If I recall, PGP/GPG allows you to generate the revocation certificate at any
time and you just need to keep it in a safe place. If you forget your
passphrase, you can still use that revocation certificate to revoke the key by
uploading the cert to the keyserver(s).
Semi-related, it seems PGP does not sync with any other keyserver. I have a
coworker who uses PGP Desktop and his key can be found only at
keyserver.pgp.com. My GPG key can't be found there and his key can't be found
on any other keyserver.
John
________________________________
From: Steve <steveb...@gulli.com>
To: GPGTools User Discussion List <gpgtools-users@lists.gpgtools.org>
Sent: Fri, April 15, 2011 6:22:17 AM
Subject: Re: [gpgtools-users] key server
I want to remove an old key from the server. Is this possible?
Hi Idoc,
the short answer is: no. But you can revoke your key if you want. In this case
you'd have to Revoke all of your User IDs. E.g. in GPG Keychain Access (GKA)
double click your Key > Key Inspector pops up. Then revoke all the UIDs listed
for this key. Then they are all invalid and revoked. You'd have to send that to
the keyserver to be recognized.
You can't delete anything from the keyservers. So if you loose your password
your key will remain valid and you don't even have a change to revoke it.
Happened to me once when I first started to use GPGMail. So I learned my
lesson.
;)
Hope this clarifies this a little,
cheers,
steve
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