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Re: PUBLIC GNUPG KEY REVOCATION FOR DAVID D.W. DOWNEY



On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 07:34:43PM -0500, Dave Baker wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 01:25:23AM +0100, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> > True, but somebody who can get your harddisk can get it also. That
> > means you can store in a place which is as safe as your hard
> > disk.
> >
> 
> Other factors may will into play, and given that your backup is
> (hopefully) in some form of offline storage the same properties will
> have a different impact on how safe it is.  (e.g. physical location,
> ease of theft, ease of undetected theft ...)

    #/bin/sh -e
    # 
    echo "My private key id: AAAA9999" > mykey.asc
    gpg --export --armour AAAA9999 >> mykey.asc
    # 
    echo "My public key id: BABA9898" >> mykey.asc
    gpg --export --armour BABA9898 >> mykey.asc
    #
    echo "My revocation certificate for public key id: AAAA9999" >> mykey.asc
    gpg --gen-revoke --armour >> mykey.asc
    #
    lpr mykey.asc
    rm mykey.asc
    #
    # Get in car, drive to bank, rent safety deposit box (which you
    # should have anyway), put in box.  Go home. 
    #


-- 
Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net>                 | a.k.a. ^chewie
http://www.wookimus.net/                            | s.k.a. gunnarr
Get my public key, ICQ#, etc. $(mailx -s 'get info' chewie@wookimus.net)

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