[techtalk] GPG on different machines

[kelly at poverty.bloomington.in.us]

On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:20:35 -0400, Subba Rao <subb3 at attglobal.net> said:


>I have installed GPG on 2 different machines. The different user
>accounts on these machines are identical. Very likely, I plan to have
>2 sets of keys for each user account, one for each machine. Are there
>any good practices regarding the number of keys a user may have?

It's my considered opinion that you should have a different key for
each account/resource you have; that way, the compromise of one key
doesn't threaten any of your other resources.

Kelly