Seeking clarification with a few GPG concepts

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Thursday 14 August 2014 at 10:57:51 AM, in
<mid:53EC881F.2090007 at digitalbrains.com>, Peter Lebbing wrote:


> On 13/08/14 23:09, MFPA wrote:
>> And, as you say, she would not be able to re-use signatures she
>> collected on her "old" UID2 on her "new" one.

> Actually, interestingly, you can. There is no timestamp
> or anything in a UID; two UIDs with identical text are
> completely identical[1]. That means that old
> certifications in this case do carry over (if they're
> not expired).


Yes, I stand corrected. The subsequent run through the edit-key
dialogue merges the display of the two identical UIDs into one with
the new self-cert and all the pre-existing sigs.



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MFPA                    mailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net

James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had'.
'Had had' had had a better effect on the teacher.
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