implications of subkeys?

JanuszA.Urbanowicz JanuszA.Urbanowicz
Wed Feb 27 14:34:01 2002


Nick Andriash wrote/napisa=B3[a]/schrieb:
> Hello Frank Tobin,
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> On Tuesday, February 26 2002 at 12:00 PM PDT, you wrote:
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> > This allows you to stay keep your web of trust, and you simply create
> > a new subkey.
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> You mention subkeys are signed, then if one revokes a subkey, he/she
> will lose all the signatures on it, correct? If that is the case, then I
> do not understand how that maintains your web of trust?

Others can't sign a subkey (or a primary key)- they sign  the UIDs which are
atatched to a primary key.

Alex
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