"sig!3" entry vs "sig!" entry on certain GnuPG keys from the PuTTY software site

Todd Zullinger tmz at pobox.com
Fri Aug 25 15:40:08 CEST 2006


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Alphax wrote:
> There is a "default certification level" option that can be used
> either on the command line or in a config file - normally GnuPG will
> ask you for the certification level when you sign a key, but the
> default /can/ be used if the right options are set, and /will/ be
> used at the time of key generation.

I believe you will not normally be asked for a cert-level, at least
not with most recent versions of gpg (I forget when that changed
exactly).  You must set ask-cert-level in your config or on the
command line to be prompted.

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Todd        OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp
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