Key ID - different?

[Shawn K. Quinn]

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On Wednesday November 6 2002 06:55, Terry Maltos wrote:
> Using the GNU Privacy Assistant and viewing my key, I see a Key ID -
> 8 letters and digits long.
>
> Viewing the same key set on a client's computer, their Key ID has
> those same 8 characters but they are preceded by 8 more characters
> (that can also be found in the Fingerprint - the last 16 digits).

I think this is a feature of the newer GPA. I guess maybe someone=20
thought a 32-bit keyid wasn't quite unique enough? (Internally to GPG,=20
of course, the entire 160-bit SHA-1 has is used IIRC.)

- --=20
Shawn K. Quinn
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