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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: GnuPG --edit-key, help req.
From:       lusfert <lusfert () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-12-30 19:22:02
Message-ID: 43B588DA.30009 () gmail ! com
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Nicky wrote on 27.12.2005 22:06:
> What does the usage letters mean in the key listing?
>  usage: CS
>  usage: SEA
> What does SEA stand for? I think S and E stand for Signing and
> Encryption  respectively but what about A and C?
> 
S - Signing
E - Encryption
A - Authentication (for SSH), look at
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2005-November/027478.html
C - Certifying (signing OpenPGP keys), can be used only for primary key,
not a subkey

usage: SEA - key can be used for signing, encryption, and authentication


Regards

- --
My current OpenPGP key ID: 0x500B8987
Key fingerprint: E883 045D 36FB 8CA3 8D69  9C79 9E35 3B56 500B 8987
Encrypted e-mail preferred.

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