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Re: long-term GPG signing key
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Travis H.)
Fri Jan 13 09:34:52 2006
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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:48:05 -0600
From: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: Ian G <iang@systemics.com>, cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <874q4avp2g.fsf@snark.piermont.com>
I must admit, I just had a "duh" moment.
Why the heck am I expiring encryption keys each year? Anyone who
records the email can crack it even if the key is invalid by then.=20
All it really does is crudely limit the quantity of data sent under
that key, which is little to none anyway.
*bonks forehead*
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