From 886e8f5ff214098dd8f6b981c97c202ea398dab5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heiko Schaefer Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:05:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add anchor, and clarify intended meaning of section --- book/source/08-signing_components.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/source/08-signing_components.md b/book/source/08-signing_components.md index 796aaed..cfafa7f 100644 --- a/book/source/08-signing_components.md +++ b/book/source/08-signing_components.md @@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ Linking a User ID to an OpenPGP certificate This signature is calculated over the primary key, User ID and the metadata of the signature packet. - -### Adding metadata to the primary key +(primary-metadata)= +### Adding metadata to the primary key/certificate The signatures that bind subkeys and identity components to a certificate serve two different purposes: Linking components to the certificate and adding metadata to a component. -The primary key in a certificate doesn't need to be linked to the certificate. It acts as the anchor for linking, itself and thus doesn't require being linked. However, there is nevertheless a need to associate metadata with the primary key. +The primary key in a certificate doesn't need to be linked to the certificate. It acts as the anchor for linking, itself and thus doesn't require being linked. However, there is nevertheless a need to associate metadata with the primary key, which typically applies to the certificate as a whole. There are two mechanisms for adding metadata to the primary key: