On 10/2/12 4:23 AM, Ilias el Matani wrote: > I would like to know why, there is no 'security' when you making a > Backup of the keys via the GNU Privacy Assistant - Key Manager.
There is. > It's possible when you have physical access to the system, to export > also the private key. Why don't we protect this? We do. Your private certificate is encrypted with a strong algorithm. Your passphrase is the decryption key. If you have a strong passphrase on your certificate, you could publish the private certificate in the _New York Times_ and be completely confident of its security. If you're concerned about people gaining access to your private key, put a strong passphrase on it. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
