On 8 March 2010 20:57, Brian Foster <blf at utvinternet.ie> wrote:
> I've forgotten the passphrase to a GPG key-pair.
> Is it possible to change the passphrase without
> knowing the curent (forgotten) passphrase?
That would be, if possible, the mother of security holes. Once I
manage to grab your private key I change the password to my own
password (which I could do since I don't need to know yours -- which
is the last line of defense for your private key) -- and, zap, I'm
lectronically you.
I guess you will need to generate new ones.
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