Mike Leone on Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:40:17 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] GPG help?


On (06/01/02 17:14), Darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:
> On 06/01, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> > No it isn't, yes you could. (Actually, it would probably be safer to
> > keep your keys *only* on floppy; it means that the security of your
> > identity is not dependent on the security of your computer.)
> 
> Except that floppies are the least reliable commonly available medai.
> 

True. But they are the most common removable media, and the cheapest. So
it would be easy (and cheap)  to make multiple diskettes. That, of course,
then introduces other security issues (such as losing one floppy somewhere).

 

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