-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Norbert Luckhardt [NL] wrote:'
NL> alas the key servers will NOT forget the old e-mail address / NL> user ID (at least this was the behaviour with the community's NL> HKS servers, they're just adding any new UIDs but do not update NL> the key with the newer ones [which is important as there is no NL> means to check who sent it]) I've noted this and this is why I've stopped using the keyservers and am only distributing my public key via a URL's. My main key has a number of addresses associated with it that I no longer use. I've also added new addresses. What the keyserver version has is a key with all the UID's that I've ever created for the key. NL> more badly You cannot revoke a UID but only the self signature NL> on it (which may or may not prevent users from encrypting to NL> this UID) Encrypting to the UID? What do you mean by this. Someone with your public key can encrypt to it, no matter which UID's may be associated with the copy that they have. You'll be able to decrypt the message as well. The same goes for signing and signature verification. The only thing with signing is that it's tacky if you sign a message with a key that doesn't verify your sender name and address with a corresponding UID to match. NL> ... so the most clean cut is to completely revoke an old key and NL> generate a new and more persistent one perhaps with a freemail NL> address, You'll use the next couple of years even when changing NL> Your ISP or employer I'm thinking of revoking the key on the keyservers and continue to distribute it through a URL link with all messages that I sign. - -- Allie C Martin \ TB! v1.62/Beta1 & Windows XP Pro List Moderator / PGP Key - http://pub-key.ac-martin.com ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE9YSZ/V8nrYCsHF+IRArZhAJ9FfqOlTEvC+Y9pi9t1eyP/NsAXsgCdE2dq ldFDfG7q1CNnPa5uj5MNpGA= =n67b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbtech.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
