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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: invalid gpg key revocation
From:       Hauke Laging <mailinglisten () hauke-laging ! de>
Date:       2012-03-07 23:52:39
Message-ID: 201203080052.44857.mailinglisten () hauke-laging ! de
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Am Donnerstag, 8. März 2012, 00:39:11 schrieb Faramir:
> El 07-03-2012 18:24, MFPA escribió:
> ...
> 
> >> Only your private key can generate the revocation certificate,
> > 
> > Can't you add another key as a designated revoker, and then
> > generate the revocation certificate with that other private key?
> 
>   You are right, I forgot that because I don't really know how to do
> that (and I don't know who would I make my designated revoker). Lets
> ask if there was a designated revoker, that would explain it all.

The statement "Only your private key can generate the revocation certificate" 
is not wrong, at least not in a useful understanding which is: "It is 
impossible to revoke a key without using the private key." As you need the 
private key to add a designated revoker just in the same way as you need the 
private key in order to add/revoke UIDs, subkeys and so on.

You need the command --edit-key and in its menu the command addrevoker.


Hauke
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