Mailing List Archive: Local ID not unique for subkeys

"L. Sassaman" <rabbi@quickie.net> writes:

> > Public subkeys share the local key ID with the primary key:
> >
> > pub:u:1024:17:52EF18AB5D9C93EE:2000-01-04::73:-:Dummy user (DO NOT USE THIS KEY!
> > ) <dummy@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>:
> > sub:u:1024:16:A7FD9832B457CC18:2000-01-04::73::
> > sub:u:1024:20:42918E6BE868BBD5:2000-04-29::73::
> >
> > Wouldn't it make more sense if a new ID was assigned? Is there any
> > other way to uniquely identify subkeys?
>
> Each subkey has its own key id, as you have just demonstrated above.

Sorry, I was talking about the local key ID ("73" in this case). In
this example, the key IDs are different. That's usually the case, but
it's not guaranteed. OTOH, the local key ID should be unique, but
it's not, as you can see from the data above.

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