Joel C. Salomon wrote: > I foolishly signed a key I had not verified well, and the signed version > is on a keyserver. How can I unsign it? > > I have tried the following (changing the key ID to 0xDEADBEEF): <snip>
I tried the command again; not sure why I got a different result: > C:\Users\chesky>"c:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg.exe" --edit-key 0xDEADBEEF > gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > > pub 4096R/DEADBEEF created: 2008-08-27 expires: 2010-08-27 usage: SCEA > trust: undefined validity: full > [ full ] (1). Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > > Command> revsig > You have signed these user IDs on key DEADBEEF: > Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > signed by your key 8C6CA66E on 2009-02-10 > > user ID: "Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not>" > signed by your key 8C6CA66E on 2009-02-10 > Create a revocation certificate for this signature? (y/N) y > You are about to revoke these signatures: > Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > signed by your key 8C6CA66E on 2009-02-10 > Really create the revocation certificates? (y/N) y > Please select the reason for the revocation: > 0 = No reason specified > 4 = User ID is no longer valid > Q = Cancel > Your decision? 0 > Enter an optional description; end it with an empty line: > > Key was insufficiently verified before signing. > > > Reason for revocation: No reason specified > Key was insufficiently verified before signing. > Is this okay? (y/N) y > > You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for > user: "Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalo...@gmail.com>" > 1024-bit DSA key, ID 8C6CA66E, created 2009-02-05 <entered passphrase> > > pub 4096R/DEADBEEF created: 2008-08-27 expires: 2010-08-27 usage: SCEA > trust: undefined validity: full > [ full ] (1). Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > > Command> Okay, now what do I do? —Joel Salomon
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