"gpg --refresh-keys"

The often neglected chore. I think I should put that in my crontab one day.

@guido I think it's better to avoid refreshing all keys at one time.

It may be a little bit old but you will have some ideas:

https://riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices

#GPG #OpenPGP #Crypto

OpenPGP Best Practices - riseup.net

@DaD merci! I'll have a look at #parcimonie.

@DaD @guido RiseUp GPG guide is good in general but has a lot of small issues - for example most of the recommended settings (e.g. `no-honor-keyserver-url`, revocation certs, encryption subkeys) are already enabled by default. Expiration could be explained better (e.g. like in https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2018/08/13/openpgp-key-expiration-is-not-a-security-measure/).

As for refresh-keys I think the most important thing would be using HTTPS (hkps), parcimonie is okay for paranoid people but overkill for regular users IMHO.

OpenPGP key expiration is not a security measure

There seems to be some recurring confusion among Gentoo developers regarding the topic of OpenPGP key expiration dates. Some developers seem to believe them to be some kind of security measure — an…

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