X-Git-Url: https://git.sthu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=caff%2FREADME.v3-keys;h=c1ac836ac9564300f1613f74f38021ffcef55645;hb=25fa57d252fba88d52b3ebacc0214dad4ae43a34;hp=4eefc5fec0764d887c3cd015c01b8ddf9fcb12c3;hpb=72d0da607a296094cdffd068f011ce28106097fe;p=pgp-tools.git diff --git a/caff/README.v3-keys b/caff/README.v3-keys index 4eefc5f..c1ac836 100644 --- a/caff/README.v3-keys +++ b/caff/README.v3-keys @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ v3 keys are evil ---------------- -The good thing about v4 keys is that the fingerprint ends contains the 8 byte -(16 char) key id at the and and that the 8 byte key id likewise ends in the 4 -byte key id. For v3 keys it does not. This, and some issues with HKP key -servers make the handling of v3 a PITA. +The good thing about v4 keys is that the last 16 chars of the fingerprint are +the same as the 8 byte keyid, and likewise the last 8 chars are the 4 byte +keyid. For v3 keys that is not true. This, and some issues with HKP key servers +make the handling of v3 a PITA. To sign v3 keys with caff, do the following: $ caff +[note that caff does not accept fingerprints for v3 keys, use keyids] + The key will be imported from the keyserver, but caff thinks it failed. Now run caff again with -R: