1993-10-28 - Re: Security of PGP private keys

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From: zeek@io.com
To: huntting@glarp.com (Brad Huntting)
Message Hash: cb9c6ae4aa11cb2717ef22c66ea457a476620d92be4ef1989c9e2d697b39d7c5
Message ID: <9310280613.AA09120@actlab.rtf.utexas.edu>
Reply To: <199310272223.AA02694@misc.glarp.com>
UTC Datetime: 1993-10-28 06:18:05 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 27 Oct 93 23:18:05 PDT

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From: zeek@io.com
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 93 23:18:05 PDT
To: huntting@glarp.com (Brad Huntting)
Subject: Re: Security of PGP private keys
In-Reply-To: <199310272223.AA02694@misc.glarp.com>
Message-ID: <9310280613.AA09120@actlab.rtf.utexas.edu>
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*> > PGP secret keys are protected by a password.  Yet people have said that one
*> > should not keep one's secret keyring on an insecure machine.  Why?
*> 
*> Passwords are often guessable.

Passwords may also be picked up over telephone lines.  It is good to keep
them short, wacko, and in human memory.  

#$%Osd(@ is a good one.  

-z

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• 1993-10-27 (Wed, 27 Oct 93 07:52:41 PDT) - Security of PGP private keys - jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway)
  • 1993-10-27 (Wed, 27 Oct 93 08:47:54 PDT) - Re: Security of PGP private keys - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
  • 1993-10-27 (Wed, 27 Oct 93 16:02:42 PDT) - Re: Security of PGP private keys - Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
    • 1993-10-28 (Wed, 27 Oct 93 23:18:05 PDT) - Re: Security of PGP private keys - zeek@io.com
      • 1993-10-28 (Wed, 27 Oct 93 23:38:05 PDT) - Re: Security of PGP private keys - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>