Signing a Key
Signing another person's key means you are giving trust to that person. Before signing a key, you have to carefully check the key's fingerprint to be sure that the key really belongs to that person.
To sign a key in your keyring:
- Select the key you want to sign from the Trusted Keys or Other Collected Keys tabs,
- Choose from the toolbar or ,
- Select how carefully the key has been checked,
- Indicate if the signature should be local to your keyring, and if your signature can be revoked,
- Click on .