How can I remove this restriction where I don't have to provide passphrase and public key itself is good enough?
Thanks naeem >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Faramir >Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:08 AM >To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org >Subject: Re: why we need passphrase > > Because the key itself is protected by a passphrase. You CAN remove >that protection, and you can even generate keys without passphrase.. but >the idea is, if you have to go to the bathroom, and someone else tries >to read your messages, or steal your key... the thief won't have much >luck, since if the passphrase is strong, he wont be able to activate the >key... unless the thief is lucky enough to "guess" the passphrase >hitting the keyboard randomly... > > A good passphrase would make bruteforce attack infeasible, it won't be >in any dictionary (so dictionary attacks won't work)... so, if you >remove the passphrase, you'll want to take extra measures to avoid >problems... but maybe you know nobody is going to touch your computer... > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
