[ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG

[Nick McMahon]

dean at deansas.org wrote:

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>Nick McMahon wrote:
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>>Magnus Therning wrote:
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>>>On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:46:58PM +0100, Nick McMahon wrote:
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>>>>nevermind, google is your friend
>>>>I *think* i have this sorted out now...
>>>>one question though, what happens if i reinstall or something, what
>>>>happens?!
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>>>What happens to what?
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>>>If you re-install your system will be pristine and new ;)
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>>>Are you wondering what happens if you lose your private key?
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>>yeah, thats what i was trying to say, what if i lose my private key, and
>>i reinstall or get a new computer or all 3?
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>>Nick
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>You should generate and keep revocation certificates and use them to
>remove the private key from the keyserver in case you lose your key, or
>it is compromised.
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>Just burn your private key and/or revocation certs to cd (or something)
>and then keep it in a secure place.
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>You can then reimport and use these keys in future.
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>Dean
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Thanks Guys,
After a steep learning curve, i seem to understand now.
i have a script that backs up my docs and moves them on my USB stick,
i'll add the right DIR to that. Should take care of it.
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