basic identity mgmt

Martin Behrendt martin-gnupg-users at dkyb.de
Mon Jan 11 18:06:51 CET 2016


Am 11.01.2016 um 17:35 schrieb Lachlan Gunn:
>>
>>
>>> You've already received good answers on your questions, so some questions
>> for you. :)  What is your concern about signing the key? And are you aware
>> that local signatures will not be communicated beyond your keyring?
> 
> 
> I actually ran into this issue the other day.  For me it's problematic
> because my certification key is on an offline machine, so it's inconvenient
> to have to power it up and do a round-trip through the airgap when I'm not
> going to propagate the signature anyway.  It's not a dealbreaker but it's
> still a bit irritating.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lachlan
> 

Without thinking a lot about it on my part, but wouldn't a separate
signing sub-key help with this?

Greetings
Martin



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