Ask HN: How secure is GPG using a symmetric cypher?

Re:Ask HN: How secure is GPG using a symmetric cypher? by tptacek on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @09:17AM (#6359784)

Very secure.

GPG doesn't have a particularly great KDF, so shorter passphrases are an issue, but a 20 character passphrase compensates for that.

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Re:Ask HN: How secure is GPG using a symmetric cypher? by brdrak on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @11:42AM (#6360693)

Thanks. Secure enough to store out in the open (e.g. public git repo, etc)?

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