Keytypes and changing them

[David Shaw]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:17:01PM +0300, lusfert wrote:
> Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> 
> > Ok,.. I know that you can set at least the following flags to specify
> > the purpose of a key:
> > A - authorsation
> > C - certification
> > E - encryption
> > S - signation
> > 
> What does type "A" mean and where is it used?

One possible (and current) use is to use an OpenPGP key for ssh
authentication.

David