[ILUG] resetting GPG passphrase

[Brian Foster]

  |  Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:31:00 +0000
  |  From: Gareth 'bigbro' Eason <bigbro at skynet.ie>
  |  
  |  >   | 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
  | [snip]
  |  
  |  	Since these mails are archived and searchable on the internet, permit
  |  me to take the liberty of reminding people that they should create a
  |  revocation key of any new key they create, and store it safely and
  |  securely - just in case they need to revoke a key later, particularly in
  |  the case where a password has been forgotten :)

 I do NOT appreciate being quoted out-of-context.

 I made it very Very clear that the key-pair was not
 critical, was for test purposes only, and protected
 nothing.  I do NOT appreciate the implication that
 I lost/forgot an important piece of data:  That is
 blatantly false, and I am extremely annoyed.

 Having said that, Gareth's (and others before) advice
 is presumably sensible for keys which DO protect data.

cheers!
	-blf-

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