Why sign as well as encrypt files stored on untrusted drives?

Chris Poole lists at chrispoole.com
Wed Jul 13 15:04:00 CEST 2011


On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Robert J. Hansen <rjh at sixdemonbag.org> wrote:
> In case your needs change in the future.  That's really all there is to it.

OK thanks. I won't bother then, as it's more hassle to have to type my
passphrase each time (I don't want to keep it on the agent).

> (Also, where did you read this?)

I can't remember, but possibly some Duplicity documentation. It's a backup
program that uses gpg for encryption, and allows for both encryption and
signing.

Cheers


Chris Poole
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