-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1,SHA256 Transition of OpenPGP Key Prompted by a blog post[1] from Ian Gregory, and the consequent discovery that GnuPG could now create 4096-bit RSA keys, I have decided to retire my 1024-bit DSA/ElGamal key pair, and replace it with a newer, stronger key pair. I also learnt that an expiry date on a key is not fixed, and even an already expired public key can have its lifespan extended by the owner. As such I have set an expiry period of three years, which I will bump up every now and again. Furthermore, I have set the primary UID of my new key to be a name-only UID, since my name should never need revoking! And additionally I have included a recent photograph, taken at my wedding last year. I have signed my new key with my old one, a level 3 non-revokable signature. If you have signed my old key, that signature combined with this signed message should be sufficient for you to verify that both keys belong to me and allow you to sign my new key without an additional meet-up. My old key: pub 1024D/6DC48D95 2005-12-01 Key fingerprint = 970A 4C6D A94D A4CC D1F7 9928 0511 C4A0 6DC4 8D95 uid Nicholas Shanks uid Nicholas Shanks sub 2048g/BE6CADEC 2005-12-01 My new key: pub 4096R/427543E0 2011-11-01 [expires: 2014-10-31] Key fingerprint = 4242 E30A 4F8B 8638 0014 D2E7 33D5 5277 4275 43E0 uid Nicholas Shanks uid Nicholas Shanks uid Nicholas Shanks uid [jpeg image of size 13154] sub 4096R/270F69F3 2011-11-01 [expires: 2014-10-31] Nicholas Shanks 2011-11-01 [1] http://ianji.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/key-change/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAk6wTWsACgkQBRHEoG3EjZWVWACeJMZMnub6PzteLuHA3qvn9su+ 04EAn0RU3WiXaME9UMqEAY49oGeeEbxRiQIcBAEBCAAGBQJOsE1rAAoJEDPVUndC dUPg68cQALe/pQxcJr/EEDyH+cb09idXf97Bn+cHI2IByBy1uUhTu3C7D1nr7qRh bLNzP4nKH1ocvjFhl2KTgg6QG2DSj2xcYhBKpn3ZoTDVJ4USA8u8jZpcL7ZX/8P/ Ng61HidH5ZelE7HsQCk2LLDtKBXsW+X2mBpfAIAFlRVHy6BSla1PREt+HIfFH2ht GNMK4AE2JjbQllyLHmKnmcYLeJIbFrIMaiRMPDEpv5G6TCaoFy3em2uM5cRIsL3+ Ikgv4chxTUZ67K6Esil86TLAV71eZaBS14b/E8tBTzMaMOCL8t3YXHekp0V1BhKB p3XHOScremAKCYb3gHCgJRejUBqDPX+38AEJkQykFc/9gZCcpYcm+aiFUUhT5BrL VgrEbeS5EomA7vi8GaXLiPUxmmMlz7bw6HTfCpYAIYrm1Nqo3zJEK88CUkwkXyvc B5gDhjZA3hELTU3sheVLuXkuRJ2gDSkiHRtQzS2imnd8etjoV4FBt7n+utIEs1qm gDxuBupS/9NDkIjKyEfOMPejCur4aYx2Aeo+YMDtDKcy+zV1skQBDqiyZVG8wBsR jgU7odCRId7GZvQwrItHkwIcmqSjSZr4uB5poHHeMC2RIWl8W8UE2aUE3QA/EDLm JOYeY/cAWIRXzeSYQ32Znwf400kHeM3p2r5icWWZWrdaXNGsjitv =qIBm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----