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captaincurrie

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From: /dev/random

Registered: 2013-11-01

Posts: 82

One Key to Rule them all - gpg

Hi,

Right now i have multiple gpg keys, one for each identity i assume.
Its kinda annoying having to manage them all, but at least i have some control
of what i share with other.

Anyways, i just thought of an alternative,

Is it possible to have one key with multiple ids (ids taking the place of seperate keys) and then only share a certain
subset of those ids with other people?

For example, i could have one key with 2 ids, and when i send it to a keyserver, i only
send it with one of those ids.

Is that a better way to manage things?
More/less secure?

Thanks

GI Jack

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Registered: 2010-12-29

Posts: 92

Re: One Key to Rule them all - gpg

short answer: no

ghen

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2010-08-31

Posts: 124

Re: One Key to Rule them all - gpg

If any other id ever "leaks" to the keyservers, it will be stored in public forever.