Package: gnupg Version: 1.4.9-4 Severity: wishlist Given the number of times that I've witnessed clueless people generate keys, publish them and then delete them, it would be good if revocation certificates would be automatically generated and mailed to them, or otherwise some sort of backup bundle should be created with clear instructions for the people about their importance and how to treat them.
E.g. a mail: Dear user, You have just generated a new GPG key on $HOSTNAME. For your convenience, I've made a backup of the most important files in $HOME/gpg-$KEYID-backup-$TIMESTAMP.zip . Please make a backup of this file and keep it in a safe location. It is also a good idea to print the revocation certificate contained in the ZIP archive and store the printout separately. If someone else ever gains control over your key, this is the only way you have to prevent them from abusing your identity. Cheers, -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gnupg depends on: ii gpgv 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.9-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libreadline5 5.2-4 GNU readline and history libraries ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-13 userspace USB programming library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages gnupg recommends: ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.15-1.1 OpenLDAP libraries Versions of packages gnupg suggests: pn gnupg-doc <none> (no description available) ii imagemagick 7:6.5.1.0-1 image manipulation programs pn libpcsclite1 <none> (no description available) ii xloadimage 4.1-16.1 Graphics file viewer under X11 -- no debconf information -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[email protected]> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
digital_signature_gpg.asc
Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
