Revocation certificate still valid after changing subkeys?
David Shaw
dshaw at jabberwocky.com
Mon Apr 18 18:18:35 CEST 2005
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 05:11:10PM +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> When I created my keypair I dutifully created and safely stored a
> revocation certificate for it.
>
> I recently added a new subkey and revoked the old subkey (as discussed
> on this list). I've also added and revoked a few UIDs since the key
> was created.
>
> Is there any reason to generate a new revocation certificate? Or does
> it apply directly to the master key only?
It applies to the master key only. You do not need to generate a new
revocation certificate. Revoking the master key takes out all UIDs
and subkeys in one step.
David
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