-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 So does using --edit-key/uid #/primary/save combo just show what uid is displayed when the message is decrypted/verified by a recipient? - --
Werewolf ======================================= http://spandex31095.tripod.com/ Skype: Werewolf6851 ===== Instant Messenger Accounts ====== Yahoo: lover_of_lycra ICQ: 304325894 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: LycraloverWolf ======================================= GPG key 76E6C1BC with following fingerprint D508 2C9D B3A9 2F0E E472 95A8 2D8C B9E6 76E6 C1BC ======================================= Inara: "This is pointless, you know." Early: "200,000 seems fairly pointed to me." --Episode #14, "Objects in Space" David Shaw wrote: > On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Faramir wrote: > >> I have a question about the UID associated to the key: Are they placed >> in the public key, or in both private and public keys? >> >> And, if I have a key with 2 UIDs, and I sign another key (lets say, I >> sign Alice's key), will be both UIDs be displayed in the signatures, or >> just the one that was my primary UID at the moment when I signed Alice's >> key? > > Neither. Signatures only contain the key ID of the key making the > signature. When displaying signatures, GPG shows the primary UID of > that key at display time. In other words, if you sign a key with one > primary UID, then make another UID primary, the display will change to > show the new primary. > > There is, incidentally, a way of encoding which UID the signer "meant" > the signature to be from. It's part of the OpenPGP standard, but no > software that I know of actually uses it. > > David > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkj3PIUACgkQLYy55nbmwbz/kwCggmAYjwzXqcvYBLZDNcWK1nfD HuUAn1Zi+IU7FL5e2UG9d6EluQ72W0wO =Jbqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
