OpenPGP key revocations

Ian BROWN I.Brown at cs.ucl.ac.uk
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 02:54:53 +0100


OpenPGP allows you to specify why youhave revoked a key using one of
the following list:

       0x00 - No reason specified (key revocations or cert revocations)
       0x01 - Key is superceded (key revocations)
       0x02 - Key material has been compromised (key revocations)
       0x03 - Key is no longer used (key revocations)
       0x20 - User id information is no longer valid (cert revocations)

(RFC 2440 p.31 ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2440.txt)

So, do we use 0x00 to avoid "tipping off", 0x02, or create a new category:

       0x04 - Key has been grabbed by UK government

;)

Ian :)