Confused about sub-keys.

[Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder]

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On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 15:08, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> Is it possible to store a sub-key separate from the "master" key (for
> the purpose to store the master key off-line, and then only using the
> sub-key for encryption, or something along those lines)?

Hi!

It is possible, but the solution is not very elegant and has some
implications on people verifying your signatures.

See the notice in my email .sig, look at my key, and look at
http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/subkeys

cheers
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