Re: Passphrase and Key Structure

2020-01-27 Thread Mark
Thanks for the reply... Probably safer to back them up again just in
case I forget it, especially since I have another program that uses PGP
to encrypt/decrypt archives.

On 1/26/2020 5:56 PM, Ángel wrote:
> On 2020-01-17 at 06:47 -0700, Mark wrote:
>> I was wondering what effect changing the passphrase has on the keys. Not
>> only the keygrip file but also on the exported copy of it that can be
>> used with other programs. If you change the passphrase, do you need to
>> re-backup those keygrip files and re-export those keys again?
>>
>> Thanks
> Only if you want the backup to have the new passphrase.
>
> The old files will still work perfectly fine as a backup. As long as you
> remember the old passphrase.
>
> Kind regards
>
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Re: Passphrase and Key Structure

2020-01-26 Thread Ángel
On 2020-01-17 at 06:47 -0700, Mark wrote:
> I was wondering what effect changing the passphrase has on the keys. Not
> only the keygrip file but also on the exported copy of it that can be
> used with other programs. If you change the passphrase, do you need to
> re-backup those keygrip files and re-export those keys again?
>
> Thanks

Only if you want the backup to have the new passphrase.

The old files will still work perfectly fine as a backup. As long as you
remember the old passphrase.

Kind regards


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