[Freedombox-discuss] PGP Keyserver

[Justin R. Andrusk]

On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 12:25:36PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On 12/09/2011 08:09 AM, John Walsh wrote:
> > I suspect a keyserver is only used to store and manage ones public key.
> 
> keyservers are for public key material only.  even if they would accept
> secret key material, you would be ill-advised to place your secret key
> on a public server.
> 
> > I am
> > just getting confused between the option to import/export and keyserver
> > syncing.
> 
> export and import produce and consume data streams (files) that you can
> manipulate any way you like.  sending and receiving from a keyserver
> does a data exchange between the remote keyserver network and your local
> keyring.
> 
> does that help?
> 
> 	--dkg
> 
I would also recommend using a file integrity monitor on your system
such as AIDE to monitor any changes to your private key. 

Justin


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