Forum: help

RE: Why is self-signature necessary? [ Reply ] By: Timo Schulz on 2009-03-28 20:26	[forum:1584]
The problem is the identity of such a key. Without a self-signature, you cannot even check the validity of the key. It could be modified in any way without a chance to detect it. In my opinion, only PGP 2.6 issues keys without a self-signature. All recent OpenPGP implementations should create a self-sig.

Why is self-signature necessary? [ Reply ] By: Ben Stover on 2009-03-11 17:25	[forum:1571]
When I import into WinPT an ascii keyring file which was previously exported from PGP then almost all keys were accepted except 2 of them. They were imported but rejected for encryption. Why? PGP uses and accepted them without any promlems. See (anonymized) snapshot here: http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture20090311180745.png Click on the picture to see better quality Ben