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1994-07-02 - Re: Physical storage of key is the weakest link

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From: roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
To: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
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Message ID: <940702.124829.1M6.rusnews.w165w@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org>
Reply To: <199407012226.PAA01800@netcom7.netcom.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-07-02 20:27:19 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 13:27:19 PDT

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From: roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 13:27:19 PDT
To: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Physical storage of key is the weakest link
In-Reply-To: <199407012226.PAA01800@netcom7.netcom.com>
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In list.cypherpunks, Mssr. tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May):

> In short, these are reasons to keep your secret key secret. Your
> passphrase alone may be insufficient (else why not just dispense with
> the secret key and just have a passphrase?).

Another reason for a secret key and passphrase... with a passphrase
alone, you couldn't change it without changing the public key too.
Since I stupidly typed my passphrase in the clear in front of someone
once, I was very glad the phrase was changeable! :)
- -- 
Roy M. Silvernail --  roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org
  perl -e '$x = 1/20; print "Just my \$$x! (adjusted for inflation)\n"'
        "What do you mean, you've never been to Alpha Centauri?"
                                               -- Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz

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