Error with SimpleSecure
   
    Johan Wevers
     
    johanw@vulcan.xs4all.nl
       
    Sun Jul 29 23:28:01 2001
    
    
  
Weihan Leow wrote:
> Sorry, I mean to say encrypt with my public key on the server.  When it
> gets emailed to me, I'll then decrypt it with my secret key.  What I want
> to know is if theres any problem with leaving my secret key on the shared
> server (where hundreds of people use it).
Yes, those people could possibly get at your secret key. The secret key is
encrypted (I assume) but usually cracking the passphrase will be easier
than calculate the secret key from the public key.
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