Gnupg-users Digest, Vol 111, Issue 2

[Olav Seyfarth]

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Hi Len,

> I used PGP years ago and created key pairs. I should probably create new 
> ones. Is there any good reason I should keep my old decryption keys?

you must distinguish between using your old keys for new messages/files and
keeping them to be able to decrypt old messages/files.

Whether it's a good idea to further use the key depends on how the key was
created and how big your web of trust is that is associated to that key.
If you sticked to the defaults in PGP as they have been many years ago, then
maybe it's a good idea to create a new key to use further on AND keep the
old key in case you need to decrypt any old message or file.

Olav
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