On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Michael Hannemann <mhannem...@meperia.com> wrote: > On Feb 24, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net> > wrote: > >> On 02/21/2013 07:50 AM, John A. Wallace wrote: >>> Can I get a link discussing one or more of a typical situations when options >>> files are used? Thanks >> >> Some of us are collecting "best practice" suggestions over here: >> >> https://we.riseup.net/riseuplabs+paow/openpgp-best-practices#update-your-gpg-defaults >> >> hth, >> >> --dkg > > > Fantastic tips, thank you. > > As to the "always set an expiration date", I certainly wish I had the first > time I created a GPG key for my personal account, since that was several > inattentive years ago, and I no longer know the passphrase. (That's pretty > much hopeless, right?) > > > Michael
Well, a revocation certificate should be sufficient to kill the key even if you forget the passphrase. ---- User:Avraham pub 3072D/F80E29F9 1/30/2009 Avi (Wikimedia-related key) <avi.w...@gmail.com> Primary key fingerprint: 167C 063F 7981 A1F6 71EC ABAA 0D62 B019 F80E 29F9 _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
