Revocation of a user id?

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Sat Mar 22 16:17:01 2003


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On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 02:04:21PM +0100, Volker Augustin wrote:
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> > The solution is to have those 19 people sign the new UID. They then
> > have access to the chain of signatures you are at the beginning of.
>=20
> Is there any difference to this if I do not revoke the key but expire it =
say=20
> tomorrow?

No.  Expired keys, like revoked keys, carry no trust.

David

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