Presentation. Migration to subkeys

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Diez via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Is it possible "extract" Sign usage from master key an put it into a
> subkey with the same ID and fingerprint? I'm think no.
>
> This email is to verify that, indeed, it is not possible.
>   

If I understand correctly, "same ID and fingerprint" would mean that it 
is *exactly* the same key, so while it might be possible to arrange a 
PGP certificate like this, you would gain nothing:  the subkey would be 
an exact copy of the master key.


-- Jacob