secret key id disclosure
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disastry@saiknes.lv.NO.SPaM.NET
Wed Oct 10 09:57:02 2001
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chrisb wrote:
> Hello. Have I compromised my secret key or encryption strength
> if I have disclosed its id like this:
>
> pub 1024D/8066516A 2006-12-01 my name <myaddy@my.com>
> sub 1024g/GGGGGGGG 2006-12-01 [expires: 2010-12-01]
> Chris
no.
and you can disclose GGGGGGGG without compromising anything too.
GGGGGGGG is not the secret key id but the subkey id.
btw, secret key have the same key-id as public key
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