RE: (newbie indulgance) Re: Is PGP crackable

[Adam Wagman <wagman@cognex.com>]

Also note that, if an opponent has access to your personal key ring (which
typically means access to your computer, unless you keep your key better
protected), he can
try dictionary attacks on the passphrase used to protect the user's secret
key.  If one used a bad
passphrase (e.g. just a single English word), the secret key can be easily
retrieved.


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> In practice, given a very tall wall, you go under it or around it.
> Much easier to point a satellite, park a van, wiretap, subvert an
> employee, or threaten your family (in order of increasing obviousness
> to the target) than to decrypt.
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