digital signature primary key and encryption subkey

[M.B.Jr.]

Thanks again, David.

The last dumb question, I promise, would be:

how can I see my primary key and my subkey as well?


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:38 PM, David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, M.B.Jr. wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:21 AM, David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> wrote:
>>> On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:00 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>>> both my public and private keys will be built upon my DSA primary key
>>>> and my Elgamal encryption subkey?
>>>
>>> I'm afraid I don't really understand what you are asking.  Your primary key
>>> (DSA) has a public and private part, and uses the DSA algorithm.  Your
>>> subkey (Elgamal) has a public and private part, and uses the Elgamal
>>> algorithm.  Your subkey is signed by your primary key to indicate that they
>>> belong together.
>>
>>
>> Your answer certainly covered more than I expected. Thank you.
>>
>> So, public parts (from my primary key and my subkey) formed my public
>> key and the same goes to the private parts and my private key. Is that
>> correct?
>
> Yes.  "Public key" is frequently shorthand for a number of public keys stuck together with some OpenPGP glue, and the same is true for private keys.
>
> David




Marcio Barbado, Jr.