Moin,
yesterday I created a DSA-Key with an expirationdate of today,
although I can still use it now (after expiration) for signing.
Shouldn't there at least a warning, when trying to use a expired key?
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walter@dg9ep:/tmp> date
Mon Dec 28 22:24:13 CET 1998
^^^^^^^^^^
walter@dg9ep:/tmp> gpg --edit-key dg9eptest
gpg (GnuPG) 0.9.0; Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
Secret key is available.
gpg: key EA5724F8.1707: expired at Mon Dec 28 15:46:05 1998 CET
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pub 1024D/EA5724F8 created: 1998-12-27 expires: 1998-12-28 trust:
-/e
^ ^^^^^^^^^^
sub 1024g/DB4ED11F created: 1998-12-27 expires: 1998-12-28
^^^^^^^^^^
(1) dg9eptest (expire/revoke) <dg9ep@dg9ep>
walter@dg9ep:/tmp> gpg --clearsign -u dg9eptest -o zz x
gpg (GnuPG) 0.9.0; Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "dg9eptest (expire/revoke) <dg9ep@dg9ep>"
(1024-bit DSA key, ID EA5724F8, created 1998-12-27)
File 'zz' exists. Overwrite (y/N)? y
walter@dg9ep:/tmp>
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lot of errors with 0.9.0, maybe i did something general wrong (i486,
2.0.36, glibc2, using a diff)?
Gruss,
Walter
--
Walter Koch Hochdahl am Neandertal
walterk@mail.dip.de ham:dg9ep@db0iz
http://home.pages.de/~dg9ep/ qrv:db0iz-9
yesterday I created a DSA-Key with an expirationdate of today,
although I can still use it now (after expiration) for signing.
Shouldn't there at least a warning, when trying to use a expired key?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
walter@dg9ep:/tmp> date
Mon Dec 28 22:24:13 CET 1998
^^^^^^^^^^
walter@dg9ep:/tmp> gpg --edit-key dg9eptest
gpg (GnuPG) 0.9.0; Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
Secret key is available.
gpg: key EA5724F8.1707: expired at Mon Dec 28 15:46:05 1998 CET
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pub 1024D/EA5724F8 created: 1998-12-27 expires: 1998-12-28 trust:
-/e
^ ^^^^^^^^^^
sub 1024g/DB4ED11F created: 1998-12-27 expires: 1998-12-28
^^^^^^^^^^
(1) dg9eptest (expire/revoke) <dg9ep@dg9ep>
walter@dg9ep:/tmp> gpg --clearsign -u dg9eptest -o zz x
gpg (GnuPG) 0.9.0; Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "dg9eptest (expire/revoke) <dg9ep@dg9ep>"
(1024-bit DSA key, ID EA5724F8, created 1998-12-27)
File 'zz' exists. Overwrite (y/N)? y
walter@dg9ep:/tmp>
------------------------------------------------------------
lot of errors with 0.9.0, maybe i did something general wrong (i486,
2.0.36, glibc2, using a diff)?
Gruss,
Walter
--
Walter Koch Hochdahl am Neandertal
walterk@mail.dip.de ham:dg9ep@db0iz
http://home.pages.de/~dg9ep/ qrv:db0iz-9