revoked key - was: Re: key-signing for pseudonyms

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On Fri, 21 May 2004, David Shaw wrote:

> Currently, the main key signs all subkeys.  The fix is that signing
> subkeys sign the main key as well.  Since an attacker who "steals" the
> subkey cannot issue this back-signature, it is very obvious that the
> attacker key is fraudulent.
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is there a way to do that with encryption-only subkeys?

or is that less of a concern since a "hijacked" public key for encryption
can't be used to claim authorship of a work? although, it can cause other
FUD.



	...atom

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