Why expire?

[CL Gilbert]

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David Shaw wrote:

|
| A good reason to put an expiration date on a key is that people
| sometimes forget their passphrase or lose the secret key.  With an
| expiration date, there is a drop-dead date after which the key is not
| going to be used.
|
| David

Ill extend that to say expiration has nothing to do with security, but
courtesy.


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Thank you,


CL Gilbert
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

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