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Re: RFC: gnupg



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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Raul Miller wrote:

>If root is compromised on a machine used for PGP, nothing is secure.
>
>Root can intercept keystrokes used for the pgp password, and can
>replace the entire keyring.

    Which would leave you with a keyring with keys with no signatures,
since not even root on master can fake my signature on a key.  I think
someone would notice.  A major compromise will compromise all new
developer keys, certainly, but that was never an issue in my mind since
it is common to all versions.

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 Zed Pobre <zed@va.debian.org>  |  PGP key on servers, fingerprint on finger
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