[vox] PGP question: Multiple Machines [signed]

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Richard S. Crawford wrote:

>I started playing with PGP over the weekend, and I'm having fun using
>KMail at home to sign my e-mail and encrypt documents and generally have a
>good time.
>
>But since I use at least three different computers to access and send
>e-mail and documents -- my FC3 desktop, my WinXP/FC3 laptop, and my Win2K
>desktop at work -- how would I address the issue of signing e-mails when
>my secret key is only on one of those three machines?  Would I use a
>different key?  I certainly don't feel comfortable copying the secret key
>from one computer to another, even over SSH, since that feels like
>defeating the purpose to me.
>
>...Or am I missing something fundamental about how all this works?
>
>(Obviously, since this e-mail is sent via Squirrelmail from my desktop at
>work, it's not signed.)
>
>  
>
Richard,

I believe that's how it generally works.  You would use the same key for 
signing everywhere.  Some people copy that key to a usb key fob and then 
can sign things from any computer, but I think that you understand the 
risks involved with that.  You at least trust that your three computers 
are virus/spyware/etc free, and so copying your private key to those 
"trusted" machines should be no big deal.

Good Luck
Mark


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