Passphrase and Key Structure
Ángel
angel at pgp.16bits.net
Mon Jan 27 01:56:22 CET 2020
On 2020-01-17 at 06:47 -0700, Mark wrote:
> I was wondering what effect changing the passphrase has on the keys. Not
> only the keygrip file but also on the exported copy of it that can be
> used with other programs. If you change the passphrase, do you need to
> re-backup those keygrip files and re-export those keys again?
>
> Thanks
Only if you want the backup to have the new passphrase.
The old files will still work perfectly fine as a backup. As long as you
remember the old passphrase.
Kind regards
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