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