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In many places, we'll deal with asymmetric cryptographic key pairs:
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![Image](diag/cryptographic_keys.png "A cryptographic keypair")
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```{figure} diag/cryptographic_keys.png
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A cryptographic keypair
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```
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A cryptographic key pair consists of a public and a private part. In this document, we'll show the public part of a cryptographic key in green, and the private part in red.
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We'll usually visualize cryptographic keypairs in this more compact form:
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![Image](diag/keypair.png "A cryptographic keypair")
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```{figure} diag/keypair.png
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A cryptographic keypair, more compact representation
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```
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Note that in many contexts, only the public part is present (more on that later):
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![Image](diag/keypair_pub.png "Only the public part of a cryptographic keypair")
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```{figure} diag/keypair_pub.png
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Only the public part of a cryptographic keypair
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```
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### Public-key cryptography in OpenPGP
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An OpenPGP component key (either the "OpenPGP primary key," or an "OpenPGP subkey") consists mainly of an asymmetric cryptographic keypair:
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![Image](diag/keypair.png "A cryptographic keypair")
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```{figure} diag/keypair.png
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A cryptographic keypair
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```
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Note that in many contexts, only the public key material is present:
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Recall that in many contexts, only the public key material is present:
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![Image](diag/keypair_pub.png "Only the public part of a cryptographic keypair")
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```{figure} diag/keypair_pub.png
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Only the public part of a cryptographic keypair
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```
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Besides a cryptographic keypair, an OpenPGP component key contains additional metadata (including a creation timestamp):
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![Image](diag/primary_key.png "An OpenPGP component key")
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```{figure} diag/primary_key.png
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An OpenPGP component key
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```
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For each OpenPGP component key, an *OpenPGP fingerprint* can be derived from the combination of the public key material and metadata:
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![Image](diag/fingerprint.png "Each OpenPGP component key has a fingerprint")
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```{figure} diag/fingerprint.png
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Each OpenPGP component key has a fingerprint
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```
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The fingerprint of our example component OpenPGP key is `B3D2 7B09 FBA4 1235 2B41 8972 C8B8 6AC4 2455 4239` [^keyid].
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Subkeys have the same structure as the primary key, but play a subtly different role in the certificate.
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![Image](diag/with_subkeys.png "OpenPGP certificates can contain any number of subkeys")
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```{figure} diag/with_subkeys.png
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OpenPGP certificates can contain any number of subkeys
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```
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As before, a component key consists of a cryptographic keypair combined with additional metadata.
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Typically, these identities are composed of a name and an email address.
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![Image](diag/user_id.png "OpenPGP certificates can contain any number of User IDs")
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```{figure} diag/user_id.png
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OpenPGP certificates can contain any number of User IDs
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```
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#### Primary UserID and its implications
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The subkey binding signature also adds metadata.
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![Image](diag/subkey_binding.png "Linking an OpenPGP subkey to the primary key with a binding signature")
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```{figure} diag/subkey_binding.png
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Linking an OpenPGP subkey to the primary key with a binding signature
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##### Signature Subpackets
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Alice can link a User ID to her OpenPGP certificate with a cryptographic signature. To link a User ID, a signature of the type `PositiveCertification` is created. The signature is issued using the primary (secret) key.
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![Image](diag/user_id_certification.png "Linking a User ID to an OpenPGP certificate")
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```{figure} diag/user_id_certification.png
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Linking a User ID to an OpenPGP certificate
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## Third party (identity) certifications
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* First, a [*"Secret-Key Packet"*](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-5.5.1.3), which contains the actual cryptographic key data. Note: the "Secret-Key" Packet contains both the private and the public part of the key. We also see in the output that this packet is "Unencrypted" (i.e. not password-protected).
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* Second, a [*"Signature Packet"*](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-5.2) of type 0x1F, *"Signature directly on a key"*. This packet *"binds the information in the Signature subpackets to the key"*. Each entry under "Signature Packet -> Hashed area" is one Signature subpacket, including for example information about algorithm preferences (*"Symmetric algo preferences"* and *"Hash preferences"*).
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![Image](diag/key-minimal.png "A minimal OpenPGP key, visualized")
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```{figure} diag/key-minimal.png
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A minimal OpenPGP key, visualized
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#### Seen as a public certificate
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* s2k configuration data, if any (this example doesn't have any).
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s2k is used when the secret key material is password-protected.
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![Image](diag/pubcert-minimal.png "A minimal OpenPGP public certificate, visualized")
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```{figure} diag/pubcert-minimal.png
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A minimal OpenPGP public certificate, visualized
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In the following examples, we will look at OpenPGP private keys only. The corresponding public certificates are easy to imagine (just leave out the private key material).
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