[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 64/423] New page: backup-keys.page



commit 1c8114f145a91ba313093b5b216c4ba2faa19e0b
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date:   Fri Jul 12 16:34:50 2013 +0530

    New page: backup-keys.page
    
    Page explains how to backup keys.
    Needs more work from the point of what format to backup keys in. As
    keyfiles or ASCII files?

 help/C/backup-keys.page |   32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/backup-keys.page b/help/C/backup-keys.page
index 21ee5e5..ccf1a81 100644
--- a/help/C/backup-keys.page
+++ b/help/C/backup-keys.page
@@ -5,16 +5,42 @@
     <link type="guide" xref="index#back-up-and-secure-keys"/>
 
     <revision version="0.1" date="2011-06-17" status="draft"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2011-07-11" status="draft"/>
 
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
 
-    <credit type="author">
-      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
-      <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+      <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
     </credit>
 
   </info>
 
   <title>Securely back-up your keys</title>
 
+  <p>It is always advisable to have a copy of your public keys, private keys
+  and revocation certificates stored safely in an external memory device like a
+  USB. The device should then be kept locked or stored somewhere safe. This
+  way you will always have a copy of the key if your hard disk crashes or the
+  data on your computer is corrupted in some way and you can continue to unlock
+  your encrypted data with the external copy of the key.</p>
+
+  <note style="info">
+    <p>Even if your public key has been
+    <link xref="keys-publish">published</link>, save a copy of it because
+    sometimes a <link xref="key-servers-what-are-they">key server</link> may be
+    corrupted or may not be available.</p>
+  </note>
+
+  <steps>
+    <title>To back-up your keys:</title>
+    <item>
+      <p><link xref="keys-export">Export</link> the key of your choice from
+      the list.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Save the exported key file on an external disk of your choice.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
 </page>


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