[Enigmail] Multiple email addresses

[Phil Stracchino]

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Taistealaiche wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm not sure if these questions belong on this list so please inform
> me if I'm wrong.

They're really PGP/GnuPG/OpenPGP questions, not Enigmail questions.

> 1) Is it possible, in the case of an organisation, to have one Public
> Key which can be tied to several different email addreses?

Yes, trivially.  Though I'm not entirely certain why you would want to
do such a thing.

> 2) If the above is possible, is it also possible for each email
> address to have a separate passphrase for that key?

Yes.  Though I'm not certain why you would want to do such a thing.

> 3) If both of the above are possible, could someone very kindly
> explain how to do it?

It's really quite simple.  Create the key as you normally would,
distribute it to the people you intent to have it, then have each holder
use the normal key management tools to change the key passphrase on it
from the original passphrase to their own chosen passphrase.

Though, as noted above, I'm not certain why you would want to do such a
thing, and don't see what you could gain by it.


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