On Fri 2016-10-14 19:16:45 -0400, Andrew Gallagher wrote:
> my understanding is that a copy of some public key information (such
> as expiry dates) is kept in the corresponding secret key store, and
> this will be updated when the public key is edited.
This is exactly correct. see:
https://tools
On 14 Oct 2016, at 23:49, g...@noffin.com wrote:
> So for clarification then:
>
> If there are no expiry dates on secret keys, what does this output mean then?
>
> #gpg --list-secret-keys
>
>
> sec 2048R/ 2014-10-30 [expires: 2017-10-31]
>
The expiry date shown here is just a copy
> On 14 Oct 2016, at 19:11, g...@noffin.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi there - pretty new with GPG, but have been getting going with it
>> without much issue. I'm just curious about a few best practices and so
>> on.
>>
>> 1) Should you set an expiration on your secret key? Or do most people
>> just
>> secure
On 14 Oct 2016, at 19:11, g...@noffin.com wrote:
>
> Hi there - pretty new with GPG, but have been getting going with it
> without much issue. I'm just curious about a few best practices and so on.
>
> 1) Should you set an expiration on your secret key? Or do most people just
> secure it appropri
