Sorry misspoke.. I should've said put those files you listed in an encrypted archive. I will grab Sherpa later and see how it works.
Thanks On 5/24/2020 12:57 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> I was thinking along the lines of backing up that entire directory into >> an encrypted 7z file and then just having to remember the password to >> that archive. I know there are other options maybe even some that use >> biometrics to decrypt the database. > Don't. GnuPG puts things in that directory that are specific to your > particular machine. Most of these are harmless (lockfiles, etc.) but > some are potentially harmful to share between installations. > > For instance, there's one file, "random_seed". Werner says it's not a > major concern, but I and many others have a flaming heebie-jeebies > reaction to the idea of sharing a random number generator's seed file > between two machines -- copying RNG state information is how *many, > many, many* cryptosystems in history have been broken. > > Don't just back up the directory. Only copy the files that are strictly > necessary for operation. Sherpa can help you with this. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
