When I perform a gpg --expert --gen-key
Im given the following options: Please select what kind of key you want: (1) DSA and Elgamal (default) (2) DSA (sign only) (3) DSA (set your own capabilities) (5) RSA (sign only) (7) RSA (set your own capabilities) Your selection? If I select either 3 or 7, Im given the choice similar to below (note the following was produced with option #3): Possible actions for a DSA key: Sign Certify Authenticate Current allowed actions: Sign Certify (S) Toggle the sign capability (A) Toggle the authenticate capability (Q) Finished I believe I'm aware of the signing capabilities, but how does Certify differ from Authenticate? Obviously I'm confused on the meaning of Certify vs Authenticate. I thought the public DSA signing key did certification/authentication whereas the private DSA key performed the signing. Thanks for any explanation! -- Kevin Hilton _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
