long-term GPG signing key

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Fri Jan 13 12:06:01 EST 2006


On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:48:05 -0600, Travis H said:

> All it really does is crudely limit the quantity of data sent under
> that key, which is little to none anyway.

And it has the advantage that people will stop sending encrypted mail
to this key after the expiration date.  Comes handy if you forgot your
passphrase or lost physical access to the key.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner



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