Re: key flags -- what do they mean?1999-03-15 04:16:18* Adam Back wrote: We have 3 flags (two are just variations on encryption): 1) CA 2) sign 3) encrypt Jon said just now: | constraints." These are ways that the CA can describe its | certification. Lutz, for example, needs these for his CA business To clear this: CA means 'Certification', such a key is allowed to sign other keys. 'sign' mean 'Signature creation', such a key is allowed to sign non key material.
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