influence of signature type on trustdb

2013-02-07 Thread Niels Laukens
Hi, I'm trying to figure out what the influence is of the different signature types (0x10-0x13). As far as I can tell, they only _indicate_ the signers trust in his own sig, but isn't used in any way by GPG. Is this correct? I was hoping it would be used in the trust model, but apparently only

Re: influence of signature type on trustdb

2013-02-07 Thread Peter Lebbing
I'm trying to figure out what the influence is of the different signature types (0x10-0x13). From the gpg2 man page: --min-cert-level When building the trust database, treat any signatures with a certification level below this as invalid. Defaults to 2, which

Re: influence of signature type on trustdb

2013-02-07 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:12 AM, Niels Laukens ni...@dest-unreach.be wrote: Hi, I'm trying to figure out what the influence is of the different signature types (0x10-0x13). As far as I can tell, they only _indicate_ the signers trust in his own sig, but isn't used in any way by GPG. Is this

Re: influence of signature type on trustdb

2013-02-07 Thread Niels Laukens
On 2013-02-07 17:25, David Shaw wrote: Nope, this could be done. There are a few reasons it hasn't, including that it would make the trust model incompatible (in the sense that a path that exists using GnuPG might not exist in PGP and vice versa) with other implementations. There is no

Re: influence of signature type on trustdb

2013-02-07 Thread Niels Laukens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2013-02-07 17:54, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: I think anyone interested in improving the trust model should probably try to think through how to make an improved user interface for people who are trying to inspect the trust model. I use