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GnuPG however lacks forward security, and that is seen as a downside compared to alternatives.
by Mediterraneo10 9y ago
GnuPG however lacks forward security, and that is seen as a downside compared to alternatives.
- moviuro 9y agoVery valid point, thus: > The primary problem with PGP is that there is no Forward Secrecy. Losing a key means that all content encrypted with thatkey is compromised. There are two ways of dealing with this: > create a single master holy grail key and guard it with your life > create keys frequently and destroy them as soon as they are no longer needed [0] https://gist.github.com/grugq/03167bed45e774551155#key-loss-is-catastrophic https://gist.github.com/grugq/03167bed45e774551155#key-loss-...
- blitmap 9y agoforward secrecy* - I mix that up too... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy