invalid gpg key revocation

Hauke Laging mailinglisten at hauke-laging.de
Tue Mar 6 00:13:43 CET 2012


Am Montag, 5. März 2012, 22:36:42 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:

> I have verified that one can generate a revocation certificate without
> entering a passphrase if one has previously signed something (e.g. an
> email). So, it was probably just a very nasty prank.

I assume that ist possible only if the main key has been required for the 
action during which the passphrase has been cached. So having subkeys for 
encryption and signing should protect from this "problem".


Hauke
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