On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> For what reasons is it more secure than putting (or generating) your
> primary signing key on the card?
I don't know. It is not more secure but more convenient in case the
card breaks. Well, a very few folks do have a dedicated laptop used
on
I'm a bit confused about this too.
http://fsfe.org/en/card/howto/subkey_howto says:
This howto describes setting up your computer to use the Fellowship
card with subkeys only. We recommend this, as it is the most secure
usage."
For what reasons is it more secure than putting (or generating) your
* Henry Bremridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-10-29 18:25:17 +]:
> Question:
>
> - The FSFE website states that the recommended procedure is to use the
> smart card with sub-keys only. If however I am creating a new
> key-pair and backing up the secret key to a safe place, then what i
Running Debian-Etch
I deleted my decryption sub-key by mistake and my back up was incomplete...
After taking advice it seems that the only way forward is (in order) to:
- Issue a new keypair
- Sign the new-keypair with my current signature
- Tell all those who signed my old-key of my new ke
