Re: Update FAQ about revocation certificates?

2018-11-12 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
fwiw, i agree with Damien that the existing text in the FAQ about generating a revocation certificate should be removed. I think that there should be some text like "where can i find my key's revocation certificate?" which could be added to the FAQ. However, situations like these: On Sat

Re: Update FAQ about revocation certificates?

2018-11-10 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Thursday 8 November 2018 at 3:21:58 PM, in , Damien Goutte-Gattat via Gnupg-users wrote:- > And with > modern GnuPG there > is no need to recommend to generate a revocation > certificate. Not immediately after generating a new GnuPG

Re: Update FAQ about revocation certificates?

2018-11-09 Thread Stefan Claas
On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 09:22:13 +0100, Werner Koch wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 18:34, stefan.cl...@posteo.de said: > > > apartment and accidentally threw away the box > > in which the revocation cert was stored... :-( > > :-( > > > How would you procede now? > > Fetch your backup which for

Re: Update FAQ about revocation certificates?

2018-11-09 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 18:34, stefan.cl...@posteo.de said: > apartment and accidentally threw away the box > in which the revocation cert was stored... :-( :-( > How would you procede now? Fetch your backup which for you will have stored at a different venue .-) Call the locksmith to open the

Re: Update FAQ about revocation certificates?

2018-11-08 Thread Stefan Claas
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 15:21:58 +, Damien Goutte-Gattat via Gnupg-users wrote: > Hi GnuPG folks, > > The current version of the FAQ recommends creating a revocation > certificate at several places. > > > § 7.17 > > "We recommend you create a revocation certificate immediately >after

Update FAQ about revocation certificates?

2018-11-08 Thread Damien Goutte-Gattat via Gnupg-users
Hi GnuPG folks, The current version of the FAQ recommends creating a revocation certificate at several places. § 7.17 "We recommend you create a revocation certificate immediately after generating a new GnuPG certificate." § 8.5 "What should I do after making my certificate?