Re: [SLUG] GPG

From: Brian Coyle (brian@linuxwidows.com)
Date: Thu Nov 20 2003 - 21:42:49 EST


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On Thursday 20 November 2003 19:13, Derek Glidden wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 18:58, Charles Marcak wrote:
> > I forgot my pass phrase.

> 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...)

Naaa. The NSA recorded the passphrase from the keystroke clicks when
it was initially entered.

What??? You didn't see the nondescript van sitting on the corner?

:)

- --
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're _not_ out to get you.
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