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Re: OpenPGP Sub Keys

To: Ian Brown <I.Brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: OpenPGP Sub Keys
From: Werner Koch <wk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:56:08 +0200
Cc: "'Imad R. Faiad'" <matic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ietf-openpgp <ietf-openpgp@xxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:18:09 +0100, Ian Brown said:

> This would stop people keeping their master signing key on a more secure
> offline machine, and using it to sign shorter-lifetime signing subkeys
> which can be used on a day-to-day basis to sign messages :(

That is exactly what I would like to do.  Today I still use a separate
certification key but it is a problem WoT wise and annoying to tell
people how to send me encrypted mail, because they usually have
problems with the sign-only certification key.


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References:
- RE: OpenPGP Sub Keys (Was: key flag for authentication)
  - From: Ian Brown

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