New FAQ items

Kristian Fiskerstrand kristian.fiskerstrand at sumptuouscapital.com
Tue Dec 1 21:51:50 CET 2015


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On 12/01/2015 09:47 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> 1.  A new user contacted me via email to point out there was no
> FAQ entry about whether there's anything to be done about a lost 
> passphrase.  I added a FAQ entry for this, with text that
> basically amounted to "if you truly can't remember your passphrase
> then we can't help you, revoke your certificate with a pre-made
> revocation certificate and start anew."  If anyone has better
> suggestions (that don't amount to "well, have you tried all
> permutations of what you think the passphrase was?"), please let me
> know.  :)

Would a reference to nasty[0] or other tools to aid such brute-force
attacks be useful in this context?

Reference:
[0] http://freecode.com/projects/nasty

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