On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 21:23 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: [snip] > See I thought, hmm this is going to be an important password letts think > up a new one (mistake!), used it a couple of times then didn't use it > for a few months and now BUMMER! [snip] > Now I've already submitted my gpg key to: pgp.mit.edu. > I could ofcourse just nuke my current .gpg dir and start from scratch > since not many people have my public key already, but then my old key > would still be registered at pgp.mit.edu . [snip] > I'm already quite embaressed about this as it is, so no that is SO > stupid replies please. I feel your pain. Once upon a time, I had three PGP 2.6.2 keys, but I had only submitted one to pgp.mit.edu. I wanted to revoke it, so I revoked it in my local keychain, and extracted *the WRONG key* and submitted it to pgp.mit.edu. As luck would have it, it was the one out of the three keys whose password I had long forgotten due to lack of use. *sigh* Maybe the new dual Opteron box I just ordered can crack the passwords for both our keys. ;-) I would *love* to find a way to remove my key from pgp.mit.edu as well. Any help to Hans would be appreciated over here as well. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
