-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Jean-David Beyer escribió: > Dwayne wrote:
>> hands". Should I be worried that the person has the encrypted file or >> can I feel "safe" that the person doesn't have my privatekey+passphrase >> and therefore cannot decrypt it? > > He needs more than your public key. He needs your private key as well -- and > the easiest way to get that is to get a copy of your secret keyring and your > passphrase. But if he somehow got your private key, I do not believe he > would need your passphrase. I hope you have _not_ sent your secret keyring > anywhere. Well, the idea about having a passphrase is to protect the private key if it falls in the wrong hands... with a strong passphrase, there is no way to activate the private key... of course, if somebody gets the private key, maybe he can get the passphrase too... Best Regards -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJIlHcGAAoJEMV4f6PvczxAXf4IAJpvPidB47DYAxCDeZH2B0ni XSsxtTNcr7jLYdZ2FYgtxECVGpTX8iDYp0H8VCH/LDydjSl7MeJIqePlSiIVY+zE /xaYXWIiYAj7wcPHk4dpO/d+RCYDYzAK+kfGgdO12vSTHn8LWhEacFmRXhJs2pT5 SIuXkJqjBtDX9nrrVnfP577dv9paV92Ao9N7UrJXgs/mojudU6+J5U6hg3sVpFsY MRYTWoI6qykSgWq3YDeV9J02A83UfElDkNN+QFoypLHt1zahsfmTes211XbvHXnY u1jzCa5ug9bjUCw83gYr4QaD06Kvz8QAWlLXka0dqN+oZonEUR8wLClTBl0kt1U= =ObVP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
