On 03/10/2014 10:31 AM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > Any ideas now to recover from my double failure ( I created 2 backups, > then removed one by accident and then when trying to access the thumb > drive with second copy found it was dead ) > That is I know of no way to revive a dead thumb drive, it will not mount > nor is it recognizable by any OS I though at it. It's sealed in a metal > case, you open it you destroy it ( thus I thought was safe place for my > key backup ) > > 1) don't sign the key I used, yet will try other tricks to revive the > thumb drive. > 2) If anyone knows of a private key trick so that I can create a key > that can sign let me know
The whole point of public key cryptography is the private key is not
something that can be easily reconstructed. If it could be, the whole
system falls down.
Which means, you have to ensure that you have perpetual access to it.
So you're key is now gone. Time to create a new one and start over with
signatures with people. And in the future, make sure your private key is
backed up somewhere that's reliable.
-Sean
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