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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: AuDoMaN on September 15, 2012, 05:49 am
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I have been messing around with PGP/GPG since I discovered SR. I have noticed that MOST keys, when being listed from the console, show 3 parts: pub, uid, and sub.
pub 2048R/XXXXXXXX 2012-09-15
uid XXXXXXXX
sub 2048R/XXXXXXXX 2012-09-15
when you list it while under --edit-key you see
pub 2048R/XXXXXXXX created: 2012-09-15 expires: never usage: SC
trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
sub 2048R/XXXXXXXX created: 2012-09-15 expires: never usage: E
[ultimate] (1). XXXXXXXX
Thats most of them.
I have come across one that looks like this:
--list-keys
pub 2048R/XXXXXXXX 2012-09-15
uid XXXXXXXX
--edit-key && list
pub 2048R/XXXXXXXX created: 2015-09-15 expires: never usage: SCE
trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
[ultimate] (1). XXXXXXXX
It has no sub part... and its usage is SCE instead of a pub part for SC and a sub part for E.
What does this mean? How can I create a pub key like this? Is a key like this more secure because it does show the sub ID? (Whatever you call the XXXX part after sub.) Which I believe to be related to the private key somehow.
I tried delkey and successfully deleted my sub key, but then I was unable to encrypt against it because I could not change my usage to SCE.
Main question: How can I create a pub key like this?
Thanks.
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Thanks Guru! That is everything I could have wanted from an answer and more.
Why do you have two ultimate? Do you have two uids associated with one key? How is this beneficial?
I know you can sign keys to create some sort of circle of trust that isn't really useful in a situation such as SR. Also to disable the trusted warning.
I have noticed you can also have multiple sub keys with one name or multiple names and one pub key, how is this useful?
Thanks.