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. Maybe we should have mini key signing parties
> at the meetings...
>
>   
    The problem with the key servers is that there are a lot of them and
they don't share keys between each other. Does the group here have a key
server that they are all using?

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