Op di 11-02-2003, om 01:38 schreef Joey Hess:
> Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> > I only have 1 key pair. When i read the gpg manual it didn't suggest to
> > keep more than 1 key pair ( or i didn't see it). I always thought you
> > where only supposed to have 1 key pair? Or maybe a second one for
> > instance to sign packages that one developed?
> 
> It's a personal policy decision. I would prefer, if someone "borrowed"
> my laptop for 10 minutes sometime without me knowing, that they not be
> able to upload packages signed with my key, and that if they sent signed
> mail, I would be able to revoke that key without revoking my main key.

Good point. But i can't imagine your passphrase being very complicated
then or you must have a good memory.
Also, how many key pairs do you have then? Plus if you have more
keypairs, you need to have several passphrases too.

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Benedict Verheyen 
Linux 2.4.20 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

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