[PATCH] doc: elaborate on --default-cache-ttl and --max-cache-ttl

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Oct 30 15:22:31 CET 2014


On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:32, iomartin at iomartin.net said:

> I'm sorry (and I don't mean to be annoying), but I still don't
> understand why gnupg doesn't support infinite ttl? Is it by design or

What is the use case case for this?  I can't see one except to work
around a bogus security policy.  If you do not have a need for a
passphrase you should not use a passphrase for the protection of your
secret key.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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