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Article #48Re: Changing PGP key
From: Richard Clayton
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 11:18
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 11:18
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In article <UDGdR3DhqTu5Ewe0@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>As you can see, this article is signed by me, as "andy@pigsonthewing.dem
>onco.uk",
actually, I cannot see that especially simply...
I can see that the article was signed by key ID BD6E71B8
... having now fetched the only key I can readily locate with that ID I
find that I now have the key used to sign the message. I can then see
that the key has an associated email address which is indeed
andy@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk
... and I still have no idea who "me" is or who signed the message
>but sent as "andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk";
that I can see
>how can I change my
>PGP key to the latter,
RTFM .. "Add", "Name" is what you need.
>or do I need to delete it and create a new one.
not necessarily
>If so, will I then need to have it re-signed by the people who signed
>this one?
each email address has its own set of signatures. However, if you have a
highly signed key you can use that to sign other things and people may
choose to be impressed by this.
--
richard writing to inform and not as company policy
fewer than 10 MPs still need adopting: http://www.stand.org.uk/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1065b6,fa084a89b053349e X-Google-Attributes: gid1065b6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-09 04:21:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!easynews!bignews.mediaways.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!happyday.demon.co.uk!turnpike.com!richard From: Richard Clayton <richard@turnpike.com> Newsgroups: demon.security Subject: Re: Changing PGP key Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 12:18:22 +0100 Organization: Turnpike Ltd Message-ID: <rn6JfZC+xhu5EAqg@turnpike.com> References: <UDGdR3DhqTu5Ewe0@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: happyday.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: happyday.demon.co.uk:158.152.30.53 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 968498352 nnrp-08:3920 NO-IDENT happyday.demon.co.uk:158.152.30.53 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.01 M <7fPN0OjtGdv6AX1irDkRphaT6+> Lines: 41