Re: BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK

[Shidash <shidash () shidash com>]

Would it be to openly prove their identity if it was widely in doubt? Also,
the legitimate owner could set up something to post it when they die which
would make some sense.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 2:51 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:58:19 +0530, satyam pujari said:
> >
> http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=-----BEGIN+PGP+PRIVATE+KEY+BLOCK-----#q=BEGIN+PGP+PRIVATE+KEY+BLOCK+filetype%3Aasc&hl=en
>
> 118 hits I see.  Most of whom probably Didn't Get The Memo.
>
> However, for bonus points, can you think of a plausible scenario(*) where
> posting
> the private key actually makes sense?  (Hint - what are the crypto
> implications
> of doing this as opposed to posting a revocation cert?)
>
> (*) Besides the obvious "proof I pwned the owner of this key, hard" - I
> mean
> cases where the legit owner intentionally does it for a reason.
>
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