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@ -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