Extending the key expiration date

[Florian Weimer]

David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:39:35AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Subba Rao <subba9@home.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Is it possible to edit the expiration date of the current key?
> > 
> > Yes, it's even possible without invalidating certificates.  This is a
> > known design flaw in OpenPGP.
> 
> I wouldn't call it a flaw.  I'd call that a feature :) Having to
> revoke the self-signature and put a new one in place will lead to huge
> trails of self-signatures followed by certificate revocations followed
> by more self-signatures every time the user changed their preferences.

Eh, sorry, I don't see the relevance of this in the light of key
expiration times.

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