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On 24.07.2012 16:58, ved...@nym.hush.com wrote:
Recently added a uid and deleted a uid to one of my keys.
Found that to add a uid, gnupg asks for the passphrase, but to
delete a uid, it does not.
(Doesn't really matter much, since the
Recently added a uid and deleted a uid to one of my keys.
Found that to add a uid, gnupg asks for the passphrase, but to
delete a uid, it does not.
(Doesn't really matter much, since the secret key is required for
both,
but was curious if there is any underlying reason why gnupg does it
this
On 07/24/2012 09:58 AM, ved...@nym.hush.com wrote:
Recently added a uid and deleted a uid to one of my keys.
Found that to add a uid, gnupg asks for the passphrase, but to
delete a uid, it does not.
(Doesn't really matter much, since the secret key is required for
both,
but was curious
On Jul 24, 2012, at 9:58 AM, ved...@nym.hush.com wrote:
Recently added a uid and deleted a uid to one of my keys.
Found that to add a uid, gnupg asks for the passphrase, but to
delete a uid, it does not.
(Doesn't really matter much, since the secret key is required for
both,
but was
'Doesn't really matter much, since the secret key is required for
both,'
sorry,
my mistake,
to remove a uid, doesn't require the secret key,
(probably done this way to maken it easier for users to manage
their public keyrings)
vedaal
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:58, ved...@nym.hush.com said:
Found that to add a uid, gnupg asks for the passphrase, but to
delete a uid, it does not.
For “adduid” we need to a create a user-id binding signature
(self-signature) and thus need the secret key and in turn the
passphrase.
“deluid”
