Expiry and subkeys

[CL Gilbert]

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Ben Finney wrote:
| On 12-Jun-2003, Ben Finney wrote:
|
|>On 11-Jun-2003, Werner Koch wrote:
|>
|>>Didn't you delete the secret subkey?
|>
|>How can I get the information you're asking?
|
|
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| $ gpg --list-public-keys bignose |grep -v uid
| pub  1024D/BD41714B 2000-01-19 Ben Finney <bignose@zip.com.au>
| sub  2048g/05508D5C 2003-01-19 [expires: 2006-01-18]
| sub  4096g/3D0FDD17 2000-01-19 [expires: 2003-01-18]
|
| $ gpg --list-secret-keys bignose |grep -v uid
| gpg: no secret subkey for public subkey 3D0FDD17 - ignoring
| sec  1024D/BD41714B 2000-01-19 Ben Finney <bignose@zip.com.au>
| ssb  2048g/05508D5C 2003-01-19
|
| =====
|
| So it seems the key *is* deleted.  (Which would also explain not being
| able to decrypt old messages.)
|
| I guess I'm SOL, yes?
|

Yes, unless you can find an older key ring that still has that key in
it.  PGP does a lot of key ring backuping.  Maybe GnuPG does as well!?

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L8r,


Carl L. Gilbert
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