Creates a revocation certificate in ASCII armored string format for a given OpenPGP key.
Key revocation certificates are especially useful if we have forgotten the pass phrase to our private key and we need some way to "disable" or revoke that key.
Equivalent GPG command:
gpg --gen-revoke [UserId]
Namespace: DidiSoft.PgpKey revocation certificates are especially useful if we have forgotten the pass phrase to our private key and we need some way to "disable" or revoke that key.
Equivalent GPG command:
gpg --gen-revoke [UserId]
Assembly: DidiSoft.Pgp (in DidiSoft.Pgp.dll) Version: 1.7.3.35547
Syntax
| C# |
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public string CreateRevocationCertificateText( string privateKeyFile, string privateKeyPassword, byte reason, string description ) |
| Visual Basic |
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Public Function CreateRevocationCertificateText ( _ privateKeyFile As String, _ privateKeyPassword As String, _ reason As Byte, _ description As String _ ) As String |
| Visual C++ |
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public: String^ CreateRevocationCertificateText( String^ privateKeyFile, String^ privateKeyPassword, unsigned char reason, String^ description ) |
Parameters
- privateKeyFile
- Type: System..::..String
File name containing the private key (absolute or relative path)
- privateKeyPassword
- Type: System..::..String
Password of the private key
- reason
- Type: System..::..Byte
Revocation reason code
- description
- Type: System..::..String
Revocation description