Subj : My New GPGP Key
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Sean Rima
Date : Tue Dec 24 2024 08:43:52


Hello Wilfred!

23 Dec 24 15:14, you wrote to me:

 WV>>> I have a few keys from the early days of pgp in my keyring (1993
 WV>>> and 1994), of which I can't remember their passphrase, and there
 WV>>> is no way of revoking them. They probably won't work anymore
 WV>>> with the current gnupg out of the box, without using some
 WV>>> special backwards compatibility options... (Probably --pgp2 is
 WV>>> needed to use them if I could remember their passphrases ;-)).

 SR>> I think I still have an active key somewhere that I have on an
 SR>> old hard drive from the mid 90s. I came across it and was shocked
 SR>> it was still working.

 WV> If it's rsa of atleast 2048 bits, I think it is still usable...

I am going to spend the week trying to find the HD :)

Sean


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