revoke key problems

[George Schoelles]

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You can't revoke a key without the secret key from a backup.  The
key-servers only store public keys.

On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:04:19 -0200 (BRST)
Joel Franco Guzm=E1n <joel@gds-corp.com> wrote:

JFG> HI,
JFG>=20
JFG>     Plz,
JFG>     I lost all the information in my harddisk last week and i want
to
JFG> revoke my lost certificate.
JFG>     i have tried the following, but i don't get it to work:
JFG>=20
JFG> 1) install gnupg
JFG> 2) create a new certificate: gpg --gen-key
JFG> 3) import the old: gpg --keyserver www.pgp.net --recv-key XXXXXXXX
JFG> 4) gpg --import revkey.asc    //This is the revocation key that i
JFG>                 //generated when i created the old key.
JFG>                 //i had print this before
JFG> gpg: Total number processed: 1
JFG>=20
JFG> Then, what is the next step now?
JFG> i want to revoke the my old key and send this information to the
JFG> keyservers.
JFG>=20
JFG> Thank u,
JFG>=20
JFG> --=20
JFG>           Joel Franco Guzm=E1n
JFG>        Global Dynamic Solutions
JFG> Departamento de Infraestrutura e Redes
JFG>    ICQ 19354050 | Cel. 16 9111-1799
JFG>=20
JFG>=20
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