On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 02:07:17PM -0500, Atom Smasher wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Janusz A. Urbanowicz wrote: > > >from my experience, all keys for long-term, _safe storage_ (and after > >revocation) should be kept with no passphases at all > > > >human memory is very volatile and some day you gonna need to decrypt an > >old email encrypted with the key you revoked in 1993[1], and there's is > >no way you'll remember the old, long time not used, non-trivial > >passphrase > ==================== > > and then keep the printout in a very safe place? a very well hidden place? > very safe, well hidden place? > > hehe... the problem then isn't remembering the passphrase, but remembering > where you put the paper ;)
In Sweden people with weapon licenses are required to either keep their weapons locked up in a safe that is non-trivial to move or store them with the "vital part" and ammunition removed and hidden in different places. Might be applicable? //Samuel _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
