[Announce] new gnupg snapshot

[Andrew McDonald]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:40:48PM +0200, Johan Wevers wrote:
> Werner Koch wrote:
> 
> >  * Secret keys are no longer imported unless you use the new option
> >    --allow-secret-key-import.
> 
> Why is that? What was the problem with importing secret keys?

IIRC, if you have a secret key it is ultimately trusted by default.
Persuading you to import a secret key could, therefore, subvert your
web of trust.

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Andrew McDonald
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