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Re: GPG Config File


From: Martin Dickopp
Subject: Re: GPG Config File
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:28:05 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux)

"Scott Johnson" <s.s@s.com> writes:

> Can I stick the passphase in the gnupg.conf file?

No, that would obviously be completely insecure.  If you want to do
that, why do you use cryptography in the first place?  What are you
trying to achieve?

If you are sure you understand the implications, you can generate
a key with an empty passphrase.

Martin


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