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Re: Revoking Old Lost Keys

To: [email protected] (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Revoking Old Lost Keys
From: "David E. Smith" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 13:57:17 -0600
Cc: [email protected]
Sender: [email protected]

At 11:11 AM 1/6/96 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>If one can safely and securely store a revocation certificate for later
>use, why not just store the much shorter passphrase?

If the security of the safely-stored passphrase is violated, a lot of
trouble can be caused.  There's not nearly as much that can be done with
a stored revocation certificate.

dave

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Sorry for any delayed replies, but business trips are so seldom announced.
David E. Smith, [email protected], PGP ID 0x92732139

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