additional uids?

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:59:42AM -0400, Justin R. Miller wrote:

> my key currently has two uids on it, one for each of two email
> addresses.  If I add more email addresses, do I have to re-export my
> key, both for download on the web and to a keyserver?

Strictly, you don't have to, but you'll probably want to.

> Does this change the key?

It doesn't change the key itself. Keep in mind you are using the key
to sign / encrypt, and not any uid attached to it.

Ex: You add the uid "Justin Miller <foo@bar.tld>", and sign a message
with your key.

Anyone who has the "old" version, without the new uid will see "Good
signature from ...(your two old uid's).

Anyone who has the "new" version, with the new uid will see "Good
signature from ...(your two old uid's)... also known as 'Justin Miller
<foo@bar.tld>'.

Anyone sending mail to your foo@bar.tld address, while having the "old
version", will probably have to manually select the key to use to
encrypt the message (their MUA will say something along the lines of
"No key found for foo@bar.tld"). If one has the "new version", one's
MUA can automatically select the key.

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Lionel Elie Mamane
OpenPGP DH/DSS 4096/1024 Key Fingerprint (KeyID: 3E7B4B73):
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