-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 07/08/2014 11:15 AM, The Fuzzy Whirlpool Thunderstorm wrote: > On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 10:54:18AM +0200, Kristian Fiskerstrand > wrote: >> Wouldn't necessarily be to _hide_ anything either. I tend to use >> it as a role-based approach, e.g. I have an own key for my work >> address (that is barely used at all, but it _is_ available). The >> primary reason for this is that I have that key located on the >> company computer which is under the control of the IT department, >> not me, so wouldn't want to use my own personal keys for that. > There is no limitation of how many keys can be associated with a > single mail address. You may generate one key for each computer you > are using and tell your contacts to encrypt the messages with a > specified key.
If you are talking about subkeys here, that works nicely for signing keys, not so much for multiple encryption subkeys. > > For example, on a private subject - you may use the key stored on > your private computer, so that the sender will ensure that you read > the encrypted message on your private pc not on your public > system. > > If privacy isn't absolutely needed, you may use the key stored on > your public system managed by another administrator. Your key is > safe, as long as you protect it with an uncrackable passphrase. The > system administrator may gain access to your private key file, but > not to your private key usage right. > What is to stop them from installing a keylogger if they wanted to? > One last thing to remember: if you don't trust the system, don't > store any private key on it. That's a bit paranoid, but it's better > to be safe than to trust and regret later. Thats not paranoid, that is good security management. - -- - ---------------------------- Kristian Fiskerstrand Blog: http://blog.sumptuouscapital.com Twitter: @krifisk - ---------------------------- Public PGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 - ---------------------------- Audaces fortuna iuvat Fortune favors the brave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTu7dNAAoJEPw7F94F4TagePIP/14KSkfCJZu+H3aKb7Tz75Sa n9JmzlEfPmj8vxOdtCujUYfvDrqep3pSJySTQe/UL1eaFftX5fLALt5wYrFL3td8 VmakW3rOyV6vSw2KiYQgALUWIzaNl6Zakh3Pr4n7Eqid2JujIZj3FB1upWUYljRp eoSPfnYrYYBo4CjohQzljnKB1256Gcrbv/CdBVn5hby8D9OwkTKH3ggByxwnKtfM bt+cqtxxJPSoXlMl9F7ikOMPfis1zQmc4MSD31xzvjYKT+sl8FR9NI9LAMwxv5DU +hoOVCUzQOkXg3aN+c07pn26fzQ2Dryg8t21mLzpV+g1W9txFOuqhM4/qrISNtD6 reortHhHFhz7C9BI0WVBc5XRNbn097byfOKmOGOxcXrInP8lgVKOOFMeHT59P61E H7+/MmKOm2KMs8bgBzlHdtTlp9fzFZpwEYZutKxhjuQWAQ9nFnucxiABpEoqJL1c 0KLWUTBrVJO+OBkztTyuhu684xPlYXrY3F26aSKkukzSdDu+T1OvXPptI9k94/cO 4LyUOahzAK6TOOCLkNMuQVCCq+xqxUHnXCY8n4WuC4MC0RxbComZqqJguBmmVYV0 SSAzq+nrDjWxFkhAUjJ7XV+RRaZbbKB10LLCvR5JPzNYyGsVn4QtnrBJ81AHq9W6 GskUifIhMgOCn/ymIRGp =AAy0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
