> My public key is on the MIT PGP server. I know my passphrase. So > how do I reestablish my keys on the newly reformatted hard drive, in > order to decrypt my files?
You don't. It is computationally infeasible to recover a private key from only a public key. The key server has half your keypair. To derive the other half would require radical breakthroughs in mathematics and computer science, and/or access to time and energy on a truly cosmic scale. -- Robert J. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Most people are never thought about after they're gone. 'I wonder where Rob got the plutonium?' is better than most get." -- Phil Munson _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
