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Re: Security of PGP private keys

To: [email protected] (Richard Kennaway)
Subject: Re: Security of PGP private keys
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 11:42:29 -0400
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Oct 1993 14:54:37 GMT." <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]


Richard Kennaway says:
> PGP secret keys are protected by a password.  Yet people have said that one
> should not keep one's secret keyring on an insecure machine.  Why?

Because people can capture your keystrokes when you enter in the
password. They then have your secret key.

Perry

References:
- Security of PGP private keys
  - From: [email protected] (Richard Kennaway)

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