On Fri 2016-10-14 19:16:45 -0400, Andrew Gallagher wrote:
> my understanding is that a copy of some public key information (such
> as expiry dates) is kept in the corresponding secret key store, and
> this will be updated when the public key is edited.
This is exactly correct. see:
https://tools
On 14 Oct 2016, at 23:49, g...@noffin.com wrote:
> So for clarification then:
>
> If there are no expiry dates on secret keys, what does this output mean then?
>
> #gpg --list-secret-keys
>
>
> sec 2048R/ 2014-10-30 [expires: 2017-10-31]
>
The expiry date shown here is just a copy
> On 14 Oct 2016, at 19:11, g...@noffin.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi there - pretty new with GPG, but have been getting going with it
>> without much issue. I'm just curious about a few best practices and so
>> on.
>>
>> 1) Should you set an expiration on your secret key? Or do most people
>> just
>> secure
On 14 Oct 2016, at 19:11, g...@noffin.com wrote:
>
> Hi there - pretty new with GPG, but have been getting going with it
> without much issue. I'm just curious about a few best practices and so on.
>
> 1) Should you set an expiration on your secret key? Or do most people just
> secure it appropri
Hi there - pretty new with GPG, but have been getting going with it
without much issue. I'm just curious about a few best practices and so on.
1) Should you set an expiration on your secret key? Or do most people just
secure it appropriately (with no expiration)?
2) If you do have the secret key
