Hello, I am often asked whether (and how) it is possible to use OpenPGP on several systems with the same keys. You are probably aware that this is also asked here, not often but regularly. And then the "copy everything except random_seed" fun begins again.
I just noticed how strange it is that there is no function for an easy export (and import) of the whole configuration (including the key rings). Strange because this is on the one hand vital as it is not just for configuration and key synchronization but the same for backup and on the other hand contains risks (random_seed; having secring.gpg with rather weak passphrases on a cleartext backup volume). And is so extremely easy to solve. Thus I would like to emphaticly suggest rather not to extend gpg but to add a very small helper program to the GnuPG suite. There is already gpg-zip. It may be enough to write a wrapper around that. The result shall be a program with only two commands: a) save the complete configuration (optionally protexted with a passphrase) to a single file gpg-backup --with-passphrase --save /path/to/targetfile b) restore the complete configuration from a single file (with the option to overwrite or import) gpg-backup --overwrite --restore /path/to/sourcefile This could be easily added to the GUIs as they would just need a new menu entry and a file dialog. Doesn't makse sense that they invent their own backup / sync features. I could do this myself – but as a script only (which would not be portable). But if it helps then I would write that so that there is something to lookt at what the result would look like and play with. Hauke -- Crypto für alle: http://www.openpgp-schulungen.de/fuer/unterstuetzer/ http://userbase.kde.org/Concepts/OpenPGP_Help_Spread OpenPGP: 7D82 FB9F D25A 2CE4 5241 6C37 BF4B 8EEF 1A57 1DF5
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