On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 01:01, Jerome Baum <jer...@jeromebaum.com> wrote:
> Okay, let me rephrase that. "claim it's from today" should have been "have > the signature date as today". That's how I would interpret such a claim. > Email headers don't really make a difference -- they would have signed it > yesterday and sent it today, but the message is still from yesterday. > Actually let me put this in context so you see what I mean. Say my sub-key expired yesterday. Today, you come up to me and ask me to sign something (say, a statement that I agree to specific contractual terms). Whoever is in possession of my sub-key cannot sign that document as at the time that the statement was made available to me for signing, the sub-key was already invalid. -- Jerome Baum tel +49-1578-8434336 email jer...@jeromebaum.com -- PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6 20EE 85BA E45B 63E4 2BD8 C58C 753A PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA
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