On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 18:58, Charles Marcak wrote:
> I am new to the list and Linux. I am running RH9 Pro. I just got through
> installing GPG, generating the keys, exporting the public key and
> creating a revoke certificate. I thought I would check it out and I sent
> myself an encrypted message. Only one problem. I forgot my pass phrase.
>
> Do I need to generate new keys? Basically start all over? What about the
> public key I exported to the key server? Do I need to remove it? Thank
> you for your time and consideration.
If you really forgot your passphrase, then yes, you need to send that
revocation certificate to the keyservers and start all over. It's
effectively impossible to recover a forgotten passphrase unless you want
to wait until the heat death of the universe. (Or work for the NSA and
have access to an advanced Quantum Computing facility...)
It's kind of annoying for the keyservers to have lots of crufty old
certs, so I'd _really_ try to remember your passphrase for a while
before you go to that end though.
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