explain nrsign & lsign?

John W. Moore III jmoore3rd at bellsouth.net
Sun Jan 28 21:35:46 CET 2007


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snowcrash+gnupg-users wrote:

> does gpg, &/or do the keyservers, require *valid* email addresses for keys?

NO.
> 
> i.e., if my "A" trust-signing key will *never* be used to sign an
> email, can its assigned/defined address be, e.g.,
> 
>    trust_sig at mydomain.local
> 
> ?
> 
> will *it*, and sigs/keys for 'real' addresses signed *by* it, be
> retrievable as such from the keyservers manually and via 'automatic'
> Key Retrieval options?

Sure!  The UID listed is not as Important as the Key ID.  Of course, if
someone ever wanted to Search via email address (the hard way) they may
not find it but this will not be an issue in "Real Life" (IMO).

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Sunday 28 Jan 2007, 15:35  --500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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