.  For new keys
there is no point in verifying other properties than the fingerprint.

  Werner




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