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Exporting secret keys
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I ask about this a long time back, but due to an upgrade lost my reply.

How do I export my secret keys in a useable fashion?

When I gpg --export-secret-keys, I get a screen full of symbols, which I
assume are encrypted secret keys. Normally I would cheat and use windoze
for key admin. The time has come for this to stop, and exporting secret
keys is the only remaining difficulty I have in my key management.

Regards

brian

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E-Mail: Brian Galbraith <brian.galbraith@bigfoot.com>
Date: 17-Dec-1999
Time: 21:09:41
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Re: Exporting secret keys [ In reply to ]
Include the -a or for ascii armoring. There is of course the risk that
someone else could read it also, so be sure to take appropriate
precautions.

-dave


On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Brian Galbraith wrote:

> gpg: Signature made Fri Dec 17 16:09:51 1999 EST using DSA key ID 63EBA765
> gpg: Good signature from "Brian Galbraith <brian.galbraith@bigfoot.com>"
> gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
> gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
> gpg: Fingerprint: C0A0 A76F EF4E F6E3 0984 4595 10FA 4499 63EB A765
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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> I ask about this a long time back, but due to an upgrade lost my reply.
>
> How do I export my secret keys in a useable fashion?
>
> When I gpg --export-secret-keys, I get a screen full of symbols, which I
> assume are encrypted secret keys. Normally I would cheat and use windoze
> for key admin. The time has come for this to stop, and exporting secret
> keys is the only remaining difficulty I have in my key management.
>
> Regards
>
> brian
>
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> E-Mail: Brian Galbraith <brian.galbraith@bigfoot.com>
> Date: 17-Dec-1999
> Time: 21:09:41
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Re: Exporting secret keys [ In reply to ]
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On 17-Dec-1999 Dave Harvill wrote:
> Include the -a or for ascii armoring. There is of course the risk that
> someone else could read it also, so be sure to take appropriate
> precautions.
>
> -dave
>
>
Thanks Dave

Works perfectly. I have been involved in setting a local LUG, and have
always made a point of signing my messages with GnuPG. People started to
notice, and became interested......reculting in me having to give a
presentation on Encryption, and also run a keysigning party. That was the
kick up the backside to make me find out a little more rather than use
Windoze PGP as an easy way out.

regards

Brian

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E-Mail: Brian Galbraith <brian.galbraith@bigfoot.com>
Date: 17-Dec-1999
Time: 22:13:11
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