Hi,
(first, excuse me for the message not appearing as a reply, I had not
subscribed to the mailing-list when I sent the first message)
> I ran the command, and got a huge ascii block... so I modified it to:
> gpg --export-secret-key --armor > test.asc and got a enarmored block of
> ascii charac
>> I assume that the warning is there, because an exported key is somewhat
>> likely to end up in some public-readable place and this is generally a
>> bad thing - even if it is protected by a passphrase. You should at least
>> take the risk willingly.
OK, but what exactly are the risks, what to ex
Hi,
I have some questions :
1. The GnuPG documentation states that "--export-secret-key" is "a
security risk". Since no passphrase is asked, I imagine the exported
key is not clear text. So why is it a security risk ? Because it would
make it impossible (useless) to change the secret key passphrase
