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   August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Key management could be a nightmare   
   05 Jan 20 18:04:26   
   
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   TZUTC: 0200   
   On 1/5/2020 7:12 AM, between "Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins":   
      
    AA>> I could email the secret keys between my devices, but I   
    AA>> don't like the idea that email in general is in the clear   
    AA>> and the isp/systems enroute can cache and record anything.   
      
    WvV> You can use a common storage place, either on your own   
    WvV> network or external lile dropbox. If that's an encrypted   
    WvV> place (I don't know if dropbox is by default?) that would   
    WvV> be even better.   
      
   Hello Wilfred!   
      
   I have an option for my Blackberry.  I can send it through my own wi-fi   
   connections to a file directory on the device. But I have to do it from   
   my Win7 pc desktop which is at a remote location. :(   
      
      
    AA>> The passphrase is fairly decent. I am confident that no one   
    AA>> would be able to guess it.   
      
    WvV> Than it doesn't matter too much what you use to exchange   
    WvV> the secret key files.   
      
   Nah.. Even if the secret key were sent with Gmail for example, its copy   
   would be grabbed and stored in the cloud forever.  The "they" people   
   could then feed the key to their petra flop computers to try and crack it.   
      
   I think it is absolutely imperative to never transfer a secret key   
   through a transfer mechanism that I don't have exclusive control over.   
      
    ../|ug   
      
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