[kde-doc-english] Fwd: Re: Re: Revocation Certificates??

[Rolf Eike Beer]

Am Mittwoch, 14. September 2011, 17:46:31 schrieb Burkhard Lück:
> Am Mittwoch, 14. September 2011, 17:20:57 schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > On Sunday 11 Sep 2011 Burkhard Lück wrote:
> > > Am Sonntag, 11. September 2011, 16:30:15 schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > > > Eike, Burkhard - I would like to add this to UserBase, linked
> > > > from
> > > > http://userbase.kde.org/KGpg and from
> > > > http://userbase.kde.org/KMail/gpg - is this OK?
> > > 
> > > Sure.
> > > 
> > > And from my pov there is no need to ask in such a case, because this
> > > is
> > > already in the kgpg docbook and because every text send to this list
> > > for inclusion in the doc system will be GFDL 1.2.
> > > 
> > > Sharing as much information as possible is good to serve the
> > > different
> > > preferences (online/offline etc) of our users.
> > 
> > Thanks.  I've written that up, using most of it verbatim from this
> > thread, but adding a little more detail about the other facilities on
> > the Key Properties dialog.
> 
> Let's ask Eike about that, cc'ing him.
> 
> > One thing that does puzzle me, though, is the "Disable
> > Key" checkbox. Since this is clearly not intended to be revocation, what
> > exactly is the intention?  I've never dared try it, in case I couldn't
> > revert :-)

Revocation is:
-about private keys only
-can be exported (i.e. can be made world visible)
-can not be reverted

Disabling key is:
-about any key (even foreign ones)
-can not be exported (i.e. affects only your local keyring)
-can be reverted

Greetings,

Eike
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