Translations:Concepts/OpenPGP Getting Started/2/en

When creating a key you make several technical and organizational decisions (whether you are aware of that or not) which heavily influence the security and usability of your key, as a result the operating life of the key. Some of these decisions cannot be changed afterwards. For several reasons it is desirable that normal keys – even rather insecure ones – (at least their core) have a long operating life.