[24527] in Cypherpunks
Re: Moving from 1024-bit -> 2048-bit key.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryce Boland)
Mon Dec 26 22:29:38 1994
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 11:13:19 +1300
To: an169306@anon.penet.fi
From: bryce@cybernet.co.nz (Bryce Boland)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
>Just remember (so your web of trust stays intact) to sign your new key
>and use your new key to sign your old one before revoking the old key.
>This confirms that it IS a new key, rather than someone trying to
>spoof you.
You would want to sign your new key with your old key wouldn't you? Anyone
can add a signature to your old key, but only you can add your (old key's)
signature to a new key. I agree that signing your old key with your new key
is probably a good idea, as it shows that the owners of the key (the same
person) trust that the keys belong to who they say they are.
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