Subj : My New GPGP Key
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Sean Rima
Date : Mon Dec 23 2024 11:32:42


Hello Wilfred!

22 Dec 24 17:34, you wrote to me:

 WV> Hi Sean,

 WV> On 2024-12-22 15:02:38, you wrote to me:

 SR>> None of the older keys are valid, that is why I use expiry in
 SR>> case I lose them.

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

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

Sean


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