[Remops] Key change predicament

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Wed Mar 5 08:37:05 GMT 2014


Bergman Remailer Admin:

> I seem to have found myself in an unusual predicament after updating
> my remailer keys using mixmaster 3.0.2b.
> 
> My newly generated mix key has an expiry date (Sept 1, 2014) which is
> more recent than the expiry date of my old mix key (expires Sept 28,
> 2014) generated with an older version of mixmaster.
> 
> And so mixmaster is refusing to treat my newly generated key as the
> newest key, the one that sits in key.txt.
> 
> I will have to break my promise of having an overlap period of 7 days
> and simply remove the old keys immediately. Unless someone has another
> solution?

If you've decided to retire your old key at a time different from its
original expiry date edit the expiry date to the new one you want (such
as now plus 7 days).  Do this in both the secret and public files:
 secring.mix
 pubring.mix


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