Comment 2 for bug 415527
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| Dany (dany) wrote Re: [Bug 415527] Re: Provide a way to use public key encryption | #2 |
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(Get the code!)
A pgp secret key is pretty small and doesn't change over time. It can be
stored on a tiny flash media card, CD and safely stored on a remote
location. The good thing about it is that you only need the pub key to
encrypt and perform the backup. Restoring requires the sec key which is
fine (and has some consequences if you lose it!).
A good passphrase is supposedly hard to remember so that doesn't prevent
you for not losing the unlock key.
Michael Terry a écrit :
> I'll point out that I'm not very excited about this. It's kind of a
> good way to shoot yourself in the foot, unless you backup your private
> key. So how are you going to back that up? If you already have a good
> backup for your key...
>
> At best, maybe a secret gconf setting for it. But I'm not sure there is
> a use case for this.
>