gpg key passphrase retrieval

**jon zendatta** · March 29th, 2013

Hello World

I created a GPG key 12 months ago. Now I'm updating my Launchpad details which requires my key & passphrase?
I have * Key ID
* Key Fingerprint
For the life of me I cannot remember my passphrase. Any ideas or do I bruteforce?

Thanks for any suggestions

**kevdog** · March 29th, 2013

Brute force unless you know some other zero day exploit

**jon zendatta** · March 29th, 2013

Bruteforce imm. Is it possible to have more than one GPG key and just ignore this one?

**kevdog** · March 29th, 2013

Sure you can always create another key on the keyring. I have like 3 gpg keys myself.

**sudodus** · March 29th, 2013

It is supposed to be hard to crack a gpg passphrase. But maybe tomorrow morning you'll remember it. Otherwise do as suggested, get a new key, and make a system to keep your passphrases and passwords safe.

- available for you but hidden from everybody else

**tubbygweilo** · March 29th, 2013

jon,
you may do well to consider making a revocation certificate for any new key you create. Keep it in a safe place not on you machine, it is not something you need all that often but when you need one you need it right now.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gn...C8-certificate