[OTR-users] private key for multiple accounts

Alex alex323 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 15:31:33 EDT 2005


In my opinion, I like multiple keys. If your private key is stolen, all
of your IM accounts on all protocols are at risk. If you just lose one
key (MSN let's say), then you just tell people to talk to you on AIM or
something.

Olivier Schwander wrote:

>Hello,
>Why the private key is different for each account?
>It should be easier for public key and fingerprint sharing to use a
>single key for all accounts.
>Is there a security reason to use different keys?
>
>Thanks
>
>Olivier
>
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