On 5/6/11 4:48 PM, Jerome Baum wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 22:37, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us > <mailto:do...@dougbarton.us>> wrote: > > > I don't understand this response. What I'm saying is that if the key > is compromised, expiration dates become irrelevant. > > > Up to a point. If my key expired yesterday, no-one can forge a message > with that key and claim it's from today. > > Just being nit-picky... :) >
Doug is saying that if the key's been compromised, and not lost, Eve can create a new expiration date and push that to the keyservers. -- Grant "I am gravely disappointed. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war."
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