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Re: [Full-disclosure] password.incleartext.com



On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:38:56 +0200, Romain Bourdy said:

> So let's say I store password using PGP for *recovery*, encrypted with my
> own keys as sender and recipient , I can recover plaintext passwords
> whenever I want to, but is it unsecure ?

At that point, the security is exactly equal to the security of the keyring
your private key is on (plus whatever security is in the combo of your
passphrase and the means used to enter it).  If it's on a well-hardened
laptop, probably pretty secure.  You put the keyring on a multi-user
system where you don't trust the root user, you get what you deserve.

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