[ncc-services-wg] FW: [ncc-announce] New RIPE NCC PGP Key
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Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet
Woeber at CC.UniVie.ac.at
Fri Dec 18 15:21:50 CET 2009
Thor Kottelin wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet >>[mailto:Woeber at CC.UniVie.ac.at] >>Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:23 PM >>To: Thor Kottelin >>Cc: ncc-services-wg at ripe.net > > >>Thor Kottelin wrote: > > >>>the steps are basically: download the key, check its >> >>authenticity, >> >>>sign it using your copy of PGP >> >>And that is not necessary (or even useful) in order "to just verify >>the email..." > > > If you trust the key, you should sign it. Until you have signed the key, PGP considers it invalid, and rightfully warns you should you try to verify a message signed with such a key. OK, then PGP and GnuPG obviously do behave differently. Sorry for the confusion! > Please see e.g. <URL:http://www.mccune.cc/PGPpage2.htm#Bad-Invalid> in "Tom McCune's PGP Questions & Answers". Wilfried.
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