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authorMarcin Chrzanowski <m@m-chrzan.xyz>2021-07-30 19:41:37 +0200
committerMarcin Chrzanowski <m@m-chrzan.xyz>2021-07-30 19:41:37 +0200
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@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ use in mutt:
# specify the signing key (by default it's your first one)
gpg --local-user <signing key> --edit-key <key to sign>
+## Key Fingerprint/ID
+
+The long hex fingerprint in `gpg --list-keys` is, as could be expected, a
+standardized hash of the key info.
+
+Sometimes a shorter ID is used -- this is actually a suffix of the full
+fingerprint.
+
## gpg-agent
`gpg-agent` is a daemon that e.g. provides a passphrase cache for GPG. Running