Effective Backup of Secret Keys

[David Shaw]

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On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:38:08AM -0400, Richard B. Tilley wrote:
> Hello Again,
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> If the directory .gnupg is copied to a floppy or CD, would that be
> adequate key backup?

Yes.  It might be a good idea to backup your key revocation
certificates as well.  You also need to make sure that nobody but you
gets their hands on that floppy or CD. :)

> If the hard drive crashes what would be the best way to bring the
> backed-up .gnupg directory back? Could it simply be copied back into
> place?

Yes.

David

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