Note that an expiration date on the master key doesn't really do anything for security, as anyone who compromised that could always just extend it anyway. See http://madduck.net/blog/2006.06.20:expiring-gpg/.

(Expiring subkeys, on the other hand, can be useful, and the option at key creation sets the date on all of the keys.)

Note that an expiration date on the master key doesn't really do anything for security, as anyone who compromised that could always just extend it anyway. See http://madduck.net/blog/2006.06.20:expiring-gpg/ (archived version).

(Expiring subkeys, on the other hand, can be useful, and the option at key creation sets the date on all of the keys.)