Re: public accounts / PGP / passphrases

[khijol!erc (Ed Carp [Sysadmin])]

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> Could you clarify where the `clean' copy of the hash of the OS is being
> stored, if not on the machine in question ?

On CD-ROM, or on removeable media which *you* control access.

> I must confess that I'm not personally prepared to push my machine into an
> early grave by rebooting before I sign or encrypt anything. Besides, I'd be
> pushing _myself_ into an early grave if I did that. YMMV.
> 
> I have a 386 at home, on which I suppose I could run PGP, but that doesn't
> help. Why ?  Simply because going home to dial in is a major inconvenience.
> Leaving aside my unwillingness to stay home in the evening just to use my
> public account, it's utterly impossible for me to leave work during the
> day whenever I want to use PGP. The only solution I can imagine is to keep
> a notebook computer running Linux at work, and dial in to the DECstation
> five feet away from my desk at work. I've no idea how to convince the tech
> staff here to add a dedicated phone line to my lab for this purpose. Any
> better suggestions on using PGP safely during the workday ?

What's the matter with running a serial cable from your laptop to the DEC?
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