PGP key passphrase lost

Anthony Papillion papillion at gmail.com
Fri Oct 15 21:18:12 UTC 2010


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On 10/15/2010 08:24 AM, kara.ml at arcor.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> When I issue the command to revoke the key, I am prompted for the
>> passphrase (which, of course, I don't have).  How can I revoke this key?
>> If I can't, how should I handle this situation? Generate a new key and
>> start over and just ignore the old one or....?

<snip>

Thank you Kara. I didn't think I could recover it as that would be a
huge security hole. Thankfully, I ended up remembering my passphrase
before I generated a new one and have taken care to save it somewhere
securely.

Thanks!
Anthony

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Anthony Papillion
Advanced Data Concepts
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