On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:04:34PM +0000, Toby Dickenson wrote:
> > But would it be less secure?
>
> Only because you would need to enter your passphrase every time you created a
> backup.
>
> Using a public key you only enter the passphrase when decrypting.
Damn I hadn't actually thought about that.
That being the case, I'd still like to use symmetrical encryption. But now I
have to find a way to automate the entry of the passphrase in a backup script.
Does GPG allow such monstrous security hazard as that? :-)
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