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I am using gpg and generated, imported and signed keys.

How can I take all of the work that I have done and export all of my keys then import them into another machine?

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Easy:

  gpg --export my_key -o my_public_key.gpg
  gpg --export-secret-key my_key -o my_secret_key.gpg

Then:

  gpg --import my_public_key.gpg
  gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import my_secret_key.gpg
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I am going to try this sometime this week! Thanks satanicpuppy! – Daniel Oct 19 '09 at 22:05
The options used: -o, --output use as output file – Daniel Oct 28 '09 at 23:28
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Traditional PGP let you just copy the keyring files around, or just merge them by invoking it on the keyring to import. I've not kept up with GPG, but I'd be surprised if it differed significantly.

Actually, if you were being properly paranoid, the private keyring should live on a thumbdrive or similar removable device, with perhaps a securely stored CD-R or similar for backup), so that part would be moot.

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