Reusing signed user ID or attribute

Johannes Zarl johannes at zarl.at
Sat Jan 18 00:20:03 CET 2014


On Friday 17 January 2014 14:33:25 Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> I think you're conflating revocation of the primary key with revocation
> of a user ID.
> 
> Revocation of a primary key is permanent and cannot be overridden.
> Revocation of a user ID can be overridden as long as the primary key
> (the one making the certification) is not itself revoked.

Ah, yes, I was indeed thinking of the primary key. Thanks for clearing that 
up!

Cheers,
  Johannes
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