Lost passphrase

[Chris Hilts]

> I have my secret key, but not the passphrase. Is my only option a
> brute-force attack on the passphrase? Can GnuPG be modified to ignore
> the passphrase?

Wouldn't be much point in the passphrase if there were a way.. No,
unfortunately you're pretty much out of luck. When you make your new key,
make a revocation certificate at the same time and stash it somewhere
safe. This is a lesson I'm still learning, as you can tell by the various
public keys I have gently rotting on the keyservers.

Sorry I couldn't give you better news.

Chris Hilts
chilts@birdbrained.or