Re: why we need passphrase (I forgot something important in the prev procedure)

2008-06-28 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Afzal, Naeem M escribió: > How can I remove this restriction where I don't have to provide passphrase > and public key itself is good enough? > > Thanks > naeem I forgot a very important thing: after changing you passphrase, probably you will ha

Re: why we need passphrase

2008-06-28 Thread Faramir
need to revoke it and make a new one... >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Faramir >> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:08 AM >> To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org >> Subject: Re: why we need passphrase >> &

RE: why we need passphrase

2008-06-28 Thread Afzal, Naeem M
nupg-users@gnupg.org >Subject: Re: why we need passphrase > > Because the key itself is protected by a passphrase. You CAN remove >that protection, and you can even generate keys without passphrase.. but >the idea is, if you have to go to the bathroom, and someone else tries >to

Re: why we need passphrase

2008-06-28 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Afzal, Naeem M escribió: > Hi, > > In order to understand GnuPG, I tried to create private keys on two ubuntu > systems. Here are my steps and I would ask my question at the end as I need > to show what I did. > > 1. System A: Created private and

why we need passphrase

2008-06-27 Thread Afzal, Naeem M
Hi, In order to understand GnuPG, I tried to create private keys on two ubuntu systems. Here are my steps and I would ask my question at the end as I need to show what I did. 1. System A: Created private and public key by using 'gpg --gen-key' and then 'gpg --export --armor -out userA.a