> For the latter, I don't get it -- it's not like keeping the key secret takes > a lot of effort -- but it does decrease your security ever so slightly. > Besides proving a point, why would you publish?
Because the _New York Times_ keeps records of all the papers it's ever published. It can be seen as a highly effective, if low-tech, long-term archival solution. Paperkey the private certificate, publish it in the NYT, verify the accuracy of the published certificate, and presto: your key is archived for the next 100+ years. Honestly, half the reason why I volunteer to publish my certificate in the NYT is for precisely this reason. I think it'd be kind of cool to (a) have the NYT be my data archive, and (b) get someone else to pay for it. :) (Assuming, of course, the NYT survives its current financial problems. Which may be a very big if.) _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
