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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2 09/11] glep-0063: Make recommended expiration terms mandatory
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:25:25
Message-Id: 1530815107.921.11.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2 09/11] glep-0063: Make recommended expiration terms mandatory by Marc Schiffbauer
1 W dniu czw, 05.07.2018 o godzinie 17∶37 +0200, użytkownik Marc
2 Schiffbauer napisał:
3 > * Matthias Maier schrieb am 05.07.18 um 15:51 Uhr:
4 > >
5 > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, at 08:36 CDT, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 > >
7 > > > That said, I'm open to using a different recommendation, e.g. 2 years
8 > > > as in riseup [1]. I suppose having the same time for both primary key
9 > > > and subkeys would make the spec simpler, and many developers are
10 > > > mistaking expiration times (as specified now) anyway.
11 > > >
12 > > > [1]:https://riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices#use-an-expiration-date-less-than-two-years
13 > >
14 > > Make it at most 2, 3, (or as it has been so far 5) years for both
15 > > primary and subkeys.
16 >
17 > +1 for 5 years or at least 3.
18 >
19 > Having to renew/edit the key each year seems crazy to me.
20 >
21 > I have my primary key offline only, so renewing/editing it is a much
22 > more time consuming matter than if I had my primary key always with me
23 > which I consider a bad idea because you do not need to.
24 >
25
26 ...and you consider it a good idea to keep the primary key untouched for
27 5 years? You don't even know if the medium holding it still works.
28
29 --
30 Best regards,
31 Michał Górny

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