On 24.01.2014, Leo Gaspard wrote: > Actually, this is something I never understood. Why should people create a > revocation certificate and store it in a safe place, instead of backing up the > main key?
Because a backup only makes sense when it's stored in a diffrent place than the key itself: With every backup you create, you have one place more you'll have to keep secure, and doubled the chance that your key can be accessed. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users