Why subkeys?

[Doug Gorley]

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After watching this list for a weekor so now, I'm curious about the use
of subkeys with GnuPG.  I don't have any subkeys, or at least I haven't
explicitly created any.  What is to be gained by subkeys on a key ring?=20
What is the relationship between subkeys and the "master" key?  Any
insight here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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Doug Gorley | douggorley@shaw.ca     OpenPGP Key ID: 0xA221559B
Fingerprint: D707 DB92 E64B 69DA B8C7  2F65 C5A9 5415 A221 559B
Interested in public-key cryptography?    http://www.gnupg.org/


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