Forgot my passphrase.

Daniel Carrera dcarrera@math.umd.edu
Mon May 26 01:08:03 2003


Ggrrrr

I forgot my passphrase.  I was experimenting with diceware, I made a new=20
passphrase but now I can't retype it.  I don't understand, I even wrote it=
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down!  It's no use, I've tried every possible error I could have made when=
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typing it.

Well, at least I have a revocation certificate, and I wasn't dependent on=
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this key yet.

I just wanted to double check that I have revoked my key correctly.  I've=
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sent the revoked key to 4 HPK servers and one LDAP:

~ $ gpg --import 29381B7E_revoke.asc=20
gpg: key 29381B7E: "Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>" revocation=20
certificate imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:    new key revocations: 1
~ $ gpg --keyserver search.keyserver.net --send-keys 0x29381B7E
gpg: success sending to `search.keyserver.net' (status=3D200)
~ $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.kjsl.com --send-keys 0x29381B7E
gpg: success sending to `keyserver.kjsl.com' (status=3D200)
~ $ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-keys 0x29381B7E
gpg: success sending to `pgp.mit.edu' (status=3D200)
~ $ gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --send-keys 0x29381B7E
gpg: success sending to `wwwkeys.pgp.net' (status=3D200)
~ $ gpg --keyserver ldap://keyserver.pgp.com --send-keys=20
0x29381B7E
~ $=20

Have I done everything correctly?

Thanks.  I'll make a new key-pair and I'll be VERY CAREFUL with the=20
passphrase.
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Daniel Carrera         | OpenPGP fingerprint:
Graduate TA, Math Dept | 9B32 660B 0557 7D7D 5892 0036 D591 4D05 2938 1B7E
UMD  (301) 405-5137    | http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/pgp.html