gpg experts?

[Joshua Zeidner]

On 2/15/07, Darrin Chandler <dwchandler at stilyagin.com> 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...
>

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