[Discuss] Expired gpg key

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Wed Sep 18 09:13:00 EDT 2013


On 09/18/2013 08:12 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 08:02:18AM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
>> Sooo, I used to be all about the PGP thing, but then I let it lapse and
>> it's long expired.   I assume there's no way to un-expire it.
> Correct.
>
>> Should I create a new one?
> Yes.
>
>> Can I do that with the same email address?
> Yes.
>
>> Because my key has lapsed, and because I didn't think about it until
>> this morning, I did NOT register a key (which has yet to be created)
>> yet.  Should I go to the meeting?
> Up to you.
>
>> I'll bring my laptop, and based on the answers to the above question, I
>> might try to generate one at work.  Would that be too late?
> No, especially if you do it around lunchtime rather than
> quitting time, to allow for the inevitable trivia of reality.
>
Agreed. Make sure you upload your key to subkeys.pgp.net. I generally 
print the list right before I leave for the meeting. If you are not able 
to register the key because of some issue with the key servers, just 
send me the information directly at my gmail address and I'll add it 
manually for you.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66  C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90




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