also sprach Taral (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:41:44PM -0500): > On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 08:27:49PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > > also sprach Taral (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:21:56PM -0500): > > > Is there anyone in the Austin, TX area who would be able to get together > > > this month to sign my new key (old one is expiring)? > > > > um, can't you just change the expiration date and keep all signatures? > > No. Changing the expiration date invalidates the signatures. does it? [some lines omitted for brevity - operation on backup copy] fishbowl:~> gpg --edit-key 330c4a75 pub 1024D/330C4A75 created: 2001-06-20 expires: 2002-06-20 trust: sub 2048g/D99FEE8D created: 2001-06-20 expires: 2002-06-20 (1). Martin F. Krafft <madduck@madduck.net> Command> check <sorry Richard> uid Martin F. Krafft <madduck@madduck.net> sig! 330C4A75 2001-06-20 [self-signature] sig! 888354F7 2001-07-02 Richard Atterer <email@is.hidden> Command> expire Key is valid for? (0) 2y Key expires at Thu Jul 3 20:49:57 2003 CEST Is this correct (y/n)? y pub 1024D/330C4A75 created: 2001-06-20 expires: 2003-07-03 trust: sub 2048g/D99FEE8D created: 2001-06-20 expires: 2002-06-20 (1). Martin F. Krafft <madduck@madduck.net> Command> check uid Martin F. Krafft <madduck@madduck.net> sig! 330C4A75 2001-07-03 [self-signature] sig! 888354F7 2001-07-02 Richard Atterer <email@is.hidden> don't tell me i am just not getting this GPG/PGP business again. but maybe someone can tell me what the subkey (D99FEE8D) is? that's for encryption, right? that's not signed by anyone anyway, is it? cause i don't seem to be capable of changing the expiration date on that one. and besides, i noticed a lot of the keys on debian users are with expiration dates. that's a good thing (tm). but judging from the wast amounts of signatures some people have collected, i doubt that process takes place every year, again and again... martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- the young lady had an unusual list, linked in part to a structural weakness. she set no preconditions.
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