Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: George Newsgroups: comp.security.pgp.tech Subject: PGP public key signatures Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 2 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.74.132.6 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1343154926 5204 127.0.0.1 (24 Jul 2012 18:35:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:35:26 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.74.132.6; posting-account=2JXU5AoAAAAh8QOGBRTtf0ldpm55OjR6 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 1142 Xref: csiph.com comp.security.pgp.tech:12 I have read the latest RFC am still unsure about PGP public key signatures. The public key is made up of the Public Key packet, the User ID packet and the Signature packet. What is the purpose if the signature packet. Is it signed with the corresponding private key?