[dundee] My Public Key

Duncan Atkin duncan at datkin.co.uk
Mon Sep 19 15:46:32 UTC 2011


Sure you the aware of sods law. If your able to revoke you won't need to but
if you do need to revoke them you can be sure you will have misplaced or not
generated revocation files.
On Sep 19, 2011 2:25 PM, "Stuart &apos;NxFifteen&apos; Anderson" <
root-theos at nxfifteen.com> wrote:
> My current procedure when making a new key is to generate all four
revocation
> certificates (No reason specified, Key has been compromised, Key is
> superseded, Key is no longer used) store them inside a TrueCrypt volume
and
> burn a couple of CDs for distribution to trusted friends and family
>
> In theory I should not be able to revoke any of my current certificates
should
> the need arise, which is hasn’t since I started doing this but isn’t that
> always the way...
>
> --
> As always, if you have been, thanks for reading
> * Stuart McCulloch Anderson | http://nx15.com
> * OpenPGP Key ID: A7EEB609 | http://nx15.com/contact
> * FingerPrint: 299B6F75C137950F031F5DFAD4065F5EA7EEB609
>
>
> On Monday 19 Sep 2011 13:14:24 you wrote:
>> Apparently you can delegate revocation privalages to other people...
>> might be something to look into for your current keys if you have a
>> friend you trust, or make another keypair just for revocation.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>
wrote:
>> > I think it's better to deal with them - I've just deleted old key of
Tim
>> > O'Reilly's which he'd "revoked" in a similar manner.
>> >
>> > Also, sometimes you still want the key around (for someone who has
left)
>> > but do not want it used anymore.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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