John W. Moore III escribe: > Some folks 'protect' themselves from this by storing their Keyrings on > removable media. (USB Memory stick, etc.)
I do, I use a private keyring and a public keyring containing only the public part of my private key in a pendrive. Then I use them from here or copy them to the hard disk only if I control the computer. > > The built-in protection for this is the use of a very secure passphrase. > By using a passphrase hardened against Social Engineering and > Dictionary attack; then even if Your 'Secret Key' falls into the wrong > hands You are reasonably protected from compromise. Of course, if You > are involved in situations where torture may be implemented to force You > to divulge the passphrase; then harden yourself or throw yourself under > a bus if capture is imminent. :-\ My passphrase is so hard to spell that they'd kill me before I was able to tell them it. :) Cordially, Ismael -- Ismael Valladolid Torres m. +34679156321 La media hostia j. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lamediahostia.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
