Re: Public Keyring Security

2020-05-25 Thread Mark
That is what I had figured.  Like I said I was just bored and the though popped in my head if that was something ever discussed. On 5/25/2020 12:06 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> Obviously I know you can install it an encrypted volume (depending on >> your OS) but was curious if the program or eve

Re: Public Keyring Security

2020-05-25 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Obviously I know you can install it an encrypted volume (depending on > your OS) but was curious if the program or even the "pgp standard" took > that into consideration or am I just too bored and that it's a stupid idea? The OpenPGP standard dates back to the mid-1990s, when PGP 3 was first bei

Public Keyring Security

2020-05-24 Thread Mark
With the posts of backing up files and anonymous private keys it got me thinking. Is there a mechanism in place that protects (encrypts) a public keyring? They can be thought of as sort of an address book or contact list and with some mail providers encrypting contacts I wondered if such a thing ex