-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Patrick Plattes wrote on 05.01.2006 2:13: > Realos wrote: > >> hello, >> >> I have found an old pair of private and public keys but unfortunaltely >> do no remember the corresponding password. Public key is places on key >> servers, thus I would like to have access to it's password again. >> >> What would you suggest in this case? A brute force attack with some >> software if I know part of the password? What tool is suitable for that? >> >> > Maybe you want to revoke the Key :) > To revoke any key at first it's needed to generate a revokation certificate:
gpg --output [file] --gen-revoke [key id] This operation requires passphrase for private key... Thus it's strongly recommended to generate a revokation certificate at once after creating a key and keep it in safe place. If you already have an appropriate revokation certificate, simply import it into your keyring: gpg --import [rev cert file] Regards - -- My current OpenPGP key ID: 0x500B8987 Key fingerprint: E883 045D 36FB 8CA3 8D69 9C79 9E35 3B56 500B 8987 Encrypted e-mail preferred. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFDvHLNnjU7VlALiYcRAwtDAJ9pYB4HrBw5Ou6TnA57dC1VsVpH1ACg2tlV BLpywWXQXfNPjz+BFDENvQc= =ZIvM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
