Restructure Keys.

Raghav Gururajan rg at raghavgururajan.name
Thu Jun 6 13:18:26 CEST 2024


>> Just create a new S-only subkey. There's no need to remove the S capability
>> from the primary key because the signing key is only used by yourself and you
>> know that you want to use the subkey for signing.
> 
> Right.  In case someone wants to do this anyway there is a hidden
> command "changeusage" in the --edit-key menu.  Take care, this creates
> as usual a new self-signature.

Okay. So, if the places where my key is referred using fingerprint of 
the primarykey, it doesn't matter whether I add/del subkeys as their 
OpenPGP implementation can still search using the same fingerprint and 
choose the right key (new subkey-S) for signature-verification, correct?

Regards,
RG.

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