-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada) escribió: ... > My question: if I go with separate keys, as in > > e-mail_address_1 public_key_1 private_key_1 > > e-mail_address_2 public_key_2 private_key_2 > > e-mail_address_3 public_key_3 private_key_3 > > then, is it permissible to have > all of my public keys together on the same pubring.gpg file and > all of my private keys together on the same secring.gpg file?
Yes, it's very possible, and each private key can have it's own different passphrase. GnuPG knows what key to use to decrypt each message. ... > Also, if it is possible, what are the advantages and the disadvantages? Well, the advantage is you can decrypt all the messages encrypted to your different keys without having to switch from one keyring to another. The disadvantage is if your hdd crashes, all your keys crash together. Of course, the idea is to have a backup. I started making 1 different key pair for each one of my email accounts. But at some point, I added more UIDs, so currently 2 of my email accounts can use either 1 key or another one. The remaining email addresses are still "isolated". And I keep all those keys in the same keyrings, and I manage all the email accounts from the same email client (Mozilla Thunderbird). My TB is configured to use 1 key when composing messages from 1 email account, and other key for the other account, and so on. Best Regards -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJJpN83AAoJEMV4f6PvczxAbKkIAIrAA8NPNLmOloZ8E/CDSHPM mJe7F8a4NIJ+zpUcbgdfrNno7qKUSvp0zj2lpsI4JItA8WQbMVyEdyI4stuXzwhZ 7ctvjAOguNn7yGR2/w41P3Nx/lejRzT8ctjAA/6/sSarfQpq76P6CIwtr5xBZGu/ 9eITjasl9wu3VmV75Zk3SpcC4wL/SsZLrjpwgqVY2nnnUtcuj10sc5mDI3cPOeWi GeJCJ15qLvtLHTb7nZDkyueqh5W2vkE85x/X/JBGjOFu49Pmi6ILWe7yE/KrYTMh RbDf56FO+NvyxYI3Vl+PdtII4KEzVxp9vmhI5KiYvruDmAVGu7Kd4oLEhMxzXZw= =UTUC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
