On Wed, 20 May 2020 15:16, Mark said: > It must be... With all the talk of "anonymous" keys I wanted to see if I > could create one with Kleopatra, especially since it says optional for > name.
The name should indeed be optiona; If that has not been fixed in the
latest version, please file a bug.
GPG has always allowed to create a key with just a mail address:
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$ gpg --gen-key
Note: Use "gpg --full-generate-key" for a full featured key generation dialog.
GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key.
Real name:
Email address: f...@example.org
You selected this USER-ID:
"f...@example.org"
Change (N)ame, (E)mail, or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
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Or with the not anymore new quick command:
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$ gpg --quick-gen-key f...@example.org
About to create a key for:
"f...@example.org"
Continue? (Y/n)
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Now, if you want to have the fingerprint as a User-ID, that needs a bit
of extra work: First create a key with some arbitrary user-id, then use
--edit-key to add a new User-ID containg the fingerprint, delete the
original User-ID, save, and publish the key. I do not suggest such user
IDs because they would only confuse users.
Shalom-Salam,
Werner
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