Hello, sorry for this insistence. I just want to get it clearly. So, you mean those devices certainly protect information better than a regular computer (even if making proper use of disk encryption software)?
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Hauke Laging <mailinglis...@hauke-laging.de> wrote: > Am Freitag 03 Dezember 2010 14:55:34 schrieb Marcio B. Jr.: > >> I've never used those external devices, and my private keys have >> always been one place only located, a computer. >> >> That situation is a sort of "trade-off" for it keeps the referred keys >> more protected/restricted whereas it gives me little chance of using >> them in other hosts, easily. >> >> So, I guess one of the ideas behind making use of those devices would >> be the facility of taking all of my keyrings ("secring.gpg" for >> example) with me everywhere, is it correct? If so, by doing that, >> weren't we losing the whole point? > > As you said: ONE of the ideas. The other one is to ptotect the keys (though > not completely their usage) on your more protected system. As "more protected" > is still a serious risk in typical environments. Using secret keys on other > systems is the more serious argument but even for keys on a single host we are > not missing the point. > > > Hauke > -- > PGP: D44C 6A5B 71B0 427C CED3 025C BD7D 6D27 ECCB 5814 > Marcio Barbado, Jr. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users