Key Expiration, need verification please

[David Shaw]

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On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:46:19AM -0500, seidls@schneider.com wrote:
> 
> OK, can you explain what exactly the "sub" key is for?  I have received
> keys from others that do not include the "sub" key, and
> encryption/decryption works fine.

Modern OpenPGP keys have a primary, plus zero or more subkeys.  It is
possible for an OpenPGP key to have no subkeys if it is a sign+encrypt
key, but they're not that common.  More likely, the keys you saw were
PGP 2.x-style keys, which are all sign+encrypt.

David
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iEYEARECAAYFAj8lk9EACgkQ4mZch0nhy8niXACfbx4EYPTO44RKGFD/Iavt8KFn
rFsAoIevUyl+fwNj16D9cmzyDRqGpqyh
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