Re: Physical storage of key is the weakest link

[roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)]

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In list.cypherpunks, Mssr. tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May):

> In short, these are reasons to keep your secret key secret. Your
> passphrase alone may be insufficient (else why not just dispense with
> the secret key and just have a passphrase?).

Another reason for a secret key and passphrase... with a passphrase
alone, you couldn't change it without changing the public key too.
Since I stupidly typed my passphrase in the clear in front of someone
once, I was very glad the phrase was changeable! :)
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