[Discuss] Expired gpg key

[Derek Martin]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 08:12:09AM -0400, 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.

Not so.  You can change the expiration of an expired key via the
"expire" command from the menu provided by gpg --edit-key.  Though,
there's a reason we expire keys, so...

Anyway:

$ gpg --edit-key 5CDBD469
Secret key is available.

pub  2048R/5CDBD469  created: 2013-09-23  expired: 2013-09-24  usage: SC  
                     trust: ultimate      validity: expired
sub  2048R/0E99CC6A  created: 2013-09-23  expired: 2013-09-24  usage: E   
[ expired] (1). John Smith (test key) <johnsmith at example.com>

gpg> expire
Changing expiration time for the primary key.
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 365
Key expires at Wed 01 Oct 2014 11:21:40 PM EDT
Is this correct? (y/N) y

pub  2048R/5CDBD469  created: 2013-09-23  expires: 2014-10-02  usage: SC  
                     trust: ultimate      validity: ultimate
sub  2048R/0E99CC6A  created: 2013-09-23  expired: 2013-09-24  usage: E   
[ultimate] (1). John Smith (test key) <johnsmith at example.com>

gpg> key 1

pub  2048R/5CDBD469  created: 2013-09-23  expires: 2014-10-02  usage: SC  
                     trust: ultimate      validity: ultimate
sub* 2048R/0E99CC6A  created: 2013-09-23  expired: 2013-09-24  usage: E   
[ultimate] (1). John Smith (test key) <johnsmith at example.com>

gpg> expire
Changing expiration time for a subkey.
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 365
Key expires at Wed 01 Oct 2014 11:26:59 PM EDT
Is this correct? (y/N) y

pub  2048R/5CDBD469  created: 2013-09-23  expires: 2014-10-02  usage: SC  
                     trust: ultimate      validity: ultimate
sub* 2048R/0E99CC6A  created: 2013-09-23  expires: 2014-10-02  usage: E   
[ultimate] (1). John Smith (test key) <johnsmith at example.com>

gpg> save

> > Should I create a new one?
> 
> Yes.

Very probably.

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Derek D. Martin    http://www.pizzashack.org/   GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02
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