Um, it has been the case in the past that the secret keyring was
encrypted using IDEA and the user's passphrase. I doubt that this
has changed recently.
-derek
Ian BROWN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm not sure how much confidence one of the paper's footnotes gives me:
>
> >26. The secret key ring in PGP is usually encrypted with a much simpler
> >crypto-system. Also the key ring is subject to a pass phrase but this can
> >usually be broken using one of the hacker programs available on the Internet
> >such as cracker, Satan, or cops.
>
> Ian :(
>
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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