Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 04:23:03PM +0100, David Paleino wrote: is there any procedure to follow in case one needs to revoke his GPG key (thus creating a new one)? I mean, I have some packages in Debian, which are signed by my current key (0x1392B174). Packages in Debian are signed by a DD

GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread David Paleino
Hi all, is there any procedure to follow in case one needs to revoke his GPG key (thus creating a new one)? I mean, I have some packages in Debian, which are signed by my current key (0x1392B174). Is it sufficient to start signing new packages with my new key? I've also applied NM, but I'm in an

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, David Paleino wrote: is there any procedure to follow in case one needs to revoke his GPG key (thus creating a new one)? I mean, I have some packages in Debian, which are signed by my current key (0x1392B174). Is it sufficient to start signing new packages with

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:39:17 +0530 Kapil Hari Paranjape [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hello, Hi Kapil, The only real reason to revoke the primary GPG key would be when there are security concerns about it like: 1. You feel that you have chosen a key size which is too

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello David, On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, David Paleino wrote: I've somehow lost my private key for encryption. That is, I can sign anything, also encrypt, but not decrypt anything encrypted with my key. I've already added a new encryption sub-key (and works), but having lost the private part for

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:08:57 +0530 Kapil Hari Paranjape [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Its a while since I played around with GPG but IIRC, the sub-keys are signed (and thus revoked) by the signing key. So having access to the signing key ought to be enough to generate a revocation