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Re: Security of PGP private keys





*> > 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?
*> 
*> Passwords are often guessable.

Passwords may also be picked up over telephone lines.  It is good to keep
them short, wacko, and in human memory.  

#$%Osd(@ is a good one.  

-z