On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM, David Shaw <ds...@jabberwocky.com> wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Nicholas Cole wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Is there any difference in the standard trust model between marking a
>> key level 1 ("I don't know or won't say") and level 2 ("I do NOT
>> trust")?
>
> Given the text strings you're quoting, I assume you're referring to
> ownertrust (i.e. "--edit-key ..... trust"). Ownertrust is how you express
> your confidence in how well the owner of the key checks other people's keys
> (or put another way, how much weight do you want to give key signatures made
> by that key).
>
> There is really no practical difference between the two in the default trust
> model of GPG - either way, you're not giving key signatures made by that key
> any weight in your web of trust.
>
> David
>
>
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