[Enigmail] Signing a key
Faramir
faramir.cl at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 00:06:18 PDT 2008
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Robert Ryan escribió:
> On 8/22/2008 2:49 AM, Simon Smithers wrote:
>> Hi - I know this is going to sound incredibly basic, but I have
>> digitally signed my own key - is this correct and, if not, is there
>> anyway I can remove the signature?
>
> You should *always* sign your public key. This ensures that the public
> really belongs to you, you have the corresponding secret key, and that
> the public key hasn't been modified in some unapproved way.
But... isn't it handled by default by gpg? I thought it was... but
maybe I am wrong... Since I always use either Enigmail or GPGShell to
generate my keys, maybe they automate that part...
Best Regards
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