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- Must be exclusive (not used for regular user data backups etc.)
- Must be exclusive (not used for regular user data backups etc.)
# Generating a new key pair
# Generating a new key pair
- Use a live medium (e.g. the installation medium) on a machine that is not connected to the network
- Use a live medium (e.g. [the installation medium](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso)) on a machine that is not connected to the network
- When not using [archiso](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso), verify that the version of GnuPG available to you is recent enough by running `gpg --version`. It should be [at least version 2.1.0](https://gnupg.org/download/release_notes.html#sec-1-23) to avoid using the SHA-1 algorithm for signatures, which is no longer considered to be secure. If in doubt, add the following options to `.gnupg/gpg.conf` to force using SHA-512 for digests and avoid all uses of deprecated algorithms such as MD5 or SHA-1: