Graham Binns wrote: > On 21/01/09 10:24, Ciaran Mooney wrote: > >>> Both computers are laptops, but I am the sole user for both. One is my >>> personal laptop, the other is for work. >>> >> If you hand the laptop back at any point then I would, scrub the hard >> drive thoroughly. But as long as you trust both computers then it >> should be fine. PGP is all about trust. >> >> > > The other option is to have one GPG keypair but keep it on an encrypted > USB key or something similar. That way you can mount the key when you > start using the laptop and unmount it when you're done and you don't > need to worry about leaving your keys lying around. You can symlink > ~/.gpg to the directory on the key where your keypair is stored. > > Of course, if you lose the key or it gets stolen you'll still need to > revoke the keypair, but it it's encrypted at least you're protected from > casual snooping. > > I Like this idea. It looks similar to a page I found when googling this: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UsbAuthentication
It means I can add multiple identities to a single key, and carry that key around with me. Off to investigate! Cheers Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/