SHA1 issues, generic advice for average user?

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Poole
I don't use GPG all that much, but am a little concerned with the recent SHA1 collision news. From what I've read on this list, it doesn't seem to be too much of an issue. I wonder if someone could clarify some things for me, please: 1) Is this just an issue with signatures, or does it impact

Re: There are actually two public keys?

2009-05-19 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Mon May 18 19:58:08 2009, David Shaw ds...@jabberwocky.com wrote: Signing with a subkey has a slightly different meaning than signing with a primary key. When you sign a key, you're actually signing a combination of the primary key and user ID that you chose to sign. If you signed with a

Re: There are actually two public keys?

2009-05-19 Thread David Shaw
On May 19, 2009, at 1:46 PM, James P. Howard, II wrote: And on a divergent note, using the black magic described elsewhere[1], is it bad to convert a subkey into a primary key and use it to sign others? To do this, you have to have the key in primary key form in the (local) web of trust.