> decrypted form of your key (you're storing it encrypted by a passphrase, right?) Haven't yet implemented the little de/encryption command line program l desc

> decrypted form of your key (you're storing it encrypted by a passphrase, right?) Haven't yet implemented the little de/encryption command line program l described so don't know just how I'd store my private RSA key. The private key would likely be just on my computer some place as just ordinary data maybe with a comment that clearly describes the data as my private key. I'm not sure what you mean by a "passphrase", but I can guess; with my guess, no, I wouldn't do that because (1) it makes life harder for me and (2) doesn't really make decrypting my data much more difficult for an attacker. > when you take your computer in for repair Right, if I lose physical control of my computer, then all or nearly all the data I encrypted can now be decrypted by others. So, right, for anyone who would lose physical control of his computer for any reason, the 'approach to computer security' I outlined would have a huge hole in it. In my case, I would never take my computer for repair since I built and repair my own computer.