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Change the trust status of a pgp key, Revoke a pgp key, Pgp key revocation reasons – Blackberry 9000 User Manual

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2. Click PGP Keys.
3. Highlight a PGP® key.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Fetch Status.

Change the trust status of a PGP key

1.

In the device options, click Security Options.

2. Click PGP Keys.
3. Highlight a PGP® key.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Trust or Distrust.

Revoke a PGP key

If you revoke a PGP® key, the PGP key is revoked only in the key store on your BlackBerry® device. Your device does not update the
revocation status on the PGP® Universal Server.

1.

In the device options, click Security Options.

2. Click PGP Keys.
3. Highlight a PGP® key.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Revoke.
6. Click Yes.
7. Change the Reason field.
8. Click OK.

PGP key revocation reasons

Unknown:

The revocation reason does not match any of the predefined reasons.

Superseded:

A new PGP® key is replacing an existing PGP key.

Key Compromise:

A person who is not the key subject might have discovered the private key value.

Key Retired:

The PGP key is no longer used.

User ID Invalid:

The user information for the PGP key is not valid.

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