Problem with keys imported via DNS CERT

Alex alex323 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 25 16:03:06 CET 2008


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:09:33 +0100
Michael Kesper <mkallas at schokokeks.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 07:02:39AM -0500, Alex wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:32:44 +0100
> > David Picón Álvarez <david at miradoiro.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > > No, I am starting out with a clean ~/.gnupg folder.
> > > 
> > > That's it then, if your key is not marked as trusted, or the keys
> > > which sign it, how do you expect GnuPG to consider it a valid key?
> > > 
> > > --David.
> > > 
> > 
> > If a key is marked as trusted then it is already in my keyring and
> > never needs to be imported in the first place.
> 
> That's why you should have your own key in your keyring when you
> start. Classical bootstrap problem.
> 
> Best wishes
> Michael

Based on what everyone is saying, the following warning,
"There is no assurance this key belongs to the named user"
should appear for _every_ key I import if the key is not in the keyring.

-- 
Alex



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