gpg on public system?

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi,

Jan Petranek:
> Up to now I am using the  ~/.gnupg -directory just as usual, except the
> ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg beeing a link to a file on a removable cd-rom.

Frankly, I can't think of a better alternative.

In fact, it's basically impossible to graft a secure subsystem onto an
insecure machine if you cannot restrict access from the insecure system
in any way. A Bad Guy with root access, on a Unix box, is just the
ultimate example of this principle.

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