Re: Gnupg-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 2

2012-12-03 Thread Olav Seyfarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hi Len, > I used PGP years ago and created key pairs. I should probably create new > ones. Is there any good reason I should keep my old decryption keys? you must distinguish between using your old keys for new messages/files and keeping them t

Re: Gnupg-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 2

2012-12-03 Thread Hauke Laging
Am So 02.12.2012, 21:59:11 schrieb Len Cooley: > But, these are old keys. I should probably create new ones. Is > there any good reason I should keep my old decryption keys? What do you mean by keep? Not to delete the private keys? If you have not needed these keys for years then it is improbabl

Re: Gnupg-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 2

2012-12-02 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 12/02/2012 09:59 PM, Len Cooley wrote: > I'm beginning to learn about GPG, and I transferred my key pairs to > GPG. But, these are old keys. I should probably create new ones. Is > there any good reason I should keep my old decryption keys? The best reason to keep your old keypair around is pre

Re: Gnupg-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 2

2012-12-02 Thread Len Cooley
I used PGP years ago (when it was still free and the source-code was readily available). I created key pairs. I haven't used any encryption for quite some time, and now I'm trying to move back into using it. I'm beginning to learn about GPG, and I transferred my key pairs to GPG. But, these are old