<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="subkeys-add">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="pgp-subkeys#more"/>

    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-28" status="draft"/>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
      <email its:translate="no">[email protected]</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>Additional subkeys make your master key more secure.</desc>
  </info>

<title>Add extra subkeys</title>

  <p>You can add extra subkeys to the same master key. You have to choose the
  right subkey each time you want to encrypt or sign when you do this.</p>

  <steps>
    <title>To add extra subkeys to a PGP key:</title>
      <item>
        <p>Select <gui>GnuPG keys</gui> from the left side panel.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Select the <gui>Personal PGP key</gui> from the list.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Right click on the selected key and select
	<guiseq><gui>Properties</gui><gui>Details</gui></guiseq>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>If the <gui>Subkeys</gui> panel is not expanded, expand it.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Click the <gui style="button">Add</gui> button to add a new
	subkey.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
	<p>Choose the right properties for your key by selecting the
	appropriate <gui>Key Type</gui>, <gui>Key Length</gui> and
	<gui>Expiration Date</gui> and click <gui style="button">OK</gui>.</p>
      </item>
  </steps>

  <note style="tip">
    <p>Always ensure that your subkey expires before your master key since a
    subkey is useless when its master key has expired.</p>
  </note>


</page>