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Users may find themselves needing to revoke their entire OpenPGP certificate, rendering it unusable. This could be for various reasons, such as migrating to a new certificate or in response to a compromise of the certificate's secret key material.
While a soft-revoked certificate can be re-validated at a later time with a new certification, a hard revocation is typically permanent.
While a soft-revoked certificate can be re-validated at a later time with a new certification, a hard revocation is permanent.
The recommended way to revoke a certificate is by issuing a *KeyRevocation* signature (type `0x20`). Its structure is similar to that of a *CertificationRevocation* signature.