Re: Revoking a certificate (--edit-key + revsig)

2017-06-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
Daniel Kahn Gillmor [2017-06-21 14:03:00-04] wrote: > in the abstract: > > * i learned via some channel i consider trustworthy that this key isn't >appropriate for use with this User ID any more. > > more concretely: > > * "I had lunch with Sarah and she told me she'd lost access to her >

Re: Revoking a certificate (--edit-key + revsig)

2017-06-21 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Fri 2017-06-16 10:06:38 +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > My question is simple (kind of): In what situations would you revoke a > certificate that you have made on someone else's key? (Technically: > --edit-key + revsig.) That action would be me saying "i no longer believe that this key is only co

Revoking a certificate (--edit-key + revsig)

2017-06-16 Thread Teemu Likonen
My question is simple (kind of): In what situations would you revoke a certificate that you have made on someone else's key? (Technically: --edit-key + revsig.) Background concepts: When we sign a key (--edit-key + sign) we certify a particular user id, the link between the user id and person (or