On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 08:08:35PM +1000, Felipe Alvarez wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:10 AM, David Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What do the letters to the right of the words "usage" mean? (S,C,A,E) I > >> can only guess |S|ign, |E|ncrypt, .... > > > > (S)ign: sign some data (like a file) > > (C)ertify: sign a key (this is called certification) > > (A)uthenticate: authenticate yourself to a computer (for example, logging > > in) > > (E)ncrypt: encrypt data > > > > David > > > > > > "S" means this key permits the owner to sign things
Yes. > "C" means that "I (felipe) have signed this key" ?? "C" means this key permits the owner to certify keys (either your own or someone elses). > "E" means owner can encrypt to himself ?? "E" means the key can be used to encrypt, period. It doesn't matter if that is you or someone else. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
