On 2/15/07, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 07:44:05AM -0700, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > > Technomage wrote: > > > I am in need of some advice guys. I need to recover my old passphrase from my > > > gpg keys. is this even doable or should I just revoke my current keys and > > > start anew? > > > > > > > > I don't think it's possible. I'm afraid you're stuck with revoking. > > Of course it's possible. It's a lot easier with the private keys in > hand. Just contact the NSA and see if you can borrow some of their > computers for a while. Ok, maybe it's not practical... ;) > > I don't know what mechanisms are in place now, but I don't think you can > revoke at this point, either. Otherwise I can revoke your keys. > > For normal use, none of this turns out to be an issue. Most people don't > usually bother with a formal trust heirarchy and use the "web of trust." > Heck, most people don't even bother doing that, and some don't even put > their keys on the keyservers. > > FYI, those of you who sign every message and don't have your key on a > keyserver aren't accomplishing anything for the likes of us on this > list. Nobody has the slightest way of telling if it's really you with > any level of confidence. they don't right now, but if the sender wants to verify they can at any point... jmz > Maybe we should have mini key signing parties > at the meetings... > -- ( 602 ) 490 8006 jjzeidner@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss