Subject: Re: Valid OpenPGP keys without self-signature?

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:16:30 -0800

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:38:30 -0800 [email-masked] wrote:
>
>>
>During OpenPGP interoperability tests, I have recently come across
>an
>unusual situation:

[...]

>    (In my tests, PGP 5.x imported the user key without any error
>    message, whereas GnuPG 1.2.x refused to import the key even
>in
>    "--expert" mode. And a PGP 8.02 user reported to me that PGP
>8.02
>    also refuses to import any keys without self-signature.)
>
>As I either have to find a solution to this interoperability problem

[...]

can't each user simply just self-sign the key as soon as it is received,

and this should then allow it to be imported into gnupg 1.2.x / pgp 8.x
?

vedaal

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