Ubuntu Manpage: sq pki link - Manage authenticated certificate and User ID links

NAME

       sq pki link - Manage authenticated certificate and User ID links

SYNOPSIS

       sq pki link add [OPTIONS] FINGERPRINT|KEYID USERID|EMAIL
       sq pki link retract [OPTIONS] FINGERPRINT|KEYID USERID|EMAIL
       sq pki link list [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Manage authenticated certificate and User ID links.

Link a certificate and User ID is one way of making `sq` consider a binding to be authentic. Another way
is to use `sq pki certify` to certify the binding with an explicitly configured trust root. The linking
functionality is often easier to work with, and the information is private by default.

Authenticated bindings can be used to designate a certificate using a symbolic name. For instance, using
`sq encrypt`'s `--recipient-userid` and `--recipient-email` options, a user can designate a certificate
using a User ID or an email address that is authenticated for that certificate.

`sq` also uses authenticated certificates to authenticate other data. For instance, `sq verify`
considers signatures made by an authenticated certificate to be authentic.

Users can create a link using `sq pki link add`. That link can later be retracted using `sq pki link
retract`. A certificate can also be accepted as a trusted introducer by passing the `--ca` option to `sq
pki link add`.

`sq` implements linking using non-exportable certifications, and an implicit trust root. An OpenPGP
certificate directory, the default certificate store used by `sq`, includes a local trust root, which is
stored under the `trust-root` special name. When the user instructs `sq` to accept a binding, `sq` uses
the local trust root to create a non-exportable certification, which it stores in the certificate
directory. In this way, operations that use the Web of Trust to authenticate a binding automatically use
links.

When a user retracts a link, `sq` creates a new, non-exportable certification with zero trust. This
certification suppresses the previous link.

SUBCOMMANDS

sq pki link add
Link a certificate and a User ID.

This cause `sq` to considers the certificate and User ID binding to be authentic.

A certificate can also be accepted as a certification authority, which is also known as a trusted
introducer, by using the `--ca` or `--depth` option.

A link can be retracted using `sq pki link retract`.

This command is similar to `sq pki certify`, but the certifications it makes are done using the
certificate directory's trust root, not an arbitrary key. Further, the certificates are marked as
non-exportable. The former makes it easier to manage certifications, especially when the user's
certification key is offline. And the latter improves the user's privacy, by reducing the chance that
parts of the user's social graph is leaked when a certificate is shared.

By default a link never expires. Using the `--expiry` argument specific validity periods may be defined.
It allows for providing a point in time for validity to end or a validity duration.

`sq pki link` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument. It sets the link's
creation time to the reference time.

sq pki link retract
Retract links.

This command retracts links that were previously created using `sq pki link add`. See that subcommand's
documentation for more details. Note: this is called `retract` and not `remove`, because the
certifications are not removed. Instead a new certification is added, which says that the binding has
not been authenticated.

`sq pki link retract` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument. This causes a
link to be retracted as of a particular time instead of the current time.

sq pki link list
List links.

This command lists all bindings that are linked or whose link has been retracted.

EXAMPLES

   sq pki link add
       The user links 0123456789ABCDEF and the User ID '<romeo@example.org>'.

              sq pki link add 0123456789ABCDEF '<romeo@example.org>'

       The user examines 0123456789ABCDEF and then accepts the certificate 0123456789ABCDEF with its current set
       of self-signed User IDs.

              sq cert export --cert 0123456789ABCDEF | sq inspect

       ...

              sq pki link add 0123456789ABCDEF --all

       The user links the certificate and its current self-signed User IDs for a week.

              sq pki link add --expires-in 1w 0123456789ABCDEF --all

       The user accepts the certificate, and its current self-signed User  IDs  as  a  certification  authority.
       That is, the certificate is considered a trust root.

              sq pki link add --ca '*' 0123456789ABCDEF --all

       The  user  accepts  the  certificate  and  its  current  self-signed  User  IDs  as  a  partially trusted
       certification authority.

              sq pki link add --ca '*' --amount 60 0123456789ABCDEF --all

       The user retracts their acceptance of 0123456789ABCDEF and any associated  User  IDs.   This  effectively
       invalidates any links.

              sq pki link retract 0123456789ABCDEF

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