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Replacing PGP key, which I still have
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[ This looks like it might require stage0 usage to resolve, which is fine, just leaves me with less-usable keybase until that stops being staging-only ]
My keybase.io account is set up using my old work PGP key. I still have access to the key, although I have pushed a revocation certificate to the public keyservers. I don't want to have multiple concurrent keys, I just want to swap which key is used, without losing all trust and proofs. Advice sought, please.
I have a new laptop key (ECC).
I have a master PGP key, which lives on a secure box where keybase won't be installed, and which cross-signs both the old work key (pre-revocation) and the new laptop key. I have also signed the new laptop key with the old work key (post-revocation). So there's a couple of options for forming the trust chain.
Signing into keybase on the laptop, choosing option 3 to use my keybase passphrase, fails because the PGP key visible on this box is not the one in my keybase account.
Are there sane ways to swap out the key?
If not yet, do the changes currently in stage0 address this scenario?
Thanks.
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Start by reviewing the stage0 changes mentioned in the issue and determine whether they address replacing an existing PGP key. Done means establishing whether the old key, new laptop key, trust chain, and proofs can be swapped without losing account continuity, then documenting the supported path or the missing capability.
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- cryptography, security
- Issue type
- Feature
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