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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: LowWaterGate on January 07, 2012, 11:39 am
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When I signed up for the Forum, the Username with which I'd registered on SR was already taken. In this situation, what's the convention for naming one's GnuPG Public Key Block? Do I use my SR registration Username, my forum Screenname, or a hyphenated combo (Username-Screenname)?
Thanks for taking the time to read my question.
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When I signed up for the Forum, the Username with which I'd registered on SR was already taken. In this situation, what's the convention for naming one's GnuPG Public Key Block? Do I use my SR registration Username, my forum Screenname, or a hyphenated combo (Username-Screenname)?...
I'm not sure this has come up often enough for there to be a convention. I'd guess that most (if not all) your encrypted messaging will take place on SR itself -- and some vendors ask that your key contain your SR username -- so including *that* prominently in the key would seem a good idea.
Another option would be to make two keypairs -- one for SR and one for here -- if you think that you'll be doing encrypted PMs here on the forums. If you do make two keypairs and keep both on one keyring (as would be customary) you'll be able to decrypt messages sent to you using either public key.
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CrunchyFrog,
Thanks for taking the time to write. Take care.