export private key

Johan Almqvist johan-gnupg@almqvist.net
Mon Sep 23 18:15:06 2002


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* Norbert L=FCnow <norbert@luenow.de> [020923 18:02]:
> I think the system is very safe until somebody has access to your system.
> There is nothing easier then to export the private key and do what he wan=
ts
> to do with it.

What can the intruder do with the "stolen" private key without your
passphrase?

> Why is gnupg not asking for the passphrase before it exports the private
> key???

Because the intruder can steal the file secring.gpg instead?

-Johan
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Johan Almqvist

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