Re: How secure asymmetric encryption to yourself?

2009-02-17 Thread David Shaw
On Feb 17, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Chris Poole wrote: Hi, I am using GnuPG to encrypt a plain text file of my passwords. How secure is it to use my own public key as the encryption method (rather than symmetric), given that the password file is stored on the same drive as my public and private k

How secure asymmetric encryption to yourself?

2009-02-17 Thread Chris Poole
Hi, I am using GnuPG to encrypt a plain text file of my passwords. How secure is it to use my own public key as the encryption method (rather than symmetric), given that the password file is stored on the same drive as my public and private keys? Thanks. ___

Re: FYI: Keysigning events at FOSDEM (Feb 8th) and Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (March 14th)

2009-02-17 Thread markus reichelt
* markus reichelt wrote: > PGP/GPG Keysigning event on Saturday March 14th 18:00h at Chemnitz > Linux Days in ... Chemnitz. > > Deadline for key submission: *Monday March 9th* This is just a friendly (and last) reminder that you can still participate, just honour the deadline. More info (in Ger

Re: FW from PGP-Basis: newbie question about bad keys

2009-02-17 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:45, kloec...@kde.org said: > What if the signing key is expired or has been revoked? Unless you use "--list-options show-unusable-uids" those signatures are not shown. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz.