what is the use of signing keys?

[Douglas Elznic]

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But why do you have a signature only key?

On Sat, 2001-10-13 at 07:16, Owen Blacker wrote:
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> Mark Brown wrote (2001-10-13 T 03:07 +0100):
> >
> > > So I have a signing key, with no encryption component, so I know
> > > that it can't be seized under any circumstances.
> >
> > Is there anything technical preventing the signature key from being
> > used for encryption other than stuff like option flags?
>=20
> The key has no encryption subkey, it was revoked immediately on
> creation.
>=20
>    bash-2.02$ gpg --list-keys -v 647562393E2056B9
>    pub  1024D/3E2056B9 2001-09-02 Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    uid                            Owen Blacker <owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk>
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    uid                            Owen Blacker <owen@flirble.org>
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    uid                            Owen Blacker <owen@owens-place.org.uk>
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    uid                            Owen Blacker <owenb@hotmail.com>
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    uid                            Owen Blacker <owenfb@easynet.co.uk>
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    sub  2048g/EC0283F0 2001-09-02 [expires: 2003-02-01]
>    sig        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
>    rev        3E2056B9 2001-09-02  Owen Blacker <SIGNATURE KEY ONLY>
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>=20
> O x
> - --=20
> Owen Blacker | Senior Software Developer and InfoSecurity Consultant
> See http://www.owens-place.org.uk/pgp.html -- more about my PGP keys
> Sig  0x3e2056b9 | 18cd 92aa 32aa 81b9 f5e8  c520 6475 6239 3e20 56b9
> - --
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>  safety deserve neither liberty nor safety --Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|  Douglas Elznic  |        GPG Key: <dfe@anize.org> 0x13300731        |
+------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|  Thinker-@-Large | Pub key can be obtained from http://pgp.dtype.org |
|   dfe@anize.org  | Fingerprint:                                      |
| dfelznic@syr.edu | EF9C 7E3C 0327 EAAF 1E20 5299 0805 7531 1330 0731 |
| http://anize.org | All emails should be signed by the above key.     |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary |
| safety deserve neither liberty nor safety... Benjamin Franklin 1759  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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