Stephen H. Dawson wrote: > Dire need, hoping for help. > > I have my private and public keys, but you have neither the passphrase > nor a revocation certificate. I need to revoke my published key. Can > they recommend a bash script to discover the passphrase using brute > force on the private key? > > Please advise.
Bad news. Sorry. Game over. Unfortunately you're S-o-L.
If it was as easy as a bash script to brute force a passphrase, do you think
people would even consider using PGP? The passphrase is /intentionally/
designed to resist brute force attacks.
I'm sure programs exist that purport to brute force passphrases. I think that
their success rate, r, is probably somewhere between epsilon and zero.
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