From cd0932399192d4d2b17119765a45fc02d31f4203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heiko Schaefer Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:13:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ch4: component keys, edits (process feedback from https://codeberg.org/openpgp/doc-int/issues/5) --- book/source/04-certificates.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/source/04-certificates.md b/book/source/04-certificates.md index 4dd44bf..abaf17a 100644 --- a/book/source/04-certificates.md +++ b/book/source/04-certificates.md @@ -31,13 +31,17 @@ An OpenPGP component key (either the "primary key", or a "subkey") consists main ![Image](diag/cryptographic_keys.png "A cryptographic keypair") -A cryptographic keypair consists of a private and a public part. In this document, we'll show the public part of a cryptographic key in green, and the private part in red. +A cryptographic keypair, in turn, consists of a private and a public part. In this document, we'll show the public part of a cryptographic key in green, and the private part in red. -We'll visualize cryptographic keypairs in a more compact form: +We'll usually visualize cryptographic keypairs in a more compact form: ![Image](diag/keypair.png "A cryptographic keypair") -(In some contexts, instead of the full cryptographic keypair, only the public part is present. More on that later.) +Note that in many contexts, only the public part is present: + +![Image](diag/keypair_pub.png "Only the public part of a cryptographic keypair") + +More on that later. An OpenPGP component key consists of