Re: gpg keys on multiple machines

["Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net>]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:49:44 +0000
> Doofus <doofus@bulldoghome.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Does anyone know if there's a preferred method for setting up the same 
> > gpg profile (keys) on multiple machines?
> >
> > I'm surprised I haven't been able to find much on the web about this. 
> > Surely there must be thousands of us sending/receiving email both at 
> > home and at work, and probably for some folks umpteen other places as well.
>
>
>  man gpg mentions --export-secret-keys [name]
> you could probably just
> gpg -o [file] --export-secret-keys [name] on one machine and then
>
> gpg --import [file] on the other machine...
>
> I haven't tried it...
>
> Beware of setting default users though, especially with an MUA that keeps the passphrase in memory for a while.

Which is why it is better to use gpg-agent and make your MUA talk to it 
instead of asking for your passphrase directly.  Personally, I like 
using keychain in conjunction with ssh-agent and gpg-agent.

-Roberto

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