On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 21:25, James D Strandboge wrote: > gpg private > keys really shouldn't be on your hard disk, since decrypting an > encrypted file is possible if you have the private key (ie without the > password) AFAIK. This is completely untrue. It is, however, possible to attack the passphrase on the secret key, as this is the weakest part of the crypto system in most cases (users usually chose passphrases that are quite simple). cheers -- vbi -- secure email with gpg http://fortytwo.ch/gpg
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