explain nrsign & lsign?

Sascha Kiefer sk at intertivity.com
Sun Jan 28 21:36:46 CET 2007


 well, you do not have to apply any email address at all, so you can apply
an invalid one as well.

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> Subject: Re: explain nrsign & lsign?
> 
> > There is somewhat constant debate over the best method. ...
> 
> > the main point of signing a key is so that GnuPG (or PGP) 
> can use the 
> > signature in its trust calculations ...
> 
> good info. thanks.
> 
> last (yeah, sure ...) question, then.
> 
> does gpg, &/or do the keyservers, require *valid* email 
> addresses for keys?
> 
> 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?
> 
> thanks!
> 
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