-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In list.cypherpunks, Mssr. tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May):
In short, these are reasons to keep your secret key secret. Your passphrase alone may be insufficient (else why not just dispense with the secret key and just have a passphrase?).
Another reason for a secret key and passphrase... with a passphrase alone, you couldn't change it without changing the public key too. Since I stupidly typed my passphrase in the clear in front of someone once, I was very glad the phrase was changeable! :) - -- Roy M. Silvernail -- roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org perl -e '$x = 1/20; print "Just my \$$x! (adjusted for inflation)\n"' "What do you mean, you've never been to Alpha Centauri?" -- Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUBLhWpQhvikii9febJAQGNggP/eWj28ovHgb6y45TZA1OqAR6S/jCMgi0z QqfB+TvpLbf6WZYVI1K44DiLgjAn2IWddSqWQ2lz3IuhyXMM4S8V5tFoGNWE+lUn FG1hO4fjV1XUn+tJCqeeJdN77gd1+Nzszu8m8/Pq9eU+q+bcehTIaRCQNvrOC9D/ ZkEuSDYcBVY= =/C3u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----