From: "David E. Smith" <dsmith@midwest.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 04:11:41 +0800
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Revoking Old Lost Keys
Message-ID: <199601062000.OAA20579@cdale1.midwest.net>
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At 11:11 AM 1/6/96 -0800, tcmay@got.net wrote:

>If one can safely and securely store a revocation certificate for later
>use, why not just store the much shorter passphrase?

If the security of the safely-stored passphrase is violated, a lot of
trouble can be caused.  There's not nearly as much that can be done with
a stored revocation certificate.

dave

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