suggestions surrounding key generating

Werner Koch wk@gnupg.org
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 15:08:40 +0100


On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Graham wrote:


> There is just one area where it could be advantageous to have a time
> limited key: when digital signing of documents prepared on a
> particular date is required. In order to ensure that the signature is
> correct, you will need to verify that signature at any time, so this
Verification of signature does also work with expired/revoked keys. However there will be a message telling this. BTW, don't rely on the timestamp of a signature - you have to use a notary service to have reliable timestamps. Ciao, Werner -- Archive is at http://lists.gnupg.org - Unsubscribe by sending mail with a subject of "unsubscribe" to gnupg-users-request@gnupg.org