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Passphrase and Key Structure
I was wondering what effect changing the passphrase has on the keys. Not
only the keygrip file but also on the exported copy of it that can be
used with other programs. If you change the passphrase, do you need to
re-backup those keygrip files and re-export those keys again?


Thanks


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Re: Passphrase and Key Structure [ In reply to ]
On 2020-01-17 at 06:47 -0700, Mark wrote:
> I was wondering what effect changing the passphrase has on the keys. Not
> only the keygrip file but also on the exported copy of it that can be
> used with other programs. If you change the passphrase, do you need to
> re-backup those keygrip files and re-export those keys again?
>
> Thanks

Only if you want the backup to have the new passphrase.

The old files will still work perfectly fine as a backup. As long as you
remember the old passphrase.

Kind regards


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Re: Passphrase and Key Structure [ In reply to ]
Thanks for the reply... Probably safer to back them up again just in
case I forget it, especially since I have another program that uses PGP
to encrypt/decrypt archives.

On 1/26/2020 5:56 PM, Ángel wrote:
> On 2020-01-17 at 06:47 -0700, Mark wrote:
>> I was wondering what effect changing the passphrase has on the keys. Not
>> only the keygrip file but also on the exported copy of it that can be
>> used with other programs. If you change the passphrase, do you need to
>> re-backup those keygrip files and re-export those keys again?
>>
>> Thanks
> Only if you want the backup to have the new passphrase.
>
> The old files will still work perfectly fine as a backup. As long as you
> remember the old passphrase.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
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