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Re: Security of PGP private keys
According to [email protected]:
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> *> > 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?
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> *> Passwords are often guessable.
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> Passwords may also be picked up over telephone lines. It is good to keep
> them short, wacko, and in human memory.
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> #$%Osd(@ is a good one.
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Ya right, about as good as qwerty, which is in many wordlists these days.
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