Re: revoking public key

["John L. Fjellstad" <john-debian@fjellstad.org>]

On Thursday 25 September 2003 11:18, Ashish Ariga wrote:
> Verification is done using the key id of the public key. It doesn't
> matter what mail address(es) are attached to it.
> If your public key is queried using your mail address, both will be
> retrieved. During verification the correct one will be used.
> Signing/Verifying is NOT an issue.
>
> The problem arises when one wishes to send you encrypted text. If they
> happen to use the old key, you will not be able to decrypt (since you
> have lost the passwd to your private key).

Ah, I see. So as long as I make sure whoever send me an encrypted text use the 
right key, I should be fine.

Thanks for the clarification.

John