Signing a Key

[Atom Smasher]

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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, markus reichelt wrote:

> Atom Smasher <atom at smasher.org> wrote:
>> this used to default to yes. now you have to specify it explicitly. 
>> also check out "--default-cert-level". i have both in my config.
>
> newbies will stumble upon this... just curious, any idea why this was 
> changed? i really don't see why it was necessary.
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i think too many noobs were being confused by the prompt. the theory now 
seems to be that if you know about levels, you'll figure out how to sign 
with a desired level. for everyone else, it defaults to 0x10.

IFIAK, PGP(tm) is still only capable of issuing 0x10 key signatures.


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