Tag Archives: GnuPG

Managing passwords using GnuPG, Git and Emacs

Like any other security conscious and/or slightly paranoid computer geek I have lots and lots of unique and nontrivial passwords to keep track of.  My solution to this problem involves having one GnuPG encrypted text file per username/password pair. andreas@stilgar:~/safe$ gpg < example.gpg You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: “Andreas [...]

OpenPGP key transition

I’ve recently set up a stronger (4096R) OpenPGP key, and will be transitioning away from my old (1024D) one. To a large extent this is about being able to use the SHA-2 family for signatures. The old key will continue to be valid for some time, but I prefer all future correspondence to come to [...]

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