Public Keys, key-IDs and User-IDs -- more info

[Felix Karpfen]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Sam Roberts wrote:
> 
> Quoting Felix Karpfen <felkarp@pcug.org.au>, who wrote:
> > 
> > The public key in question is D3498839.  While a search query
> > readily lists the key, the download fails.
> 
> $ gpg -v --recv-key d3498839
> gpg: key D3498839: skipped user ID 'Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas@fi.muni.cz>'
> 
> Download appears to work, doesn't look like it belongs to a Felix
> Karpfen, though.
> 
> What algorithm did you use to generate the key? What does
> 
> $ gpg --list-key d3498839
> 

My thanks to both Anthony Davies and Sam Roberts for their replies.

The obtained downloaded key is correct.  I had tried the routine on a
Public key that was of interest but not my own.

It looks as though there are significant gaps in my current
understanding that I would welcome  to have explained to me.

My attempt to download the key - which failed - read:

$gpg --recv-keys 0xD3498839

I also attempted to copy the key from the web-page to a file and then
import the file.  It also failed.

It probably all relates to the fact that the key is an RSA key -
something I still need to learn about.

Meanwhile, many thanks for the prompt reply

  -- 

Felix Karpfen
felkarp@pcug.org.au

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